The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1992–presentKeya Golf ClubItoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991Kyushu Shima Country ClubItoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course)Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upRef.
Sansan KBC Augusta
2025Japan Yuwa Kosaihira270−181 strokeJapan Yusuke Sakamoto
2024Japan Jinichiro Kozuma269−19PlayoffJapan Yuwa Kosaihira
2023South Korea Song Young-han271−171 strokeJapan Ryutaro Nagano
2022Japan Riki Kawamoto272−161 strokeSouth Korea Lee Sang-hee
2021Zimbabwe Scott Vincent271−171 strokeJapan Ryo Ishikawa
RIZAP KBC Augusta
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Japan Kazuki Higa262−265 strokesJapan Rikuya Hoshino
2018Japan Daijiro Izumida274−141 strokeSouth Korea Choi Ho-sung
2017Japan Yuta Ikeda (3)270−183 strokesJapan Kunihiro Kamii
2016Japan Ryo Ishikawa273−155 strokesNew Zealand Michael Hendry Australia Brad Kennedy Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2015Japan Yuta Ikeda (2)268−205 strokesJapan Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
2014Japan Hiroyuki Fujita276−12PlayoffChina Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
2013South Korea Park Sung-joon204−122 strokesSouth Korea Hwang Jung-gon
2012South Korea Kim Hyung-sung270−221 strokeJapan Akio Sadakata
2011South Korea Bae Sang-moon266−222 strokesJapan Ryo Ishikawa Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2010Japan Hideto Tanihara266−221 strokeJapan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2009Japan Yuta Ikeda267−21PlayoffJapan Yasuharu Imano
2008Japan Shintaro Kai278−101 strokeJapan Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
2007Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto269−151 strokeAustralia Steven Conran Japan Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
2006Japan Taichi Teshima268−161 strokeJapan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2005Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (2)264−205 strokesThailand Prayad Marksaeng Japan Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
2004Australia Steven Conran277−71 strokeJapan Takashi Kamiyama Japan Toru Taniguchi
2003Japan Soushi Tajima269−194 strokesFiji Dinesh Chand Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
2002Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara209−71 strokeJapan Shigemasa Higaki Japan Katsunori Kuwabara Japan Toshimasa Nakajima United States Christian Peña China Zhang Lianwei
2001Japan Takenori Hiraishi273−15PlayoffJapan Shigemasa Higaki Japan Hideki Kase
2000Japan Toshimitsu Izawa270−184 strokesJapan Shusaku Sugimoto
1999Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama205−111 strokeJapan Takao Nogami
1998Japan Masashi Ozaki (4)275−134 strokesJapan Katsunori Kuwabara
1997Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)266−2212 strokesJapan Takaaki Fukuzawa Japan Taichi Teshima
1996Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)273−15PlayoffJapan Taichi Teshima
1995Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa271−171 strokeUnited States Todd Hamilton Japan Tomohiro Maruyama
1994United States Brian Watts271−172 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
1993Taiwan Chen Tze-chung277−11PlayoffTaiwan Lin Chie-hsiang
1992Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (2)276−12PlayoffAustralia Bradley Hughes Japan Norikazu Kawakami
1991United States Raymond Floyd273−151 strokePhilippines Frankie Miñoza
1990Japan Masashi Ozaki269−1910 strokesTaiwan Chen Tze-chung
1989Japan Teruo Sugihara281−72 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
1988Japan Masahiro Kuramoto276−122 strokesJapan Hajime Meshiai Japan Masashi Ozaki Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987Japan Saburo Fujiki (2)274−142 strokesJapan Tateo Ozaki
1986Japan Isao Aoki (3)282−61 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto Japan Masashi Ozaki
1985Japan Hajime Meshiai206−101 strokeJapan Isao Aoki Japan Eitaro Deguchi Japan Masashi Ozaki Japan Satsuki Takahashi United States Fuzzy Zoeller
1984Japan Naomichi Ozaki275−131 strokeJapan Kouichi Inoue Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1983Japan Saburo Fujiki273−153 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1982Taiwan Chen Tze-ming209−71 strokeUnited States Hal Sutton
1981Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan279−9PlayoffTaiwan Chen Tze-chung Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1980Japan Isao Aoki (2)137−72 strokesJapan Hiroshi Tahara
1979Japan Masaji Kusakabe240−123 strokesTaiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung
1978Japan Kenichi Yamada276−122 strokesJapan Isao Aoki Japan Shiro Kubo United States Gene Littler Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1977Australia Brian Jones278−10PlayoffJapan Akira Yabe
1976Australia Graham Marsh207−9PlayoffJapan Haruo Yasuda
1975Japan Shinsaku Maeda278−10PlayoffJapan Hiroshi Ishii
1974Japan Tōru Nakamura273−151 strokeJapan Teruo Sugihara
1973Japan Isao Aoki266−2213 strokesJapan Yasuhiro Miyamoto

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