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Bridgestone Open

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The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

Bridgestone Open
Tournament information
LocationChiba, Chiba
Established1972
Course(s)Sodegaura Country Club
(Sodegaura Course)
Par71
Length7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021)
To par−23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Japan Tomoyasu Sugiyama
Location map
Sodegaura CC is located in Japan
Sodegaura CC
Sodegaura CC
Location in Japan
Sodegaura CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Sodegaura CC
Sodegaura CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]

Tournament hosts edit

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Bridgestone Open
2021   Tomoyasu Sugiyama 265 −19 3 strokes   Naoyuki Kataoka
  Jinichiro Kozuma
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Shugo Imahira (2) 131[a] −11 1 stroke   Seungsu Han
  Hiroyuki Fujita
  Tomoharu Otsuki
  Akio Sadakata
2018   Shugo Imahira 268 −16 1 stroke   Masahiro Kawamura
2017   Ryuko Tokimatsu 133[a] −9 2 strokes   Lee Sang-hee
2016   Satoshi Kodaira 270 −14 1 stroke   Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015   Michio Matsumura 275 −9 2 strokes   Adam Bland
  Mikumu Horikawa
  Yuki Inamori
  Kim Kyung-tae
2014   Koumei Oda 269 −15 1 stroke   Hiroyuki Fujita
2013   Daisuke Maruyama 203[b] −10 3 strokes   Jang Ik-jae
2012   Toru Taniguchi (3) 272 −12 1 stroke   Hiroyuki Fujita
2011   Toru Taniguchi (2) 269 −15 5 strokes   Shingo Katayama
  Hiroo Kawai
  Michio Matsumura
  Koumei Oda
2010   Yuta Ikeda (2) 265 −23 3 strokes   Michio Matsumura
2009   Yuta Ikeda 270 −18 2 strokes   Kenichi Kuboya
2008   Azuma Yano 267 −21 4 strokes   Takao Nogami
2007   Shingo Katayama 270 −18 1 stroke   Steven Conran
  Keiichiro Fukabori
  Tomohiro Kondo
2006   Taichi Teshima 266 −22 5 strokes   Kiyoshi Maita
2005   David Smail 272 −16 2 strokes   Toru Suzuki
2004   Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 1 stroke   Shigeki Maruyama
  Shinichi Yokota
2003   Naomichi Ozaki 267 −21 Playoff   Paul Sheehan
2002   Scott Laycock 272 −16 1 stroke   Shingo Katayama
  Toru Taniguchi
2001   Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
2000   Nobuhito Sato (2) 272 −16 1 stroke   Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999   Shigeki Maruyama (3) 268 −20 5 strokes   Toshimitsu Izawa
1998   Nobuhito Sato 275 −13 Playoff   Tateo Ozaki
1997   Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke   Shigeki Maruyama
  Tateo Ozaki
1996   Shigeki Maruyama (2) 272 −16 2 strokes   Brian Watts
1995   Shigeki Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes   Mark Calcavecchia
  Masashi Ozaki
  Shinichi Yokota
1994   Brian Watts 274 −14 3 strokes   Mark Calcavecchia
1993   Ikuo Shirahama 271 −17 5 strokes   Mark Calcavecchia
  Nolan Henke
  Tsukasa Watanabe
1992   Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 Playoff   Tetsu Nishikawa
1991   Isao Aoki 134[a] −10 1 stroke   Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990   Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 Playoff   Akihito Yokoyama
1989   Roger Mackay 277 −11 1 stroke   Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988   Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 2 strokes   Isao Aoki
1987   David Ishii 282 −6 Playoff   Hiroshi Makino
  Nobuo Serizawa
1986   Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
1985   Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 273 −15 1 stroke   Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984   Masahiro Kuramoto 279 −9 Playoff   Chen Tze-chung
  Yoshihisa Iwashita
  Sam Torrance
1983   Eitaro Deguchi 274 −14 1 stroke   Hsieh Min-Nan [2]
1982   Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 279 −9 Playoff   Kikuo Arai
1981   Hale Irwin 275 −13 8 strokes   Bill Rogers [3]
1980   Bob Gilder 283 −5 1 stroke   Isao Aoki [4]
1979   Lanny Wadkins 277 −11 1 stroke   Yoshikazu Yokoshima [5]
1978   Hiroshi Ishii (2) 280 −8 2 strokes   Fujio Kobayashi [6]
1977   Fujio Kobayashi 278 −10 3 strokes   Haruo Yasuda [7]
1976   Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff   Hsieh Min-Nan
  Masaji Kusakabe
1975   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 283 −5 3 strokes   Haruo Yasuda [8]
1974   Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke   Seiichi Numazawa [9]
1973   Hiroshi Ishii 275 −13 2 strokes   Haruo Yasuda [10]
1972   Hsieh Min-Nan 276 −12 3 strokes   Buddy Allin
  Kuo Chie-Hsiung		 [11]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Deguchi takes Bridgestone". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. AP. 24 October 1983. p. 3B. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 248–249, 484–485. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 184, 407–408. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ "Wadkins takes Japanese tourney". Quad City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. 29 October 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ishii triumphs in Tokyo golf". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. UPI. 30 October 1978. p. 12-D. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kobayashi captures Bridgestone prize". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 31 October 1977. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 298, 498. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 256, 441–442. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 326, 557. ISBN 0002119544.
  11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313–314, 535–536. ISBN 0002119463.

External links edit

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