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Kansai Open

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Kansai Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationHigashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Meishin Yokaichi Country Club
Par71
Length7,180 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Japan Taiga Semikawa
Location map
Meishin Yokaichi CC is located in Japan
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Location in Japan
Meishin Yokaichi CC is located in Shiga Prefecture
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Location in the Shiga Prefecture

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2024     Meishin Yokaichi
2023   Taiga Semikawa 267 −17 4 strokes   Takahiro Hataji Izumigaoka
2022   Kazuki Higa 270 −14 1 stroke   Rikuya Hoshino Yomiuri
2021   Rikuya Hoshino 270 −14 2 strokes   Chan Kim Arima Royal
(Royal)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Arima Royal
(Royal)
2019   Tomoharu Otsuki 269 −19 Playoff   Rikuya Hoshino Koma
2018   Ryuko Tokimatsu 278 −10 1 stroke   Shugo Imahira
  Kunihiro Kamii		 Ono Toyo
2017   Shugo Imahira 275 −9 6 strokes   Daisuke Kataoka Joyo
2016   Cho Byung-min 278 −6 1 stroke   Tomohiro Kondo
  Scott Strange		 Hashimoto
2015   Daisuke Kataoka 267 −17 3 strokes   Brad Kennedy Meishin Youkaichi
2014   Koumei Oda 273 −15 2 strokes   Yoshinori Fujimoto Rokko
2013   Brad Kennedy 206[a] −10 1 stroke   Park Sung-joon Olympic
2012   Toshinori Muto 266 −18 1 stroke   Kim Hyung-sung Izumigaoka
2011   Cho Min-gyu 270 −14 4 strokes   Yoshikazu Haku Ono
2010   Shigeru Nonaka 269 −11 3 strokes   Azuma Yano Tanabe
2009   Hiroyuki Fujita 264 −20 2 strokes   Tetsuji Hiratsuka
  Tomohiro Kondo		 Takarazuka
(New)
2008   Ryo Ishikawa 276 −12 4 strokes   Yuta Ikeda Shiga [2]
2007   Koji Yamamoto Kakogawa
2006   Ryuichi Tayasu Sumoto
2005   Kazuhiko Yamashita Higashijoyo
2004   Tadahisa Inoue Biwako
2003   Satoshi Oide Higashihirono
2002   Yuya Kamide Nara International
2001   Hidemasa Hoshino Miki
2000   Osamu Yamaguchi Ikeda
1999   Takenori Hiraishi (2) Ono Grand
1998   Shusaku Sugimoto Shiga
1997   Tatsuo Takasaki Century Yoshikawa
1996   Takenori Hiraishi Grandeji
1995   Asahiko Makazawa Otaninishiki
1994   Kazuo Kanayama Asahi International Tojo
1993   Kotobuki Nakase Minagi
1992   Masanobu Kimura (2) Manju
1991   Toshikazu Sugihara 283 −5 1 stroke   Teruo Sugihara Lions
1990   Teruo Sugihara (9) 282 −6 1 stroke   Yuzo Oyama Pine Lake
1989   Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) 211[a] −5 1 stroke   Kazuo Kanayama
  Toshiaki Nakagawa
  Tōru Nakamura		 Hanayashiki
(Hirono)
1988   Yasuo Sone 286 −2 3 strokes   Shinsaku Maeda Kitarokko
(East)
1987   Masanobu Kimura 292 +4 2 strokes   Tōru Nakamura Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986   Yoshiyuki Isomura 284 −4 3 strokes   Yoshio Ichikawa
  Shinsaku Maeda
  Kazuo Yoshikawa		 Rokko Kokusai
1985   Tsutomu Irie 280 −8 3 strokes   Hisao Inoue
  Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Arima Royal
1984   Tōru Nakamura 281 −7 2 strokes   Yoshitaka Yamamoto Hino [3]
1983   Susumu Wakita 284 −4 2 strokes   Teruo Sugihara Arima Royal
1982   Teruo Sugihara (8) 285 −3 Rokko Kokusai
1981   Akio Kanemoto (2) 278 −10 2 strokes   Toshimitsu Kai
  Ichiro Teramoto		 Meishin Yokaichi [4]
1980   Takemitsu Uranishi 284 −4 6 strokes   Tōru Nakamura
  Kosaku Shimada		 Hanayashiki
(Yokawa) 		[5]
1979   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 283 −5 Rokko Kokusai
1978   Akio Kanemoto 284 −4 Playoff   Yasuhiro Miyamoto Omi
1977   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 285 −3 Hino
1976   Shinsaku Maeda 273 −15 1 stroke   Akio Kanemoto Biwako [6]
1975   Teruo Sugihara (7) 279 −9 6 strokes   Yoshitaka Yamamoto Ono [7]
1974   Teruo Sugihara (6) 287 −1 Nara Kokusai
1973   Teruo Sugihara (5) 273 −15 Nishinomiya
1972   Kazuo Yoshikawa Hirono
1971   Teruo Sugihara (4) Ibaraki
1970   Kosaku Shimada Naruo
1969   Shigeru Uchida Hirono
1968   Teruo Sugihara (3) Shimonoseki
1967   Teruo Suzumura Yokkaichi
1966   Shozo Miyamoto Ibaraki
1965   Teruo Sugihara (2) Naruo
1964   Teruo Sugihara Koga
1963   Tadashi Kitta (3) Hirono
1962   Tadashi Kitta (2) Nishinomiya
1961   Tetsuo Ishii (2) Nagoya
1960   Susumu Arai Nara International
1959   Michio Ishii (3) Aichi
1958   Tadashi Kitta Naruo
1957   Yousei Shimamura Ibaraki
1956   Tetsuo Ishii Takarazuka
1955   Michio Ishii (2) Hirono
1954   Mitsuji Kimoto Naruo
1953   Michio Ishii Ibaraki
1952   Yasuke Yamada Hirono
1951   Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) Takarazuka
1950   Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) Naruo
1949   Toichiro Toda (4) Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939   Toichiro Toda (3) Hirono
1938   Toichiro Toda (2) Hirono
1937   Akira Muraki Naruo
1936   Iwaichi Uekashi Ibaraki
1935   Jiro Morioka (4) Naruo
1934   Jiro Morioka (3) Naruo
1933   Toichiro Toda Ibaraki
1932   Jiro Morioka (2) Hirono
1931   Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) Naruo
1930   Takeo Ishisumi Ibaraki
1929   Jiro Morioka Naruo
1928   Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1927   Kazuichi Nakagami Naruo
1926   Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References edit

  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "遼、1度も首位を譲らずプロ転向後初優勝！" [Ryo won the first victory after turning professional without giving up the lead!]. Alba (in Japanese). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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