The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964,[1] and served as the season finale.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Established | 1962 |
| Course(s) | Yomiuri Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Asia Golf Circuit |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Month played | March/April |
| Final year | 1971 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 278 Peter Thomson (1962) |
| To par | −10 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Haruo Yasuda | |
| Location map | |
In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, because of political tensions[2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.[3]
Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding.[4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.[5]
Winners edit
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | AGC | Haruo Yasuda |
282 | −6 | Playoff[b] | Kosaku Shimada |
[6] |
| 1970 | AGC |  David Graham |
286 | −2 | 3 strokes |  Walter Godfrey |
[7] |
| 1969 | AGC |  Guy Wolstenholme |
288 | E | 1 stroke | Teruo Sugihara |
[8] |
| 1968 | AGC |  Chen Ching-Po |
283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Tomoo Ishii |
[9] |
| 1967 | FEC | Mitsutaka Kono |
282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Koichi Ono |
[10] |
| 1966 | FEC |  Hugh Boyle |
286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Ted Ball |
[11] |
| 1965 | FEC | Frank Phillips |
288 | E | 1 stroke | Chen Ching-Po |
[12] |
| 1964 | Hideyo Sugimoto |
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| 1963 | FEC |  Doug Sanders |
289 | +1 | 5 strokes | Hideyo Sugimoto |
[5] |
| 1962 | FEC | Peter Thomson |
278 | −10 | 8 strokes |  Al Balding |
[4] |
Notes edit
- ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit.
- ^ Yasuda won with a bogey on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
References edit
- ^ "Japan out of this year's F-E circuit". The Straits Times. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Yomiuri is out". New Nation. 9 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ a b "Thomson's double". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
- ^ "Yasuda's title in 3-hole playoff". The Straits Times. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Wolstenholme pips Sugihara in Yomiuri". The Straits Times. 14 April 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Rivals crack up and Chen is the champion". The Straits Times. 8 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Yomiuri Open to Japanese". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Japanese golf to Irishman". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 April 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Phillips Takes Yomiuri Open". The Age. 5 April 1965. p. 24.