Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

The Japan PGA Match-Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1975 to 2003. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and held at a number of different courses throughout Japan.

Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Established1975
Course(s)Nidom Classic Course
Par72
Length6,957 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatMatch play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Score8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
Final champion
United States Todd Hamilton
Location map
Nidom Classic Course is located in Japan
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in Japan
Nidom Classic Course is located in Hokkaido
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture

Tournament hosts

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Year(s) Host course Location
1994–2003 Nidom Classic Course Tomakomai, Hokkaido
1993 Higashinomiya Country Club Motegi, Tochigi
1992 Prestige Country Club Tochigi, Tochigi
1991 Shinyo Country Club Toki, Gifu
1988–1990 Green Academy Club Shirakawa, Fukushima
1983–1987 Mito Golf Club Mito, Ibaraki
1975–1982 Totsuka Country Club (West) Yokohama, Kanagawa

Winners

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Year Winner Score Runner-up
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
2003   Todd Hamilton (2) 3 and 2   David Smail
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
2002   Nobuhito Sato 5 and 4   Tomohiro Kondo
2001   Dean Wilson 2 and 1   Lin Keng-chi
2000   Kaname Yokoo 2 and 1   Toru Taniguchi
1999   Mamo Osanai 4 and 3   Toru Taniguchi
1998   Katsunori Kuwabara 38 holes   Shinichi Yokota
1997   Shigeki Maruyama 3 and 2   Peter Teravainen
1996   Nobuo Serizawa 1 up   Brandt Jobe
1995   Katsuyoshi Tomori 2 and 1   Shigeki Maruyama
1994   Todd Hamilton 8 and 7   Ikuo Shirahama
1993   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 3 and 2   Koichi Suzuki
1992   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 3 and 1   Naomichi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup
1991   Satoshi Higashi 2 up   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1990   Naomichi Ozaki 6 and 5   Brian Jones
1989   Masashi Ozaki 3 and 2   Hiroshi Makino
1988   David Ishii 6 and 5   Noboru Sugai
1987   Katsunari Takahashi (2) 37 holes   Masashi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
1986   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 6 and 5   Keiichi Kobayashi
1985   Katsunari Takahashi 2 and 1   Akira Yabe
1984   Tōru Nakamura 4 and 3   Kouichi Inoue
1983   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 38 holes   Hideto Shigenobu
1982   Isao Aoki (4) 4 and 2   Yutaka Hagawa
1981   Isao Aoki (3) 38 holes   Katsuji Hasegawa
1980   Haruo Yasuda 2 and 1   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1979   Isao Aoki (2) 1 up   Hsieh Min-Nan
1978   Isao Aoki 2 and 1   Takahiro Takeyasu
1977   Tadashi Kitta 1 up   Tōru Nakamura
1976   Kazuo Yoshikawa 2 and 1   Kikuo Arai
1975   Takashi Murakami 2 up   Namio Takasu
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