The Nikkei Cup, also known as the Torakichi Nakamura Memorial tournament, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura.

Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Tournament information
LocationKasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1985
Course(s)Fuji Country Club
Par72
Length7,072 yards (6,467 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Toru Suzuki (1994)
268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Location map
Fuji CC is located in Japan
Fuji CC
Fuji CC
Location in Japan
Fuji CC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Fuji CC
Fuji CC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

Winners

edit
Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998   Mitsutaka Kusakabe 280 −8 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki Fuji
(Dejima)
1997   Yeh Chang-ting 272 −16 Playoff   Tsukasa Watanabe Fuji
(Dejima)
1996   Hideki Kase 271 −17 2 strokes   Lin Keng-chi Fuji
(Dejima)
1995   Tetsu Nishikawa 269 −19 2 strokes   Tomohiro Maruyama Fuji
(Dejima)
Nikkei Cup
1994   Toru Suzuki 268 −20 5 strokes   Katsunari Takahashi Mitsui Tomakomai
1993   Samson Gimson 276 −12 2 strokes   Hisayuki Sasaki Mitsui Tomakomai
1992   Kiyoshi Murota 280 −8 Playoff   Masahiro Kuramoto Mitsui Tomakomai
1991   Naomichi Ozaki (2) 203[a] −7 Playoff   Eiichi Itai Yasukogen
1990   Satoshi Higashi 282 −6 1 stroke   Nobuo Serizawa Mitsui Tomakomai
1989   Yoshimi Niizeki 271 −9 Playoff   Saburo Fujiki Izu Nirayama
1988   Masashi Ozaki (2) 283 −5 4 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki Sanyo
(Yoshii)
1987   Nobuo Serizawa 277 −7 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
  Naomichi Ozaki
  Masahiro Shiota
Gifuseki
1986   Masashi Ozaki 268 −20 4 strokes   Ikuo Shirahama Gamou
1985   Naomichi Ozaki 270 −14 4 strokes   Yoshihisa Iwashita Kawagoe

Notes

edit
  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

edit
edit