Woodone Open Hiroshima

The Woodone Open Hiroshima was a professional golf tournament in Japan. Founded in 1972 as the Hiroshima Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 2007. Except for the 1997 tournament, which was held at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture, and the 1980 tournament, which was held at Kam Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba, it was played at Hiroshima Country Club near Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Woodone Open Hiroshima
Tournament information
LocationHigashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Hiroshima Country Club
Par71
Length6,942 yards (6,348 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2006)
To par−22 Shingo Katayama (2004)
Final champion
Japan Toru Taniguchi
Location map
Hiroshima CC is located in Japan
Hiroshima CC
Hiroshima CC
Location in Japan
Hiroshima CC is located in Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima CC
Hiroshima CC
Location in the Hiroshima Prefecture

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Woodone Open Hiroshima
2007   Toru Taniguchi 269 −15 Playoff[a]   Prayad Marksaeng
2006   Tetsuji Hiratsuka 265 −19 2 strokes   Hur Suk-ho
  Shingo Katayama
2005   Takao Nogami 270 −14 1 stroke   Dinesh Chand
2004   Shingo Katayama 266 −22 5 strokes   Ryuichi Oda
2003   Toshimitsu Izawa 275 −13 Playoff[b]   Kiyoshi Murota
Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima
2002   Hur Suk-ho 274 −14 3 strokes   Mamo Osanai
2001   Keiichiro Fukabori (2) 203[c] −13 Playoff[d]   Masashi Ozaki
2000   Keiichiro Fukabori 275 −13 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
Yonex Open Hiroshima
1999   Masashi Ozaki (9) 273 −15 Playoff[e]   Shigemasa Higaki
1998   Masashi Ozaki (8) 270 −18 1 stroke   Peter McWhinney
1997   Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes   Hiroyuki Fujita
1996   Hideyuki Sato 273 −15 4 strokes   Yoshinori Kaneko
1995   Masashi Ozaki (7) 207[c] −9 1 stroke   Satoshi Higashi
1994   Masashi Ozaki (6) 274 −14 3 strokes   Nobuo Serizawa
1993   Toshiaki Odate 275 −9 Playoff[f]   Wayne Levi
1992   Nobumitsu Yuhara 275 −9 1 stroke   Saburo Fujiki
  Satoshi Higashi
  Kiyoshi Murota
1991   Eiichi Itai 272 −12 2 strokes   Yoshi Mizumaki
  Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990   Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1989   Masashi Ozaki (4) 270 −18 6 strokes   Seiji Ebihara
  Seiichi Kanai
  Nobuo Serizawa
1988   Hajime Matsui 274 −14 1 stroke   Katsuyoshi Tomori
Hiroshima Open
1987   Hajime Meshiai 275 −13 2 strokes   Yoshiyuki Isomura
  Lu Liang-Huan
  Tadao Nakamura
1986   Tōru Nakamura (2) 272 −16 Playoff   Saburo Fujiki
1985   Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) 277 −11 2 strokes   Hajime Meshiai
  Tōru Nakamura
  Masashi Ozaki
1984   Masashi Ozaki (3) 269 −15 3 strokes   Masaji Kusakabe [1]
1983   Katsunari Takahashi 273 −15 Playoff[g]   Tateo Ozaki [2]
1982   Takashi Kurihara 272 −12 4 strokes   Yutaka Hagawa
1981   Seiichi Kanai 202[c] −14 Playoff[h]   Lu Hsi-chuen [3]
1980   Norio Suzuki 276 −12 4 strokes   Isao Aoki
  Chen Tze-ming
  Haruo Yasuda
[4]
1979   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 270 −18 8 strokes   Haruo Yasuda
  Yoshikazu Yokoshima
[5]
1978   Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff   Hideyo Sugimoto
1977   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 275 −13 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki [6]
1976   Masashi Ozaki 200[c] −13 1 stroke   Teruo Sugihara [7]
1975   Lu Liang-Huan (2) 275 −13 Playoff[i]   Tōru Nakamura
  Kosaku Shimada
[8]
1974   Lu Liang-Huan 272 −16 1 stroke   Takashi Murakami [9]
1973   Tōru Nakamura 269 −19 1 stroke   Iraneo Legaspi [10]
1972   Hsieh Yung-yo 202 −14 2 strokes   Takashi Murakami [11]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Taniguchi won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Izawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  4. ^ Fukabori won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Ozaki won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Odate won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Takahashi won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. ^ Kanai won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  9. ^ Lu won a two-hole playoff by two strokes; Lu (E), Nakamura (+2), Shimada (+2).

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 243, 489–490. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Takahashi wins Hiroshima Open". Singapore Monitor. 26 September 1983. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246–247, 480–481. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 181, 398–399. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ "Hinkle chalks up third win". The Straits Times. 10 September 1979. p. 25. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  6. ^ "Red hot Cole wins by one stroke". New Nation. 5 September 1977. p. 21. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "Ozaki wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. 6 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 477–502. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 437–438. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 549–550. ISBN 0002119544.
  11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 526. ISBN 0002119463.
  12. ^ "大会の歴史" [Tournament history] (in Japanese). Hiroshima TV. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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