Japan Open Golf Championship

The Japan Open Golf Championship (日本オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Nihon ōpun gorufu senshu kenkyōgi) is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan.^[1]

Japan Open Golf Championship

Tournament information
Location	Sayama, Japan
Established	1927
Course(s)	Tokyo Golf Club
Organized by	Japan Golf Association
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥210,000,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Shaun Norris (2021)
To par	−19 as above
Current champion
Shugo Imahira
Location map
Tokyo GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Tokyo GC Location in the Saitama Prefecture Show map of Saitama Prefecture

The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2022. Between 1992 and 2021 it was the tour's designated "Flagship event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points.

The winner also receives an invitation to the following year's Open Championship.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share (¥)	Venue
2024	Shugo Imahira	276	−4	1 stroke	Ryosuke Kinoshita	42,000,000	Tokyo
2023	Aguri Iwasaki	272	−8	2 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa	42,000,000	Ibaraki (West)
2022	Taiga Semikawa (a)	270	−10	2 strokes	Kazuki Higa	42,000,000	Sanko
2021	Shaun Norris	265	−19	4 strokes	Yuta Ikeda	42,000,000	Biwako
2020	Yuki Inamori (2)	275	−5	1 stroke	Hideto Tanihara	31,500,000	Murasaki (Sumire)
2019	Chan Kim	285	+1	1 stroke	Mikumu Horikawa Shaun Norris	42,000,000	Koga
2018	Yuki Inamori	270	−14	2 strokes	Shaun Norris	40,000,000	Yokohama (West)
2017	Yuta Ikeda (2)	272	−8	1 stroke	Takumi Kanaya (a)	40,000,000	Gifuseki
2016	Hideki Matsuyama	275	−5	3 strokes	Yuta Ikeda Lee Kyoung-hoon	40,000,000	Sayama
2015	Satoshi Kodaira	275	−13	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda	40,000,000	Rokko Kokusai (East)
2014	Yuta Ikeda	270	−10	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama Satoshi Kodaira	40,000,000	Chiba (Umesato)
2013	Masanori Kobayashi	274	−10	3 strokes	Koumei Oda	40,000,000	Ibaraki (East)
2012	Kenichi Kuboya	292	+8	1 stroke	Juvic Pagunsan	40,000,000	Naha
2011	Bae Sang-moon	282	−2	Playoff	Kenichi Kuboya	40,000,000	Takanodai
2010	Kim Kyung-tae	271	−13	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita	40,000,000	Aichi
2009	Ryuichi Oda	282	−6	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano Ryo Ishikawa	40,000,000	Musashi (Toyooka)
2008	Shingo Katayama (2)	283	−1	4 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa	40,000,000	Koga
2007	Toru Taniguchi (2)	283	−5	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama	40,000,000	Sagamihara (East)
2006	Paul Sheehan	277	−7	3 strokes	Azuma Yano	40,000,000	Kasumigaseki (West)
2005	Shingo Katayama	282	−2	2 strokes	Ryoken Kawagishi Craig Parry	24,000,000	Hirono
2004	Toru Taniguchi	285	−3	4 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa David Smail Yeh Wei-tze	24,000,000	Katayamazu (Hakusan)
2003	Keiichiro Fukabori	276	−8	2 strokes	Yasuharu Imano	24,000,000	Nikko
2002	David Smail	271	−9	4 strokes	Kim Jong-duck	24,000,000	Shimonoseki
2001	Taichi Teshima	277	−7	4 strokes	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	24,000,000	Tokyo
2000	Naomichi Ozaki (2)	281	−3	1 stroke	Lin Keng-chi	24,000,000	Takanodai
1999	Naomichi Ozaki	298	+10	2 strokes	Kazuhiko Hosokawa Nobumitsu Yuhara	24,000,000	Otaru
1998	Hidemichi Tanaka	283	−5	1 stroke	Naomichi Ozaki	24,000,000	Oarai
1997	Craig Parry	286	+2	1 stroke	Frankie Miñoza Seiki Okuda Masashi Ozaki	24,000,000	Koga
1996	Peter Teravainen	282	−2	2 strokes	Frankie Miñoza	24,000,000	Ibaraki (West)
1995	Toshimitsu Izawa	277	−7	1 stroke	Kazuhiko Hosokawa	16,200,000	Kasumigaseki (East)
1994	Masashi Ozaki (5)	270	−18	13 strokes	David Ishii Hideki Kase	18,000,000	Yokkaichi
1993	Seiki Okuda	281	−3	5 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	18,000,000	Biwako
1992	Masashi Ozaki (4)	277	−11	5 strokes	Brent Franklin Masahiro Kuramoto	18,000,000	Ryugasaki
1991	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4)	290	+2	Playoff	Noboru Sugai	18,000,000	Shimonoseki
1990	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)	281	−7	2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	18,000,000	Otaru
1989	Masashi Ozaki (3)	274	−6	1 stroke	Brian Jones	10,000,000	Nagoya (Wago)
1988	Masashi Ozaki (2)	288	+4	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Tsuneyuki Nakajima	10,000,000	Tokyo
1987	Isao Aoki (2)	279	−9	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima Nobuo Serizawa	10,000,000	Arima Royal
1986	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	284	−4	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Masashi Ozaki	10,000,000	Totsuka (West)
1985	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	285	−3	2 strokes	Hiroshi Makino	10,000,000	Higashinagoya
1984	Koichi Uehara	283	−5	2 strokes	Koichi Suzuki	10,000,000	Ranzan
1983	Isao Aoki	281	−7	Playoff	Terry Gale	8,000,000	Rokko Kokusai
1982	Akira Yabe	277	−7	5 strokes	Yutaka Hagawa Naomichi Ozaki	8,000,000	Musashi (Toyooka)
1981	Yutaka Hagawa	280	E	1 stroke	Kenji Mori Tsuneyuki Nakajima	8,000,000	Nihon Line
1980	Shoji Kikuchi	296	E	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Kazuo Yoshikawa	8,000,000	Sagamihara (East)
1979	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	285	−3	Playoff	Isao Aoki Koichi Uehara Yoshitaka Yamamoto	8,000,000	Hino
1978	Seve Ballesteros (2)	281	−7	Playoff	Graham Marsh	10,000,000	Yokohama (West)
1977	Seve Ballesteros	284	E	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami	10,000,000	Narashino
1976	Kosaku Shimada	288	−4	1 stroke	Tōru Nakamura Takashi Murakami	10,000,000	Central (East)
1975	Takashi Murakami	278	−10	3 strokes	Seiichi Kanai	8,000,000	Kasugai (East)
1974	Masashi Ozaki	279	−13	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami	6,000,000	Central (East)
1973	Ben Arda	278	−10	2 strokes	Isao Aoki	4,500,000	Ibaraki (West)
1972	Han Chang-sang	278		1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki		Otone (East)
1971	Yoshimasa Fujii	282		Playoff	Hideyo Sugimoto		Aichi
1970	Mitsuhiro Kitta	282		1 stroke	Isao Aoki		Musashi (Sasai)
1969	Hideyo Sugimoto (2)	284		1 stroke	Shigeru Uchida		Ono
1968	Takaaki Kono	284		1 stroke	Kikuo Arai Bruce Devlin Namio Takasu		Sobu (East & Middle)
1967	Tadashi Kitta	282		3 strokes	Tomoo Ishii Teruo Sugihara		Hirono
1966	Seiichi Sato	285		1 stroke	Chen Ching-Po Tadashi Kitta Shozo Miyamoto		Sodegaura
1965	Tadashi Kitta	284		1 stroke	Seiji Kumada Shigeru Uchida Kenji Unno		Miyoshi
1964	Hideyo Sugimoto	288		1 stroke	Chen Ching-Po Kokuni Kimoto		Tokyo
1963	Toichiro Toda (2)	283		2 strokes	Teruo Sugihara		Yokkaichi
1962	Teruo Sugihara	287		2 strokes	Chen Ching-Po		Chiba (Umesato)
1961	Kenji Hosoishi	289		Playoff	Chen Ching-Po Hsieh Yung-yo Isao Katsumata Koichi Ono[a]		Takanodai
1960	Haruyoshi Kobari[b] (2)	294		5 strokes	Yoshimasa Fujii Orville Moody Shiro Matsuda Koichi Ono[a]		Hirono
1959	Chen Ching-Po	296		Playoff	Yumasa Shimamura		Sagamihara
1958	Torakichi Nakamura (3)	288		4 strokes	Yoshiro Hayashi		Takanodai
1957	Haruyoshi Kobari	288		6 strokes	Tomoo Ishii		Aichi
1956	Torakichi Nakamura (2)	285		8 strokes	Haruyoshi Kobari		Kasumigaseki (West)
1955	Koichi Ono[a] (3)	291		5 strokes	Chin Sei-Sui		Hirono
1954	Yoshiro Hayashi (2)	293		3 strokes	Michio Ishii Haruyoshi Kobari		Tokyo
1953	Son Shi-Kin[a] (2)	291		1 stroke	Torakichi Nakamura		Takarazuka
1952	Torakichi Nakamura	279		11 strokes	Shigeru Ishii		Kawana Hotel (Fuji)
1951	Son Shi-Kin[a]	288		3 strokes	Koshio Kurihara		Naruo
1950	Yoshiro Hayashi	288		1 stroke	Yumasa Shimamura		Abiko
1942–1949: No tournament due to World War II
1941	Tokuharu Nobuhara	290		3 strokes	Torakichi Nakamura		Hodogaya
1940	Tomekichi Miyamoto (6)	285		2 strokes	Toichiro Toda		Tokyo (Asaka)
1939	Toichiro Toda	287		5 strokes	Chin Sei-Sui		Hirono
1938	Rin Man-Puku	294		3 strokes	Toichiro Toda		Fujisawa
1937	Chin Sei-Sui	284		7 strokes	Rokuzo Asami		Sagami
1936	Tomekichi Miyamoto (5)	293		1 stroke	Chin Sei-Sui		Naruo
1935	Tomekichi Miyamoto (4)	296		8 strokes	Toichiro Toda		Tokyo (Asaka)
1934	No tournament due to flood damage
1933	Kanekichi Nakamura	294		9 strokes	Chin Sei-Sui Larry Montes		Kasumigaseki (East)
1932	Tomekichi Miyamoto (3)	298		1 stroke	Akira Muraki		Ibaraki
1931	Rokuzo Asami (2)	281		4 strokes	Tomekichi Miyamoto		Hodogaya
1930	Tomekichi Miyamoto (2)	287		19 strokes	Kokichi Yasuda		Ibaraki
1929	Tomekichi Miyamoto	298		2 strokes	Kokichi Yasuda		Ibaraki
1928	Rokuzo Asami	301		7 strokes	Kokichi Yasuda		Tokyo (Komazawa)
1927	Rokuro Akahoshi	309		10 strokes	Rokuzo Asami		Hodogaya

Future venues

• 2024：Tokyo Golf Club, Sayama City, Saitama
• 2025：Nikko Country Club, Nikko City, Tochigi
• 2026：Tarao Country Club (West Course), Kouga City, Shiga
• 2027：Boso Country Club Boso Golf Course (East Course), Mutsuzawa Town, Chosei District, Chiba Prifecture

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. Son Shi-Kin changed his name to Koichi Ono in 1954 or 1955.
2. Defending champion Chen Ching-Po finished ahead of Kobari but was disqualified after signing for an incorrect score.