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
Location	Hokkaido, Japan
Established	1975
Course(s)	Nidom Classic Course
Par	72
Length	6,957 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Match play
Prize fund	¥80,000,000
Month played	September
Final year	2003
Tournament record score
Score	8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
Final champion
Todd Hamilton
Location map
Nidom Classic Course Location in Japan Show map of Japan Nidom Classic Course Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture Show map of Hokkaido

Tournament hosts

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

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

External links

• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Japan PGA list of winners (in Japanese)