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Japan Open Golf Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Japan Open Golf Championship |
| location | Nikkō, Japan |
| establishment | 1927 |
| course | Nikko Country Club |
| par | 70 |
| org | Japan Golf Association |
| tour | Japan Golf Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | October |
| aggregate | 265 Shaun Norris (2021) |
| to-par | −19 as above |
| current_champion | JPN Naoyuki Kataoka |
| map | Japan#Japan Tochigi Prefecture |
| map_label | Nikko CC |
| map_caption | Location in Japan##Location in the Tochigi Prefecture |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
| to-par = −19 as above The Japan Open Golf Championship is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan.
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. Starting with the 2025 tournament, the winner also earned entry into the Masters Tournament.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's | |||||
| share (¥) | Venue | ||||||
| 2025 | JPN Naoyuki Kataoka | 277 | −3 | Playoff | JPN Satoshi Hara | 42,000,000 | Nikko |
| 2024 | JPN Shugo Imahira | 276 | −4 | 1 stroke | JPN Ryosuke Kinoshita | 42,000,000 | Tokyo |
| 2023 | JPN Aguri Iwasaki | 272 | −8 | 2 strokes | JPN Ryo Ishikawa | 42,000,000 | Ibaraki |
| (West) | |||||||
| 2022 | JPN Taiga Semikawa (a) | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | JPN Kazuki Higa | 42,000,000 | Sanko |
| 2021 | ZAF Shaun Norris | 265 | −19 | 4 strokes | JPN Yuta Ikeda | 42,000,000 | Biwako |
| 2020 | JPN Yuki Inamori (2) | 275 | −5 | 1 stroke | JPN Hideto Tanihara | 31,500,000 | Murasaki |
| (Sumire) | |||||||
| 2019 | USA Chan Kim | 285 | +1 | 1 stroke | JPN Mikumu Horikawa | ||
| ZAF Shaun Norris | 42,000,000 | Koga | |||||
| 2018 | JPN Yuki Inamori | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | ZAF Shaun Norris | 40,000,000 | Yokohama |
| (West) | |||||||
| 2017 | JPN Yuta Ikeda (2) | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | JPN Takumi Kanaya (a) | 40,000,000 | Gifuseki |
| 2016 | JPN Hideki Matsuyama | 275 | −5 | 3 strokes | JPN Yuta Ikeda | ||
| KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon | 40,000,000 | Sayama | |||||
| 2015 | JPN Satoshi Kodaira | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | JPN Yuta Ikeda | 40,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai |
| (East) | |||||||
| 2014 | JPN Yuta Ikeda | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | JPN Shingo Katayama | ||
| JPN Satoshi Kodaira | 40,000,000 | Chiba | |||||
| (Umesato) | |||||||
| 2013 | JPN Masanori Kobayashi | 274 | −10 | 3 strokes | JPN Koumei Oda | 40,000,000 | Ibaraki |
| (East) | |||||||
| 2012 | JPN Kenichi Kuboya | 292 | +8 | 1 stroke | PHL Juvic Pagunsan | 40,000,000 | Naha |
| 2011 | KOR Bae Sang-moon | 282 | −2 | Playoff | JPN Kenichi Kuboya | 40,000,000 | Takanodai |
| 2010 | KOR Kim Kyung-tae | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita | 40,000,000 | Aichi |
| 2009 | JPN Ryuichi Oda | 282 | −6 | Playoff | JPN Yasuharu Imano | ||
| JPN Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Musashi | |||||
| (Toyooka) | |||||||
| 2008 | JPN Shingo Katayama (2) | 283 | −1 | 4 strokes | JPN Ryo Ishikawa | 40,000,000 | Koga |
| 2007 | JPN Toru Taniguchi (2) | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | JPN Shingo Katayama | 40,000,000 | Sagamihara |
| (East) | |||||||
| 2006 | AUS Paul Sheehan | 277 | −7 | 3 strokes | JPN Azuma Yano | 40,000,000 | Kasumigaseki |
| (West) | |||||||
| 2005 | JPN Shingo Katayama | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | JPN Ryoken Kawagishi | ||
| AUS Craig Parry | 24,000,000 | Hirono | |||||
| 2004 | JPN Toru Taniguchi | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa | ||
| NZL David Smail | |||||||
| TWN Yeh Wei-tze | 24,000,000 | Katayamazu | |||||
| (Hakusan) | |||||||
| 2003 | JPN Keiichiro Fukabori | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | JPN Yasuharu Imano | 24,000,000 | Nikko |
| 2002 | NZL David Smail | 271 | −9 | 4 strokes | KOR Kim Jong-duck | 24,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
| 2001 | JPN Taichi Teshima | 277 | −7 | 4 strokes | JPN Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 24,000,000 | Tokyo |
| 2000 | JPN Naomichi Ozaki (2) | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke | TWN Lin Keng-chi | 24,000,000 | Takanodai |
| 1999 | JPN Naomichi Ozaki | 298 | +10 | 2 strokes | JPN Kazuhiko Hosokawa | ||
| JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara | 24,000,000 | Otaru | |||||
| 1998 | JPN Hidemichi Tanaka | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | JPN Naomichi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Oarai |
| 1997 | AUS Craig Parry | 286 | +2 | 1 stroke | PHL Frankie Miñoza | ||
| JPN Seiki Okuda | |||||||
| JPN Masashi Ozaki | 24,000,000 | Koga | |||||
| 1996 | USA Peter Teravainen | 282 | −2 | 2 strokes | PHL Frankie Miñoza | 24,000,000 | Ibaraki |
| (West) | |||||||
| 1995 | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | JPN Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 16,200,000 | Kasumigaseki |
| (East) | |||||||
| 1994 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (5) | 270 | −18 | 13 strokes | USA David Ishii | ||
| JPN Hideki Kase | 18,000,000 | Yokkaichi | |||||
| 1993 | JPN Seiki Okuda | 281 | −3 | 5 strokes | JPN Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Biwako |
| 1992 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (4) | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | CAN Brent Franklin | ||
| JPN Masahiro Kuramoto | 18,000,000 | Ryugasaki | |||||
| 1991 | JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) | 290 | +2 | Playoff | JPN Noboru Sugai | 18,000,000 | Shimonoseki |
| 1990 | JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | JPN Masashi Ozaki | 18,000,000 | Otaru |
| 1989 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (3) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | AUS Brian Jones | 10,000,000 | Nagoya |
| (Wago) | |||||||
| 1988 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (2) | 288 | +4 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | ||
| JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 10,000,000 | Tokyo | |||||
| 1987 | JPN Isao Aoki (2) | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima | ||
| JPN Nobuo Serizawa | 10,000,000 | Arima Royal | |||||
| 1986 | JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | ||
| JPN Masashi Ozaki | 10,000,000 | Totsuka | |||||
| (West) | |||||||
| 1985 | JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 285 | −3 | 2 strokes | JPN Hiroshi Makino | 10,000,000 | Higashinagoya |
| 1984 | JPN Koichi Uehara | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | JPN Koichi Suzuki | 10,000,000 | Ranzan |
| 1983 | JPN Isao Aoki | 281 | −7 | Playoff | AUS Terry Gale | 8,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai |
| 1982 | JPN Akira Yabe | 277 | −7 | 5 strokes | JPN Yutaka Hagawa | ||
| JPN Naomichi Ozaki | 8,000,000 | Musashi | |||||
| (Toyooka) | |||||||
| 1981 | JPN Yutaka Hagawa | 280 | E | 1 stroke | JPN Kenji Mori | ||
| JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 8,000,000 | Nihon Line | |||||
| 1980 | JPN Shoji Kikuchi | 296 | E | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | ||
| JPN Kazuo Yoshikawa | 8,000,000 | Sagamihara | |||||
| (East) | |||||||
| 1979 | TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung | 285 | −3 | Playoff | JPN Isao Aoki | ||
| JPN Koichi Uehara | |||||||
| JPN Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 8,000,000 | Hino | |||||
| 1978 | ESP Seve Ballesteros (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff | AUS Graham Marsh | 10,000,000 | Yokohama |
| (West) | |||||||
| 1977 | ESP Seve Ballesteros | 284 | E | 1 stroke | JPN Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Narashino |
| 1976 | JPN Kosaku Shimada | 288 | −4 | 1 stroke | JPN Tōru Nakamura | ||
| JPN Takashi Murakami | 10,000,000 | Central | |||||
| (East) | |||||||
| 1975 | JPN Takashi Murakami | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | JPN Seiichi Kanai | 8,000,000 | Kasugai |
| (East) | |||||||
| 1974 | JPN Masashi Ozaki | 279 | −13 | 1 stroke | JPN Takashi Murakami | 6,000,000 | Central |
| (East) | |||||||
| 1973 | PHL Ben Arda | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | JPN Isao Aoki | 4,500,000 | Ibaraki |
| (West) | |||||||
| 1972 | KOR Han Chang-sang | 278 | 1 stroke | JPN Masashi Ozaki | Otone | ||
| (East) | |||||||
| 1971 | JPN Yoshimasa Fujii | 282 | Playoff | JPN Hideyo Sugimoto | Aichi | ||
| 1970 | JPN Mitsuhiro Kitta | 282 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | Musashi | ||
| (Sasai) | |||||||
| 1969 | JPN Hideyo Sugimoto (2) | 284 | 1 stroke | JPN Shigeru Uchida | Ono | ||
| 1968 | JPN Takaaki Kono | 284 | 1 stroke | JPN Kikuo Arai | |||
| AUS Bruce Devlin | |||||||
| JPN Namio Takasu | Sobu | ||||||
| (East & Middle) | |||||||
| 1967 | JPN Tadashi Kitta | 282 | 3 strokes | JPN Tomoo Ishii | |||
| JPN Teruo Sugihara | Hirono | ||||||
| 1966 | JPN Seiichi Sato | 285 | 1 stroke | TWN Chen Ching-Po | |||
| JPN Tadashi Kitta | |||||||
| JPN Shozo Miyamoto | Sodegaura | ||||||
| 1965 | JPN Tadashi Kitta | 284 | 1 stroke | JPN Seiji Kumada | |||
| JPN Shigeru Uchida | |||||||
| JPN Kenji Unno | Miyoshi | ||||||
| 1964 | JPN Hideyo Sugimoto | 288 | 1 stroke | TWN Chen Ching-Po | |||
| JPN Kokuni Kimoto | Tokyo | ||||||
| 1963 | JPN Toichiro Toda (2) | 283 | 2 strokes | JPN Teruo Sugihara | Yokkaichi | ||
| 1962 | JPN Teruo Sugihara | 287 | 2 strokes | TWN Chen Ching-Po | Chiba | ||
| (Umesato) | |||||||
| 1961 | JPN Kenji Hosoishi | 289 | Playoff | TWN Chen Ching-Po | |||
| TWN Hsieh Yung-yo | |||||||
| JPN Isao Katsumata | |||||||
| JPN Koichi Ono | Takanodai | ||||||
| 1960 | JPN Haruyoshi Kobari (2) | 294 | 5 strokes | JPN Yoshimasa Fujii | |||
| USA Orville Moody | |||||||
| JPN Shiro Matsuda | |||||||
| JPN Koichi Ono | Hirono | ||||||
| 1959 | TWN Chen Ching-Po | 296 | Playoff | JPN Yumasa Shimamura | Sagamihara | ||
| 1958 | JPN Torakichi Nakamura (3) | 288 | 4 strokes | JPN Yoshiro Hayashi | Takanodai | ||
| 1957 | JPN Haruyoshi Kobari | 288 | 6 strokes | JPN Tomoo Ishii | Aichi | ||
| 1956 | JPN Torakichi Nakamura (2) | 285 | 8 strokes | JPN Haruyoshi Kobari | Kasumigaseki | ||
| (West) | |||||||
| 1955 | JPN Koichi Ono (3) | 291 | 5 strokes | TWN Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono | ||
| 1954 | JPN Yoshiro Hayashi (2) | 293 | 3 strokes | JPN Michio Ishii | |||
| JPN Haruyoshi Kobari | Tokyo | ||||||
| 1953 | JPN Son Shi-Kin (2) | 291 | 1 stroke | JPN Torakichi Nakamura | Takarazuka | ||
| 1952 | JPN Torakichi Nakamura | 279 | 11 strokes | JPN Shigeru Ishii | Kawana Hotel | ||
| (Fuji) | |||||||
| 1951 | JPN Son Shi-Kin | 288 | 3 strokes | JPN Koshio Kurihara | Naruo | ||
| 1950 | JPN Yoshiro Hayashi | 288 | 1 stroke | JPN Yumasa Shimamura | Abiko | ||
| 1942–1949: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1941 | JPN Tokuharu Nobuhara | 290 | 3 strokes | JPN Torakichi Nakamura | Hodogaya | ||
| 1940 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto (6) | 285 | 2 strokes | JPN Toichiro Toda | Tokyo | ||
| (Asaka) | |||||||
| 1939 | JPN Toichiro Toda | 287 | 5 strokes | TWN Chin Sei-Sui | Hirono | ||
| 1938 | TWN Rin Man-Puku | 294 | 3 strokes | JPN Toichiro Toda | Fujisawa | ||
| 1937 | TWN Chin Sei-Sui | 284 | 7 strokes | JPN Rokuzo Asami | Sagami | ||
| 1936 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto (5) | 293 | 1 stroke | TWN Chin Sei-Sui | Naruo | ||
| 1935 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) | 296 | 8 strokes | JPN Toichiro Toda | Tokyo | ||
| (Asaka) | |||||||
| 1934 | No tournament due to flood damage | ||||||
| 1933 | JPN Kanekichi Nakamura | 294 | 9 strokes | TWN Chin Sei-Sui | |||
| PHL Larry Montes | Kasumigaseki | ||||||
| (East) | |||||||
| 1932 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) | 298 | 1 stroke | JPN Akira Muraki | Ibaraki | ||
| 1931 | JPN Rokuzo Asami (2) | 281 | 4 strokes | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto | Hodogaya | ||
| 1930 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) | 287 | 19 strokes | JPN Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki | ||
| 1929 | JPN Tomekichi Miyamoto | 298 | 2 strokes | JPN Kokichi Yasuda | Ibaraki | ||
| 1928 | JPN Rokuzo Asami | 301 | 7 strokes | JPN Kokichi Yasuda | Tokyo | ||
| (Komazawa) | |||||||
| 1927 | JPN Rokuro Akahoshi | 309 | 10 strokes | JPN Rokuzo Asami | Hodogaya |
Future venues
- 2026：Tarao Country Club (West Course), Kouga City, Shiga
- 2027：Boso Country Club Boso Golf Course (East Course), Mutsuzawa Town, Chosei District, Chiba Prifecture
Notes
References
References
- (1993). "Golf and All Its Glory". BBC.
- (26 August 2025). "The Masters: Augusta National offers new exemptions to six national Opens and aligns qualification with The Open". Sky Sports.
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