Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

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Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Tournament information
LocationGotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Taiheiyo Club
(Gotemba Course)
Par70
Length7,262 yards (6,640 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Japan Shugo Imahira
Location map
Taiheiyo Club is located in Japan
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in Japan
Taiheiyo Club is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友Visa太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000.[1] It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.

The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.

The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.[2]

Tournament hosts

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Years Venue Location
1977–present Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course Gotemba, Shizuoka
1972–1976 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2024 JPN
2023 JPN Japan Shugo Imahira 268 −12 1 stroke Japan Taiki Yoshida
2022 JPN Japan Ryo Ishikawa (3) 272 −8 Playoff Japan Rikuya Hoshino
2021 JPN Japan Hideto Tanihara (2) 274 −6 1 stroke Japan Takumi Kanaya
2020 JPN Japan Jinichiro Kozuma 272 −8 1 stroke Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita
2019 JPN Japan Takumi Kanaya (a) 267 −13 1 stroke South Africa Shaun Norris
2018 JPN Japan Tatsunori Nukaga 201[b] −9 2 strokes South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk
2017 JPN Japan Satoshi Kodaira 270 −18 3 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
2016 JPN Japan Hideki Matsuyama (2) 265 −23 7 strokes South Korea Song Young-han
2015 JPN Japan Shingo Katayama (2) 202[b] −14 1 stroke Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014 JPN United States David Oh 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Toshinori Muto
2013 JPN Japan Hideto Tanihara 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Masahiro Kawamura
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2012 JPN Japan Ryo Ishikawa (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Michio Matsumura
2011 JPN Japan Hideki Matsuyama (a) 203[b] −13 2 strokes Japan Toru Taniguchi
2010 JPN Japan Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 2 strokes Australia Brendan Jones
2009 JPN Japan Yasuharu Imano 275 –13 2 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
United States Han Lee
2008 JPN Japan Shingo Katayama 272 −16 Playoff Japan Yasuharu Imano
2007 JPN Australia Brendan Jones 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
2006 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
2005 JPN Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004 JPN Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 266 −22 6 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara
England Lee Westwood
2003 JPN Japan Kiyoshi Murota 272 −16 6 strokes United States Ben Curtis
JapanHiroyuki Fujita
South Korea Kim Jong-duck
2002 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
2001 JPN Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (a)
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000 JPN Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
1999 JPN Japan Hirofumi Miyase 274 −14 Playoff Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
1998 JPN England Lee Westwood (3) 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
1997 JPN England Lee Westwood (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1996 JPN England Lee Westwood 206[b] −10 Playoff Italy Costantino Rocca
United States Jeff Sluman
1995 JPN Japan Satoshi Higashi 274 −14 4 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1994 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki 270 −18 5 strokes United States Bob Estes
1993 JPN Australia Greg Norman 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters
1992 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Germany Bernhard Langer
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1991 JPN Australia Roger Mackay 272 −16 2 strokes United States Yoshinori Kaneko
1990 JPN Spain José María Olazábal (2) 270 −18 5 strokes Germany Bernhard Langer
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1989 JPN Spain José María Olazábal 203[b] −13 3 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1988 JPN Spain Seve Ballesteros 281 −7 3 strokes Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987 JPN Australia Graham Marsh 276 −12 1 stroke United States Tom Watson
1986 JPN Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa 274 −14 2 strokes United States Larry Nelson
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1985 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 280 −8 Playoff Australia David Graham
1984 JPN Japan Shinsaku Maeda 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1983: No tournament
1982 JPN United States Scott Hoch 278 −10 3 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters
1981 JPN United States Danny Edwards 276 −12 3 strokes United States Jerry Pate
United States Tom Watson
1980 JPN Japan Norio Suzuki (2) 282 −6 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1979 JPN Japan Norio Suzuki 280 −8 2 strokes United States Rod Curl
United States Bill Rogers
United States Tom Watson
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1978 JPN United States Gil Morgan 273 −11 3 strokes United States Jerry Pate
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1977 JPN United States Bill Rogers 275 −9 1 stroke United States Mike Morley
Japan Teruo Sugihara
1976 JPN United States Jerry Pate 279 −5 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1975 JPN United States Gene Littler (2) 278 −6 1 stroke United States Lee Elder
United States Hubert Green
United States Allen Miller
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1974 United States Gene Littler 279 −5 5 strokes United States Bert Yancey
1973 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki 278 −6 Playoff United States Bert Yancey
1972 United States Gay Brewer 276 −8 Playoff Australia David Graham

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records
Sources:[3][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d e Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 255. ISBN 0002119552.
  2. ^ Mozley, Dana (27 August 1976). "Bohen Snares Met Open Title After 3-Way, 3-Hole Playoff". Daily News. p. 77. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 歴代優勝者 - 2015三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ
  4. ^ Past Champions
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