Diamond Cup Golf

ACN Championship
Tournament information
LocationMiki, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1969
Course(s)Miki Golf Club
Par70
Length7,163 yards (6,550 m)
Organized byJapan Golf Association
Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation
Mitsubishi Corporation
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
264 Ryu Hyun-woo (2024)
To par−26 Brandt Jobe (1995)
Current champion
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Location map
Miki GC is located in Japan
Miki GC
Miki GC
Location in Japan
Miki GC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Miki GC
Miki GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Diamond Cup Golf (アジアパシフィックオープンゴルフチャンピオンシップ ダイヤモンドカップゴルフ, Ajia pashifikku opun gorufu chanpionshippu Daiyamondo kappu gorufu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1969, the event has been hosted at different courses throughout Japan, including on all four major islands. In 2022, the purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner. From 2014 to 2019 the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
ACN Championship
2024 JPN Japan Takumi Kanaya 264 −20 Playoff South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo
2023 JPN Japan Yuki Inamori 271 −17 Playoff South Korea Song Young-han
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup
2022 ASA, JPN Japan Shugo Imahira 272 −8 1 stroke Japan Hiroshi Iwata
Japan Yuto Katsuragawa
Japan Kaito Onishi
Japan Kosuke Suzuki (a)
Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf
2021 JPN Japan Rikuya Hoshino 275 −13 4 strokes Philippines Juvic Pagunsan
2020 ASA, JPN Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
2019 ASA, JPN Japan Yosuke Asaji 281 −3 1 stroke United States Micah Lauren Shin
Japan Ren Yonezawa (a)
2018 ASA, JPN Japan Yuta Ikeda 269 −15 6 strokes South Africa Justin Harding
2017 ASA, JPN Japan Daisuke Kataoka 272 −12 2 strokes Thailand Poom Saksansin
Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2016 ASA, JPN Taiwan Chan Shih-chang 270 −10 2 strokes Japan Ippei Koike
2015 ASA, JPN South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2) 271 −9 3 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
Japan Toshinori Muto
2014 ASA, JPN Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 278 −6 2 strokes Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
South Korea Hur Suk-ho
United States Jason Knutzon
Diamond Cup Golf
2013 JPN Japan Hideki Matsuyama 279 −9 2 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
South Korea Park Sung-joon
2012 JPN Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 274 −14 3 strokes Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
2011 JPN Japan Koumei Oda 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Toshinori Muto
Japan Kaname Yokoo
2010 JPN South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 272 −16 2 strokes Japan Koumei Oda
Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf
2009 JPN Japan Takashi Kanemoto 283 −5 Playoff Australia Brendan Jones
2008 JPN Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 274 −10 1 stroke Japan Shintaro Kai
2007 JPN Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) 282 −2 1 stroke Japan Satoru Hirota
Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato
2006 JPN Japan Kaname Yokoo 275 −9 2 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara
Japan Toru Suzuki
2005 JPN South Korea Jang Ik-jae 275 −5 3 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
2004 JPN Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Hidemasa Hoshino
Diamond Cup Tournament
2003 JPN United States Todd Hamilton 276 −12 3 strokes Australia Steven Conran
2002 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) 269 −19 2 stokes Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Japan Hirofumi Miyase
United States Christian Peña
2001 JPN Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 277 −11 Playoff Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Yuji Igarashi
Mitsubishi Motors Tournament
2000 JPN Japan Hirofumi Miyase 276 −8 Playoff Japan Toru Taniguchi
1999 JPN Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 268 −16 Playoff Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
1998 JPN Japan Toru Taniguchi 268 −16 1 stroke Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1997 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Satoshi Higashi
Japan Kōki Idoki
Japan Tōru Nakamura
1996 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki 279 −9 Playoff United States Todd Hamilton
1995 JPN United States Brandt Jobe 266 −26 6 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1994 JPN Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori 205 −11 6 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1993 JPN Taiwan Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 4 strokes Australia Brian Jones
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Japan Tateo Ozaki
1992 JPN Japan Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 4 strokes Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
Japan Saburo Fujiki
1991 JPN Japan Koichi Suzuki 280 −8 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1990 JPN Japan Isao Aoki 289 +1 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Teruo Sugihara
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1989 JPN Japan Tateo Ozaki 284 −4 2 strokes Japan Masanobu Kimura
1988 JPN Australia Brian Jones (3) 271 −17 Playoff Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1987 JPN Australia Brian Jones (2) 283 −5 3 strokes Japan Nobuo Serizawa
Japan Koichi Suzuki
1986 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 280 −8 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Tze-ming
1985 JPN Australia Brian Jones 272 −12 Playoff Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1984 JPN Japan Haruo Yasuda (2) 275 −13 4 strokes Japan Kouichi Inoue
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
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1983 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 278 −10 6 strokes Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen
1982 JPN Australia Graham Marsh (3) 271 −13 Playoff Japan Teruo Sugihara
1981 JPN Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen 289 +1 Playoff Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Teruo Sugihara
1980 JPN Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 276 −12 4 strokes Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita
Australia Graham Marsh
1979 JPN Japan Tōru Nakamura (2) 285 −3 1 stroke Japan Yoshio Kusayanagi
1978 JPN Japan Tōru Nakamura 280 −8 1 stroke Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san
Japan Norio Suzuki
[3]
1977 JPN Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san 277 −11 3 strokes Japan Takaaki Kono
Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Teruo Sugihara
Dunlop Tournament
1976 JPN Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima 274 −14 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1975 JPN Japan Norio Suzuki 278 −10 2 strokes Myanmar Mya Aye
1974 JPN Australia Graham Marsh (2) 272 −16 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Teruo Sugihara
1973 JPN Philippines Ben Arda 280 −8 4 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
1972 Australia Graham Marsh 271 −17 5 strokes Philippines Ben Arda
1971 Australia Peter Thomson 280 −8 1 stroke Japan Haruo Yasuda
1970 Japan Haruo Yasuda 137 −7 2 strokes Japan Fujio Ishii
Japan Takashi Murakami
[4]
1969 Japan Takaaki Kono

Notes

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  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "Japan Golf Tour Status (Latest April 6)" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 230–231, 456–457. ISBN 0862541247.
  3. ^ "Peter fourth". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1978. p. 31. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Yasuda wins Dunlop tourney". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. 11 May 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
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