Shizuoka Open

Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Tournament information
LocationOmaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Shizuoka Country Club
(Hamaoka Course)
Par72
Length6,918 yards (6,326 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Hisayuki Sasaki (1997)
274 Hidemichi Tanaka (2000)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Japan Kiyoshi Murota
Location map
Shizuoka CC is located in Japan
Shizuoka CC
Shizuoka CC
Location in Japan
Shizuoka CC is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka CC
Shizuoka CC
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Shizuoka Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1972, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974. It was last played in 2002 having been dropped from the 2003 tour schedule for economic reasons.[1] It was played over the Hamaoka Course at Shizuoka Country Club near Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture.[2]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
2002 Japan Kiyoshi Murota 276 −12 2 strokes South Korea Kim Jong-duck
Japan Masashi Ozaki
2001 Japan Eiji Mizoguchi 279 −9 Playoff Philippines Frankie Miñoza
2000 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 274 −14 2 strokes Japan Eiji Mizoguchi
1999 South Korea Kim Jong-duck 277 −11 1 stroke Japan Shusaku Sugimoto
1998 Colombia Eduardo Herrera 203[a] −13 1 stroke Japan Kaname Yokoo
1997 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki 274 −14 3 strokes Paraguay Carlos Franco
1996 Japan Yoshikazu Sakamoto 211[a] −5 Playoff Paraguay Carlos Franco
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1995 United States Brian Watts 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
Dydo Shizuoka Open
1994 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 280 −8 Playoff Japan Tōru Nakamura
1993 United States David Ishii 275 −13 3 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
1992 Japan Hiroshi Makino 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
1991 Japan Yutaka Hagawa 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Noburo Sugai
Shizuoka Open
1990 Japan Ryoken Kawagishi 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Hiroshi Makino
1989 Japan Koichi Suzuki 285 −3 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1988 Japan Toshimitsu Kai 283 −5 Playoff Japan Tomohiro Maruyama
1987 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1986 Japan Akiyoshi Ohmachi 254[b] +2 Playoff Japan Teruo Sugihara
1985 Japan Seiichi Kanai 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Tomishege Ikeda
Japan Tōru Nakamura
1984 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 286 −2 5 strokes Japan Eitaro Deguchi
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
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1983 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 283 −5 4 strokes Japan Takashi Kurihara
Japan Masaji Kusakabe
1982 Japan Eitaro Deguchi 280 −6 2 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara [4]
1981 Japan Isao Aoki 279 −9 Playoff Japan Akira Yabe [5]
1980 Japan Katsuji Hasegawa 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Shinsaku Maeda [6]
1979 Japan Akira Yabe 217[a] +1 2 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
1978 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 280 −8 3 strokes Japan Isao Aoki [7]
1977 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 283 −5 Playoff Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976 Japan Norio Suzuki 277 −11 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan [8]
1975 Myanmar Mya Aye 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Kenji Mori [9]
1974 Japan Takashi Kurihara 287 −1 7 strokes Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan unknown
Japan unknown
Japan unknown
[10]
1973 Japan Sadao Sakashita
1972 Japan Haruo Yasuda

Source:[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 63 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Past winners". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.
  7. ^ "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.
  10. ^ "Shizuoka Open to Kurihara". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 25 November 1974. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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