NST Niigata Open

Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
Tournament information
LocationShibata, Niigata, Japan
Established1979
Course(s)Forest Golf Club
Par71
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Kim Jong-duck (2004)
To par−24 Go Higaki (2001)
Final champion
South Korea Kim Jong-duck
Location map
Forest GC is located in Japan
Forest GC
Forest GC
Location in Japan
Forest GC is located in Niigata Prefecture
Forest GC
Forest GC
Location in the Niigata Prefecture

The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
2004 South Korea Kim Jong-duck 263 −21 5 strokes Japan Kazuhiro Kinjo
2003 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 271 −17 1 stroke United States Gregory Meyer
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2002 Japan Yasuharu Imano 270 −18 4 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2001 Japan Go Higaki 264 −24 6 strokes Australia Scott Laycock
2000 Japan Hidezumi Shirakata 269 −19 4 strokes Japan Kiyoshi Murota
1999 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 269 −19 6 strokes Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998 Japan Masayuki Kawamura 268 −20 8 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Kiyoshi Murota
1997 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
1996 Japan Masatoshi Horikawa 268 −20 1 stroke Japan Masayuki Kawamura
1995 Japan Tomohiro Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
NST Niigata Open
1994 Japan Pete Izumikawa 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Kiyoshi Murota
1993 Japan Kōki Idoki 275 −13 3 strokes Singapore Samson Gimson
Japan Hiroya Kamide
Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
Japan Hajime Meshiai
1992 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Shigenori Mori
1991 Japan Akihito Yokoyama 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Hideki Kase
Japan Koichi Suzuki
1990 Japan Seiichi Kanai 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Yukio Noguchi
1989 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori 288 E 1 stroke Japan Tomohiro Maruyama
1988 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 277 −11 3 strokes United States David Ishii
1987 Japan Tadao Nakamura 276 −8 1 stroke Taiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng
United States David Ishii
Australia Brian Jones
Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa
1986 United States David Ishii 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Tateo Ozaki
1985 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −12 Playoff Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita
1984 Japan Saburo Fujiki 271 −13 1 stroke Japan Haruo Yasuda
Niigata Open
1983 Japan Hideto Shigenobu 136 −8 Playoff Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1982 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 138 −6 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1981 Japan Takahiro Takeyasu 139 −5
1980 Japan Hideo Ishii [1]
1979 Japan Koichi Uehara 106[a] [2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tournament contested over 27 holes.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. p. 178. ISBN 0862540054.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. p. 224. ISBN 0905947835.
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