Kansai Open

Kansai Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationHigashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Meishin Yokaichi Country Club
Par71
Length7,180 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Japan Takahiro Hataji
Location map
Meishin Yokaichi CC is located in Japan
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Location in Japan
Meishin Yokaichi CC is located in Shiga Prefecture
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Meishin Yokaichi CC
Location in the Shiga Prefecture

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2024 Japan Takahiro Hataji 266 −14 3 strokes Japan Yuta Sugiura Meishin Yokaichi
2023 Japan Taiga Semikawa 267 −17 4 strokes Japan Takahiro Hataji Izumigaoka
2022 Japan Kazuki Higa 270 −14 1 stroke Japan Rikuya Hoshino Yomiuri
2021 Japan Rikuya Hoshino 270 −14 2 strokes United States Chan Kim Arima Royal
(Royal)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Arima Royal
(Royal)
2019 Japan Tomoharu Otsuki 269 −19 Playoff Japan Rikuya Hoshino Koma
2018 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Shugo Imahira
Japan Kunihiro Kamii		 Ono Toyo
2017 Japan Shugo Imahira 275 −9 6 strokes Japan Daisuke Kataoka Joyo
2016 South Korea Cho Byung-min 278 −6 1 stroke Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Australia Scott Strange		 Hashimoto
2015 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 267 −17 3 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy Meishin Youkaichi
2014 Japan Koumei Oda 273 −15 2 strokes Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto Rokko
2013 Australia Brad Kennedy 206[a] −10 1 stroke South Korea Park Sung-joon Olympic
2012 Japan Toshinori Muto 266 −18 1 stroke South Korea Kim Hyung-sung Izumigaoka
2011 South Korea Cho Min-gyu 270 −14 4 strokes Japan Yoshikazu Haku Ono
2010 Japan Shigeru Nonaka 269 −11 3 strokes Japan Azuma Yano Tanabe
2009 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 264 −20 2 strokes Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Japan Tomohiro Kondo		 Takarazuka
(New)
2008 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 276 −12 4 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda Shiga [2]
2007 Japan Koji Yamamoto Kakogawa
2006 Japan Ryuichi Tayasu Sumoto
2005 Japan Kazuhiko Yamashita Higashijoyo
2004 Japan Tadahisa Inoue Biwako
2003 Japan Satoshi Oide Higashihirono
2002 Japan Yuya Kamide Nara International
2001 Japan Hidemasa Hoshino Miki
2000 Japan Osamu Yamaguchi Ikeda
1999 Japan Takenori Hiraishi (2) Ono Grand
1998 Japan Shusaku Sugimoto Shiga
1997 Japan Tatsuo Takasaki Century Yoshikawa
1996 Japan Takenori Hiraishi Grandeji
1995 Japan Asahiko Makazawa Otaninishiki
1994 Japan Kazuo Kanayama Asahi International Tojo
1993 Japan Kotobuki Nakase Minagi
1992 Japan Masanobu Kimura (2) Manju
1991 Japan Toshikazu Sugihara 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara Lions
1990 Japan Teruo Sugihara (9) 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Yuzo Oyama Pine Lake
1989 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) 211[a] −5 1 stroke Japan Kazuo Kanayama
Japan Toshiaki Nakagawa
Japan Tōru Nakamura		 Hanayashiki
(Hirono)
1988 Japan Yasuo Sone 286 −2 3 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda Kitarokko
(East)
1987 Japan Masanobu Kimura 292 +4 2 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986 Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura 284 −4 3 strokes Japan Yoshio Ichikawa
Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa		 Rokko Kokusai
1985 Japan Tsutomu Irie 280 −8 3 strokes Japan Hisao Inoue
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Arima Royal
1984 Japan Tōru Nakamura 281 −7 2 strokes Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto Hino [3]
1983 Japan Susumu Wakita 284 −4 2 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara Arima Royal
1982 Japan Teruo Sugihara (8) 285 −3 Rokko Kokusai
1981 Japan Akio Kanemoto (2) 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Kai
Japan Ichiro Teramoto		 Meishin Yokaichi [4]
1980 Japan Takemitsu Uranishi 284 −4 6 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Kosaku Shimada		 Hanayashiki
(Yokawa) 		[5]
1979 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 283 −5 Rokko Kokusai
1978 Japan Akio Kanemoto 284 −4 Playoff Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto Omi
1977 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 285 −3 Hino
1976 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Akio Kanemoto Biwako [6]
1975 Japan Teruo Sugihara (7) 279 −9 6 strokes Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto Ono [7]
1974 Japan Teruo Sugihara (6) 287 −1 Nara Kokusai
1973 Japan Teruo Sugihara (5) 273 −15 Nishinomiya
1972 Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa Hirono
1971 Japan Teruo Sugihara (4) Ibaraki
1970 Japan Kosaku Shimada Naruo
1969 Japan Shigeru Uchida Hirono
1968 Japan Teruo Sugihara (3) Shimonoseki
1967 Japan Teruo Suzumura Yokkaichi
1966 Japan Shozo Miyamoto Ibaraki
1965 Japan Teruo Sugihara (2) Naruo
1964 Japan Teruo Sugihara Koga
1963 Japan Tadashi Kitta (3) Hirono
1962 Japan Tadashi Kitta (2) Nishinomiya
1961 Japan Tetsuo Ishii (2) Nagoya
1960 Japan Susumu Arai Nara International
1959 Japan Michio Ishii (3) Aichi
1958 Japan Tadashi Kitta Naruo
1957 Japan Yousei Shimamura Ibaraki
1956 Japan Tetsuo Ishii Takarazuka
1955 Japan Michio Ishii (2) Hirono
1954 Japan Mitsuji Kimoto Naruo
1953 Japan Michio Ishii Ibaraki
1952 Japan Yasuke Yamada Hirono
1951 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) Takarazuka
1950 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) Naruo
1949 Japan Toichiro Toda (4) Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Japan Toichiro Toda (3) Hirono
1938 Japan Toichiro Toda (2) Hirono
1937 Japan Akira Muraki Naruo
1936 Japan Iwaichi Uekashi Ibaraki
1935 Japan Jiro Morioka (4) Naruo
1934 Japan Jiro Morioka (3) Naruo
1933 Japan Toichiro Toda Ibaraki
1932 Japan Jiro Morioka (2) Hirono
1931 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) Naruo
1930 Japan Takeo Ishisumi Ibaraki
1929 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo
1928 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1927 Japan Kazuichi Nakagami Naruo
1926 Japan Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "遼、1度も首位を譲らずプロ転向後初優勝！" [Ryo won the first victory after turning professional without giving up the lead!]. Alba (in Japanese). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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