Nikkei Cup

Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Tournament information
LocationKasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1985
Course(s)Fuji Country Club
Par72
Length7,072 yards (6,467 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Toru Suzuki (1994)
268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Location map
Fuji CC is located in Japan
Fuji CC
Fuji CC
Location in Japan
Fuji CC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Fuji CC
Fuji CC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Nikkei Cup, also known as the Torakichi Nakamura Memorial tournament, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe 280 −8 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Fuji
(Dejima)
1997 Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting 272 −16 Playoff Japan Tsukasa Watanabe Fuji
(Dejima)
1996 Japan Hideki Kase 271 −17 2 strokes Taiwan Lin Keng-chi Fuji
(Dejima)
1995 Japan Tetsu Nishikawa 269 −19 2 strokes Japan Tomohiro Maruyama Fuji
(Dejima)
Nikkei Cup
1994 Japan Toru Suzuki 268 −20 5 strokes Japan Katsunari Takahashi Mitsui Tomakomai
1993 Singapore Samson Gimson 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Hisayuki Sasaki Mitsui Tomakomai
1992 Japan Kiyoshi Murota 280 −8 Playoff Japan Masahiro Kuramoto Mitsui Tomakomai
1991 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2) 203[a] −7 Playoff Japan Eiichi Itai Yasukogen
1990 Japan Satoshi Higashi 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Nobuo Serizawa Mitsui Tomakomai
1989 Japan Yoshimi Niizeki 271 −9 Playoff Japan Saburo Fujiki Izu Nirayama
1988 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 283 −5 4 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki Sanyo
(Yoshii)
1987 Japan Nobuo Serizawa 277 −7 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan Masahiro Shiota
Gifuseki
1986 Japan Masashi Ozaki 268 −20 4 strokes Japan Ikuo Shirahama Gamou
1985 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 270 −14 4 strokes Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita Kawagoe

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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