The Golf Digest Tournament was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1971 and was part of the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1997. It was played in October at the Tōmei Country Club near Susono, Shizuoka.

Golf Digest Tournament
Tournament information
LocationSusono, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1971
Course(s)Tōmei Country Club
Par71
Length6,781 yards (6,201 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Eiji Mizoguchi (1994)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
United States Brandt Jobe
Location map
Tōmei CC is located in Japan
Tōmei CC
Tōmei CC
Location in Japan
Tōmei CC is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Tōmei CC
Tōmei CC
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Golf Digest Tournament
1997   Brandt Jobe 267 −17 Playoff   Toru Suzuki
1996   Yoshi Mizumaki 273 −11 1 stroke   Satoshi Higashi
  Shoichi Kuwabara
1995   Stewart Ginn 267 −17 2 strokes   Rick Gibson
Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament
1994   Eiji Mizoguchi 265 −19 5 strokes   Stewart Ginn
  Hiroshi Ueda
1993   Masashi Ozaki (3) 268 −16 2 strokes   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1992   Seiki Okuda 272 −12 1 stroke   Roger Mackay
1991   Harumitsu Hamano 273 −11 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
1990   Noboru Sugai 274 −10 3 strokes   Larry Mize
  Masashi Ozaki
Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament
1989   Yoshikazu Yokoshima 268 −16 6 strokes   Masaji Kusakabe
  Kiyoshi Murota
1988   Masashi Ozaki (2) 272 −12 Playoff   Brian Jones
1987   Ian Baker-Finch 275 −9 4 strokes   Kazushige Kono
1986   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 275 −6 Playoff   David Ishii
1985   D. A. Weibring 268 −16 2 strokes   Yasuhiro Funatogawa
Golf Digest Tournament
1984   Shinsaku Maeda 274 −14 3 strokes   Seiji Ebihara [1]
1983   Seiichi Kanai 276 −12 2 strokes   Kouichi Inoue
1982   Hsieh Min-Nan 274 −14 1 stroke   Akira Yabe [2]
1981   Toyotake Nakao 287 −10 Playoff   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1980   Teruo Sugihara (2) 275 −13 2 strokes   Isao Aoki [3]
1979   Kuo Chie-Hsiung 206[a] −10 3 strokes   Fujio Kobayashi [4]
1978   Masaru Amono 280 −8 1 stroke   Shinsaku Maeda
  Masashi Ozaki
[5]
1977   Takashi Murakami (2) 275 −13 4 strokes   Masashi Ozaki [6]
1976   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 279 −9 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai
1975   Kenichi Yamada 240[b] −12 1 stroke   Shozo Miyamoto [7]
1974   Takashi Murakami 271 −17 1 stroke   Kuo Chie-Hsiung [8]
1973   Teruo Sugihara 274 −14 2 strokes   Tōru Nakamura [9]
1972   Haruo Yasuda 204 −12 3 strokes   Hsieh Yung-yo
  Shohei Nishida
[10]
1971   Masashi Ozaki  

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

References

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  1. ^ "Golf Digest tourney". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. UPI. 15 October 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Min Nan struggles for his 13th win". The Straits Times. 18 October 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 183–184, 406–407. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. ^ "Wins Golf Digest tourney". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 22 October 1979. p. 2C. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 0385149409.
  6. ^ "Results | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 24 October 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 296, 495. ISBN 000211996X.
  8. ^ "Murukami triumphs in Golf Digest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 7 October 1974. p. 51. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 553–554. ISBN 0002119544.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313, 531–532. ISBN 0002119463.
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