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Fujisankei Classic

The Fujisankei Classic (フジサンケイクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner. The title sponsor is the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Fujisankei Classic
Tournament information
LocationFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Fujizakura Country Club
Par70
Length7,566 yards (6,918 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Todd Hamilton (2003)
267 Paul Sheehan (2004)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Location map
Fujizakura CC is located in Japan
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in Japan
Fujizakura CC is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in the Yamanashi Prefecture

Tournament hosts edit

Years Venue Location
2005–present Fujizakura Country Club Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1981–2004 Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course) Itō, Shizuoka
1979–1980 Higashi Matsuyama Country Club Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
1973–1978 Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course) Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2023   Takumi Kanaya 272 −8 4 strokes   Naoyuki Kataoka
2022   Kaito Onishi 273 −11 Playoff   Park Sang-hyun
2021   Shugo Imahira 272 −12 4 strokes   Kenshiro Ikegami
  Ryo Ishikawa
2020   Rikuya Hoshino 275 −9 Playoff   Mikumu Horikawa
2019   Park Sang-hyun 269 −15 2 strokes   Choi Ho-sung
  Hiroshi Iwata
2018   Rikuya Hoshino 268 −16 5 strokes   Shugo Imahira
2017   Ryu Hyun-woo 281 −3 Playoff   Seungsu Han
  Satoshi Kodaira
2016   Cho Min-gyu 277 −7 3 strokes   Ryo Ishikawa
  Daisuke Kataoka
  Daisuke Maruyama
  Tadahiro Takayama
2015   Kim Kyung-tae (2) 275 −9 1 stroke   Lee Kyoung-hoon
2014   Hiroshi Iwata 274 −10 1 stroke   Hur In-hoi
2013   Hideki Matsuyama 275 −9 Playoff   Park Sung-joon
  Hideto Tanihara
2012   Kim Kyung-tae 276 −8 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
2011   Masatsugu Morofuji 136[a] −6 3 strokes   Mardan Mamat
2010   Ryo Ishikawa (2) 275 −9 Playoff   Shunsuke Sonoda
2009   Ryo Ishikawa 272 −12 5 strokes   Daisuke Maruyama
2008   Toyokazu Fujishima 271 −13 Playoff   Hiroshi Iwata
2007   Hideto Tanihara 205[b] −8 3 strokes   Prayad Marksaeng
2006   Shingo Katayama 274 −10 3 strokes   Liang Wenchong
2005   Daisuke Maruyama 271 −13 7 strokes   Shingo Katayama
2004   Paul Sheehan 267 −17 4 strokes   Mitsuhiro Tateyama
  Kaname Yokoo
2003   Todd Hamilton 267 −17 5 strokes   Tetsuji Hiratsuka
  Shigeru Nonaka
2002   Nobuhito Sato 276 −8 Playoff   Scott Laycock
2001   Frankie Miñoza 276 −8 1 stroke   Tsukasa Watanabe
2000   Tateo Ozaki (2) 278 −6 1 stroke   Nobuhito Sato
  Yeh Chang-ting
1999   Shigemasa Higaki 273 −11 2 strokes   Steven Conran
1998   Carlos Franco 275 −9 1 stroke   Chen Tze-chung
1997   Kenichi Kuboya 279 −5 1 stroke   Yoshinori Kaneko
  Masashi Ozaki
1996   Brian Watts 272 −12 Playoff   Todd Hamilton
1995   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 272 −12 2 strokes   Masahiro Kuramoto
1994   Kiyoshi Murota 284 E 4 strokes   Nobuo Serizawa
1993   Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −14 4 strokes   Todd Hamilton
  Tsukasa Watanabe
1992   Hiroshi Makino 281 −3 3 strokes   Saburo Fujiki
1991   Saburo Fujiki 279 −5 Playoff   Isao Aoki
  Brian Jones
  Hideki Kase
1990   Masashi Ozaki (5) 208[b] −5 1 stroke   Saburo Fujiki
  Masanobu Kimura
  Tōru Nakamura
  Naomichi Ozaki
  Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1989   Masashi Ozaki (4) 282 −2 2 strokes   Katsunari Takahashi
1988   Ikuo Shirahama 280 −4 2 strokes   Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987   Masashi Ozaki (3) 275 −9 2 strokes   Graham Marsh
1986   Masashi Ozaki (2) 279 −5 1 stroke   David Ishii
1985   Mark O'Meara 273 −11 3 strokes   Masashi Ozaki
1984   Tateo Ozaki 280 −4 Playoff   Hsieh Min-Nan
1983   Nobumitsu Yuhara 287 +3 1 stroke   Masahiro Kuramoto [1]
1982   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −7 Playoff   Graham Marsh
1981   Toshiharu Kawada 276 −8 2 strokes   Isao Aoki [2]
1980   Masashi Ozaki 283 −5 1 stroke   Graham Marsh
  Takahiro Takeyasu		 [3]
1979   Shoichi Sato 283 −5 1 stroke   Isao Aoki [4]
1978   Kosaku Shimada 278 −10 3 strokes   Isao Aoki [5]
1977   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 287 −1 1 stroke   Yoshitaka Yamamoto [6]
1976   Norio Suzuki 279 −9 Playoff   Lu Liang-Huan
1975   Lu Liang-Huan 280 −8 4 strokes   Graham Marsh [7]
1974   Graham Marsh (2) 276 −12 1 stroke   Tōru Nakamura [8]
1973   Graham Marsh 272 −16 1 stroke   Tōru Nakamura [9]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References edit

  1. ^ "Extra innings | Golf". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 9 May 1983. p. 3C. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 454. ISBN 0862541018.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 172–173, 379–380. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. ^ "Sato tops golfers". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 14 May 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  5. ^ "Shimada's 68 nabs Fuji Sankei golf". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 15 May 1978. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sporting details | Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 23 May 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  7. ^ "Japan's Mr. Lu wins Fuji golf". Detroit Free Press. UPI. 12 May 1975. p. 8-D. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Australian Marsh cop Fuji-Sankei golf". The Hartford Courant. AP. 13 May 1974. p. 55. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Marsh wins $14,875". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.

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