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Suntory Open

The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club.[1] The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

Suntory Open
Tournament information
LocationInzai, Chiba, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Sobu Country Club
Par70
Length7,143 yards (6,532 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yang Yong-eun (2006)
To par−20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975)
Final champion
Japan Hideto Tanihara
Location map
Sobu CC is located in Japan
Sobu CC
Sobu CC
Location in Japan
Sobu CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Sobu CC
Sobu CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts edit

Year(s) Host course Location
1998–2007 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1974–1997 Narashino Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1973 Ashitaka 600 Club Numazu, Shizuoka

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2007   Hideto Tanihara 202[a] −8 2 strokes   Toru Taniguchi [2]
2006   Yang Yong-eun 266 −14 6 strokes   Hidemasa Hoshino
  Toru Taniguchi
2005   Yasuharu Imano 267 −13 2 strokes   Mamo Osanai
2004   Hideki Kase 267 −13 3 strokes   Tomohiro Kondo
  Katsuya Nakagawa
  Toru Taniguchi
2003   Jyoti Randhawa 276 −8 2 strokes   Paul Sheehan
2002   Shingo Katayama (2) 269 −15 4 strokes   Kōki Idoki
  Yasuharu Imano
2001   Shingo Katayama 268 −16 3 strokes   Darren Clarke
  Keiichiro Fukabori
  Nobuo Serizawa
2000   Kiyoshi Maita 273 −11 1 stroke   Yasuharu Imano
1999   Nick Price 276 −8 1 stroke   Shigeki Maruyama
1998   Mamo Osanai 274 −10 3 strokes   Masashi Ozaki
1997   Hiroyuki Fujita 274 −14 3 strokes   Masashi Ozaki
1996   Hajime Meshiai 272 −16 3 strokes   Hidemichi Tanaka
1995   Masahiro Kuramoto 273 −15 3 strokes   Takaaki Fukuzawa
  Satoshi Higashi
  Nobuo Serizawa
1994   David Ishii 277 −11 Playoff   Hisayuki Sasaki
1993   Eiichi Itai 282 −6 1 stroke   Chen Tze-chung
1992   Naomichi Ozaki (2) 279 −9 2 strokes   Wayne Grady
  Tateo Ozaki
  Yoshikazu Yokoshima
  Nobumitsu Yuhara
1991   Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes   Chen Tze-chung
1990   Tōru Nakamura 271 −17 1 stroke   Graham Marsh [3]
1989   Larry Nelson 276 −12 Playoff   Saburo Fujiki
1988   Tateo Ozaki (2) 274 −14 3 strokes   Tadami Ueno
1987   Noboru Sugai 278 −10 3 strokes   Masahiro Kuramoto
  Larry Nelson
1986   Graham Marsh (2) 275 −13 Playoff   Isao Aoki
1985   Tateo Ozaki 275 −13 Playoff   Larry Nelson
1984   Takashi Kurihara 271 −17 2 strokes   Isao Aoki [4]
1983   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 274 −14 1 stroke   Saburo Fujiki [5]
1982   Pete Izumikawa 207[a] −9 2 strokes   Bill Rogers [6]
1981   Bill Rogers (2) 270 −18 2 strokes   Norio Suzuki [7]
1980   Bill Rogers 278 −10 2 strokes   Graham Marsh [8]
1979   Masaji Kusakabe (2) 277 −11 1 stroke   Lu Liang-Huan [9]
1978   Akio Kanemoto 281 −7 1 stroke   Isao Aoki [10]
1977   Masaji Kusakabe 279 −9 3 strokes   Fujio Kobayashi [11]
1976   Graham Marsh 273 −15 3 strokes   Isao Aoki [12]
1975   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 268 −20 2 strokes   Masashi Ozaki [13]
1974   Masashi Ozaki 272 −16 3 strokes   Kosaku Shimada [14]
1973   Hideyo Sugimoto 270 −14 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki [15]

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Taniguchi takes 3-stroke lead". The Japan Times. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Aussies make amends for Norman's fall". The Canberra Times. 11 September 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239, 481–482. ISBN 0862541247.
  5. ^ "In Brief: First loss for New Zealand schoolboys". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Rain plays havoc on two tourneys". The Straits Times. 13 September 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "In Brief: Bill Rogers wins Suntory Open". The Canberra Times. 14 September 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179–180, 396–397. ISBN 0862540054.
  9. ^ "Suntory Open to Kusakabe". The Straits Times. 11 September 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. ^ "Winner in late charge". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ^ "People in sport". The Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 12 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Marsh wins Suntory". The Straits Times. 13 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  13. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 492. ISBN 000211996X.
  14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 438. ISBN 0002119552.
  15. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 547–548. ISBN 0002119544.

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