Bridgestone Open

Bridgestone Open
Tournament information
LocationChiba, Chiba
Established1972
Course(s)Sodegaura Country Club
(Sodegaura Course)
Par71
Length7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021)
To par−23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Tomoyasu Sugiyama
Location map
Sodegaura CC
Location in Japan
Sodegaura CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]

Tournament hosts

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Bridgestone Open
2021 Tomoyasu Sugiyama 265 −19 3 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka
Jinichiro Kozuma
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Shugo Imahira (2) 131[a] −11 1 stroke Seungsu Han
Hiroyuki Fujita
Tomoharu Otsuki
Akio Sadakata
2018 Shugo Imahira 268 −16 1 stroke Masahiro Kawamura
2017 Ryuko Tokimatsu 133[a] −9 2 strokes Lee Sang-hee
2016 Satoshi Kodaira 270 −14 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015 Michio Matsumura 275 −9 2 strokes Adam Bland
Mikumu Horikawa
Yuki Inamori
Kim Kyung-tae
2014 Koumei Oda 269 −15 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2013 Daisuke Maruyama 203[b] −10 3 strokes Jang Ik-jae
2012 Toru Taniguchi (3) 272 −12 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2011 Toru Taniguchi (2) 269 −15 5 strokes Shingo Katayama
Hiroo Kawai
Michio Matsumura
Koumei Oda
2010 Yuta Ikeda (2) 265 −23 3 strokes Michio Matsumura
2009 Yuta Ikeda 270 −18 2 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
2008 Azuma Yano 267 −21 4 strokes Takao Nogami
2007 Shingo Katayama 270 −18 1 stroke Steven Conran
Keiichiro Fukabori
Tomohiro Kondo
2006 Taichi Teshima 266 −22 5 strokes Kiyoshi Maita
2005 David Smail 272 −16 2 strokes Toru Suzuki
2004 Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
Shinichi Yokota
2003 Naomichi Ozaki 267 −21 Playoff Paul Sheehan
2002 Scott Laycock 272 −16 1 stroke Shingo Katayama
Toru Taniguchi
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
2000 Nobuhito Sato (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999 Shigeki Maruyama (3) 268 −20 5 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
1998 Nobuhito Sato 275 −13 Playoff Tateo Ozaki
1997 Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
Tateo Ozaki
1996 Shigeki Maruyama (2) 272 −16 2 strokes Brian Watts
1995 Shigeki Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
Masashi Ozaki
Shinichi Yokota
1994 Brian Watts 274 −14 3 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
1993 Ikuo Shirahama 271 −17 5 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
Nolan Henke
Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 Playoff Tetsu Nishikawa
1991 Isao Aoki 134[a] −10 1 stroke Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990 Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 Playoff Akihito Yokoyama
1989 Roger Mackay 277 −11 1 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988 Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 2 strokes Isao Aoki
1987 David Ishii 282 −6 Playoff Hiroshi Makino
Nobuo Serizawa
1986 Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
1985 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984 Masahiro Kuramoto 279 −9 Playoff Chen Tze-chung
Yoshihisa Iwashita
Sam Torrance
1983 Eitaro Deguchi 274 −14 1 stroke Hsieh Min-Nan [2]
1982 Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 279 −9 Playoff Kikuo Arai
1981 Hale Irwin 275 −13 8 strokes Bill Rogers [3]
1980 Bob Gilder 283 −5 1 stroke Isao Aoki [4]
1979 Lanny Wadkins 277 −11 1 stroke Yoshikazu Yokoshima [5]
1978 Hiroshi Ishii (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Fujio Kobayashi [6]
1977 Fujio Kobayashi 278 −10 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda [7]
1976 Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan
Masaji Kusakabe
1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 283 −5 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda [8]
1974 Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke Seiichi Numazawa [9]
1973 Hiroshi Ishii 275 −13 2 strokes Haruo Yasuda [10]
1972 Hsieh Min-Nan 276 −12 3 strokes Buddy Allin
Kuo Chie-Hsiung		 [11]

Notes

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Deguchi takes Bridgestone". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. AP. 24 October 1983. p. 3B. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 248–249, 484–485. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 184, 407–408. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ "Wadkins takes Japanese tourney". Quad City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. 29 October 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ishii triumphs in Tokyo golf". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. UPI. 30 October 1978. p. 12-D. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Kobayashi captures Bridgestone prize". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 31 October 1977. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 298, 498. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 256, 441–442. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 326, 557. ISBN 0002119544.
  11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313–314, 535–536. ISBN 0002119463.
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