Fujisankei Classic

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
Kensei Hirata
Location map
Fujizakura CC
Location in Japan
Fujizakura CC
Location in the Yamanashi Prefecture

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.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Fujisankei Classic was held without spectators in 2020,[1] but was not cancelled, as was that year's women's tournament, the Fujisankei Ladies Classic. The 2025 Fujisankei Ladies Classic has been cancelled by the sponsor, the Fujisankei Communications Group, in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal surrounding former TV personality and idol Masahiro Nakai.[2][3] The status of the upcoming men's tournament remains unclear.

Tournament hosts

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

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2024 Kensei Hirata 131[a] −9 2 strokes Shaun Norris
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 [4]
1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −7 Playoff Graham Marsh
1981 Toshiharu Kawada 276 −8 2 strokes Isao Aoki [5]
1980 Masashi Ozaki 283 −5 1 stroke Graham Marsh
Takahiro Takeyasu		 [6]
1979 Shoichi Sato 283 −5 1 stroke Isao Aoki [7]
1978 Kosaku Shimada 278 −10 3 strokes Isao Aoki [8]
1977 Yasuhiro Miyamoto 287 −1 1 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto [9]
1976 Norio Suzuki 279 −9 Playoff Lu Liang-Huan
1975 Lu Liang-Huan 280 −8 4 strokes Graham Marsh [10]
1974 Graham Marsh (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Tōru Nakamura [11]
1973 Graham Marsh 272 −16 1 stroke Tōru Nakamura [12]

Notes

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

References

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  2. ^ "フジサンケイレディス開催の"はずだった"伊東市はいま？ 「1000泊キャンセル」「ツアー仕様の川奈に空き」で穴場に!?（ゴルフのニュース）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-05-08.
  3. ^ "国内女子ツアー「フジサンケイレディス」中止が決定 主催のフジテレビが開催辞退". GDOニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-05-08.
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  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 172–173, 379–380. ISBN 0862540054.
  7. ^ "Sato tops golfers". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 14 May 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Japan's Mr. Lu wins Fuji golf". Detroit Free Press. UPI. 12 May 1975. p. 8-D. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Australian Marsh cop Fuji-Sankei golf". The Hartford Courant. AP. 13 May 1974. p. 55. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "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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