KBC Augusta

Sansan KBC Augusta
Tournament information
LocationItoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Keya Golf Club
Par72
Length7,103 yards (6,495 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
Jinichiro Kozuma
Location map
Keya GC
Location in Japan
Keya GC
Location in the Fukuoka Prefecture

The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1992–present Keya Golf Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991 Kyushu Shima Country Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982 Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Sansan KBC Augusta
2024 Jinichiro Kozuma 269 −19 Playoff Yuwa Kosaihira
2023 Song Young-han 271 −17 1 stroke Ryutaro Nagano
2022 Riki Kawamoto 272 −16 1 stroke Lee Sang-hee
2021 Scott Vincent 271 −17 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
RIZAP KBC Augusta
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Kazuki Higa 262 −26 5 strokes Rikuya Hoshino
2018 Daijiro Izumida 274 −14 1 stroke Choi Ho-sung
2017 Yuta Ikeda (3) 270 −18 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
2016 Ryo Ishikawa 273 −15 5 strokes Michael Hendry
Brad Kennedy
Tadahiro Takayama
2015 Yuta Ikeda (2) 268 −20 5 strokes Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
2014 Hiroyuki Fujita 276 −12 Playoff Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
2013 Park Sung-joon 204[a] −12 2 strokes Hwang Jung-gon
2012 Kim Hyung-sung 270 −22 1 stroke Akio Sadakata
2011 Bae Sang-moon 266 −22 2 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
Tomohiro Kondo
2010 Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 1 stroke Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2009 Yuta Ikeda 267 −21 Playoff Yasuharu Imano
2008 Shintaro Kai 278 −10 1 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
2007 Katsumasa Miyamoto 269 −15 1 stroke Steven Conran
Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
2006 Taichi Teshima 268 −16 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2005 Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 264 −20 5 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
2004 Steven Conran 277 −7 1 stroke Takashi Kamiyama
Toru Taniguchi
2003 Soushi Tajima 269 −19 4 strokes Dinesh Chand
Hisayuki Sasaki
2002 Nobumitsu Yuhara 209[a] −7 1 stroke Shigemasa Higaki
Katsunori Kuwabara
Toshimasa Nakajima
Christian Peña
Zhang Lianwei
2001 Takenori Hiraishi 273 −15 Playoff Shigemasa Higaki
Hideki Kase
2000 Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 4 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto
1999 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 205[a] −11 1 stroke Takao Nogami
1998 Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −13 4 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara
1997 Masashi Ozaki (3) 266 −22 12 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa
Taichi Teshima
1996 Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff Taichi Teshima
1995 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 271 −17 1 stroke Todd Hamilton
Tomohiro Maruyama
1994 Brian Watts 271 −17 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
1993 Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 Playoff Lin Chie-hsiang
1992 Chen Tze-ming (2) 276 −12 Playoff Bradley Hughes
Norikazu Kawakami
1991 Raymond Floyd 273 −15 1 stroke Frankie Miñoza
1990 Masashi Ozaki 269 −19 10 strokes Chen Tze-chung
1989 Teruo Sugihara 281 −7 2 strokes Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
1988 Masahiro Kuramoto 276 −12 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai
Masashi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987 Saburo Fujiki (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Tateo Ozaki
1986 Isao Aoki (3) 282 −6 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
Masashi Ozaki
1985 Hajime Meshiai 206[a] −10 1 stroke Isao Aoki
Eitaro Deguchi
Masashi Ozaki
Satsuki Takahashi
Fuzzy Zoeller
1984 Naomichi Ozaki 275 −13 1 stroke Kouichi Inoue
Tsuneyuki Nakajima 		[1]
1983 Saburo Fujiki 273 −15 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1982 Chen Tze-ming 209[a] −7 1 stroke Hal Sutton [2]
1981 Hsieh Min-Nan 279 −9 Playoff Chen Tze-chung
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1980 Isao Aoki (2) 137[b] −7 2 strokes Hiroshi Tahara [3]
1979 Masaji Kusakabe 240[c] −12 3 strokes Kuo Chie-Hsiung [4]
1978 Kenichi Yamada 276 −12 2 strokes Isao Aoki
Shiro Kubo
Gene Littler
Yasuhiro Miyamoto 		[5]
1977 Brian Jones 278 −10 Playoff Akira Yabe
1976 Graham Marsh 207[a] −9 Playoff Haruo Yasuda
1975 Shinsaku Maeda 278 −10 Playoff Hiroshi Ishii
1974 Tōru Nakamura 273 −15 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara [6]
1973 Isao Aoki 266 −22 13 strokes Yasuhiro Miyamoto [7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  3. ^ Shortened to 63 holes after a typhoon caused the final round to be cut to nine holes.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 476. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Tze Ming wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. AP. 30 August 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179, 395–396. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. ^ "Rains can't stop Kusakabe". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 27 Aug 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "12 under wins". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 29 August 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 436–437. ISBN 0002119552.
  7. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 548–549. ISBN 0002119544.
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