Kansai Open

Kansai Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationHigashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Hino Golf Club
Par71
Length7,180 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Kota Kaneko
Location map
Hino GC
Location in Japan
Hino GC
Location in the Shiga Prefecture

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
2025 Kota Kaneko 265 −15 1 stroke Yosuke Asaji
Ryu Hyun-woo		 Hino
2024 Takahiro Hataji 266 −14 3 strokes Yuta Sugiura Meishin Yokaichi
2023 Taiga Semikawa 267 −17 4 strokes Takahiro Hataji Izumigaoka
2022 Kazuki Higa 270 −14 1 stroke Rikuya Hoshino Yomiuri
2021 Rikuya Hoshino 270 −14 2 strokes Chan Kim Arima Royal
(Royal)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Arima Royal
(Royal)
2019 Tomoharu Otsuki 269 −19 Playoff Rikuya Hoshino Koma
2018 Ryuko Tokimatsu 278 −10 1 stroke Shugo Imahira
Kunihiro Kamii		 Ono Toyo
2017 Shugo Imahira 275 −9 6 strokes Daisuke Kataoka Joyo
2016 Cho Byung-min 278 −6 1 stroke Tomohiro Kondo
Scott Strange		 Hashimoto
2015 Daisuke Kataoka 267 −17 3 strokes Brad Kennedy Meishin Youkaichi
2014 Koumei Oda 273 −15 2 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto Rokko
2013 Brad Kennedy 206[a] −10 1 stroke Park Sung-joon Olympic
2012 Toshinori Muto 266 −18 1 stroke Kim Hyung-sung Izumigaoka
2011 Cho Min-gyu 270 −14 4 strokes Yoshikazu Haku Ono
2010 Shigeru Nonaka 269 −11 3 strokes Azuma Yano Tanabe
2009 Hiroyuki Fujita 264 −20 2 strokes Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Tomohiro Kondo		 Takarazuka
(New)
2008 Ryo Ishikawa 276 −12 4 strokes Yuta Ikeda Shiga [2]
2007 Koji Yamamoto Kakogawa
2006 Ryuichi Tayasu Sumoto
2005 Kazuhiko Yamashita Higashijoyo
2004 Tadahisa Inoue Biwako
2003 Satoshi Oide Higashihirono
2002 Yuya Kamide Nara International
2001 Hidemasa Hoshino Miki
2000 Osamu Yamaguchi Ikeda
1999 Takenori Hiraishi (2) Ono Grand
1998 Shusaku Sugimoto Shiga
1997 Tatsuo Takasaki Century Yoshikawa
1996 Takenori Hiraishi Grandeji
1995 Asahiko Makazawa Otaninishiki
1994 Kazuo Kanayama Asahi International Tojo
1993 Kotobuki Nakase Minagi
1992 Masanobu Kimura (2) Manju
1991 Toshikazu Sugihara 283 −5 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara Lions
1990 Teruo Sugihara (9) 282 −6 1 stroke Yuzo Oyama Pine Lake
1989 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) 211[a] −5 1 stroke Kazuo Kanayama
Toshiaki Nakagawa
Tōru Nakamura		 Hanayashiki
(Hirono)
1988 Yasuo Sone 286 −2 3 strokes Shinsaku Maeda Kitarokko
(East)
1987 Masanobu Kimura 292 +4 2 strokes Tōru Nakamura Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986 Yoshiyuki Isomura 284 −4 3 strokes Yoshio Ichikawa
Shinsaku Maeda
Kazuo Yoshikawa		 Rokko Kokusai
1985 Tsutomu Irie 280 −8 3 strokes Hisao Inoue
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Arima Royal
1984 Tōru Nakamura 281 −7 2 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto Hino [3]
1983 Susumu Wakita 284 −4 2 strokes Teruo Sugihara Arima Royal
1982 Teruo Sugihara (8) 285 −3 Rokko Kokusai
1981 Akio Kanemoto (2) 278 −10 2 strokes Toshimitsu Kai
Ichiro Teramoto		 Meishin Yokaichi [4]
1980 Takemitsu Uranishi 284 −4 6 strokes Tōru Nakamura
Kosaku Shimada		 Hanayashiki
(Yokawa) 		[5]
1979 Yasuhiro Miyamoto 283 −5 Rokko Kokusai
1978 Akio Kanemoto 284 −4 Playoff Yasuhiro Miyamoto Omi
1977 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 285 −3 Hino
1976 Shinsaku Maeda 273 −15 1 stroke Akio Kanemoto Biwako [6]
1975 Teruo Sugihara (7) 279 −9 6 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto Ono [7]
1974 Teruo Sugihara (6) 287 −1 Nara Kokusai
1973 Teruo Sugihara (5) 273 −15 Nishinomiya
1972 Kazuo Yoshikawa Hirono
1971 Teruo Sugihara (4) Ibaraki
1970 Kosaku Shimada Naruo
1969 Shigeru Uchida Hirono
1968 Teruo Sugihara (3) Shimonoseki
1967 Teruo Suzumura Yokkaichi
1966 Shozo Miyamoto Ibaraki
1965 Teruo Sugihara (2) Naruo
1964 Teruo Sugihara Koga
1963 Tadashi Kitta (3) Hirono
1962 Tadashi Kitta (2) Nishinomiya
1961 Tetsuo Ishii (2) Nagoya
1960 Susumu Arai Nara International
1959 Michio Ishii (3) Aichi
1958 Tadashi Kitta Naruo
1957 Yousei Shimamura Ibaraki
1956 Tetsuo Ishii Takarazuka
1955 Michio Ishii (2) Hirono
1954 Mitsuji Kimoto Naruo
1953 Michio Ishii Ibaraki
1952 Yasuke Yamada Hirono
1951 Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) Takarazuka
1950 Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) Naruo
1949 Toichiro Toda (4) Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Toichiro Toda (3) Hirono
1938 Toichiro Toda (2) Hirono
1937 Akira Muraki Naruo
1936 Iwaichi Uekashi Ibaraki
1935 Jiro Morioka (4) Naruo
1934 Jiro Morioka (3) Naruo
1933 Toichiro Toda Ibaraki
1932 Jiro Morioka (2) Hirono
1931 Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) Naruo
1930 Takeo Ishisumi Ibaraki
1929 Jiro Morioka Naruo
1928 Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1927 Kazuichi Nakagami Naruo
1926 Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "遼、1度も首位を譲らずプロ転向後初優勝！" [Ryo won the first victory after turning professional without giving up the lead!]. Alba (in Japanese). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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