NST Niigata Open

Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
Tournament information
LocationShibata, Niigata, Japan
Established1979
Course(s)Forest Golf Club
Par71
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Kim Jong-duck (2004)
To par−24 Go Higaki (2001)
Final champion
Kim Jong-duck
Location map
Forest GC
Location in Japan
Forest GC
Location in the Niigata Prefecture

The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
2004 Kim Jong-duck 263 −21 5 strokes Kazuhiro Kinjo
2003 Katsumasa Miyamoto 271 −17 1 stroke Gregory Meyer
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2002 Yasuharu Imano 270 −18 4 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto
NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2001 Go Higaki 264 −24 6 strokes Scott Laycock
2000 Hidezumi Shirakata 269 −19 4 strokes Kiyoshi Murota
1999 Toshimitsu Izawa 269 −19 6 strokes Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998 Masayuki Kawamura 268 −20 8 strokes Shingo Katayama
Kiyoshi Murota
1997 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke Hisayuki Sasaki
1996 Masatoshi Horikawa 268 −20 1 stroke Masayuki Kawamura
1995 Tomohiro Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka
NST Niigata Open
1994 Pete Izumikawa 276 −12 2 strokes Kiyoshi Murota
1993 Kōki Idoki 275 −13 3 strokes Samson Gimson
Hiroya Kamide
Yoshinori Kaneko
Hajime Meshiai
1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 2 strokes Shigenori Mori
1991 Akihito Yokoyama 278 −10 2 strokes Hideki Kase
Koichi Suzuki
1990 Seiichi Kanai 278 −10 1 stroke Yukio Noguchi
1989 Katsuyoshi Tomori 288 E 1 stroke Tomohiro Maruyama
1988 Naomichi Ozaki 277 −11 3 strokes David Ishii
1987 Tadao Nakamura 276 −8 1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng
David Ishii
Brian Jones
Kazuo Yoshikawa
1986 David Ishii 276 −12 1 stroke Tateo Ozaki
1985 Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −12 Playoff Yoshihisa Iwashita
1984 Saburo Fujiki 271 −13 1 stroke Haruo Yasuda
Niigata Open
1983 Hideto Shigenobu 136 −8 Playoff Isao Aoki
Katsunari Takahashi
1982 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 138 −6 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan
1981 Takahiro Takeyasu 139 −5
1980 Hideo Ishii [1]
1979 Koichi Uehara 106[a] [2]

Notes

  1. ^ Tournament contested over 27 holes.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. p. 178. ISBN 0862540054.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. p. 224. ISBN 0905947835.