Nikkei Cup

Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Tournament information
LocationKasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1985
Course(s)Fuji Country Club
Par72
Length7,072 yards (6,467 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Toru Suzuki (1994)
268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Location map
Fuji CC
Location in Japan
Fuji CC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Nikkei Cup, also known as the Torakichi Nakamura Memorial tournament, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998 Mitsutaka Kusakabe 280 −8 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki Fuji
(Dejima)
1997 Yeh Chang-ting 272 −16 Playoff Tsukasa Watanabe Fuji
(Dejima)
1996 Hideki Kase 271 −17 2 strokes Lin Keng-chi Fuji
(Dejima)
1995 Tetsu Nishikawa 269 −19 2 strokes Tomohiro Maruyama Fuji
(Dejima)
Nikkei Cup
1994 Toru Suzuki 268 −20 5 strokes Katsunari Takahashi Mitsui Tomakomai
1993 Samson Gimson 276 −12 2 strokes Hisayuki Sasaki Mitsui Tomakomai
1992 Kiyoshi Murota 280 −8 Playoff Masahiro Kuramoto Mitsui Tomakomai
1991 Naomichi Ozaki (2) 203[a] −7 Playoff Eiichi Itai Yasukogen
1990 Satoshi Higashi 282 −6 1 stroke Nobuo Serizawa Mitsui Tomakomai
1989 Yoshimi Niizeki 271 −9 Playoff Saburo Fujiki Izu Nirayama
1988 Masashi Ozaki (2) 283 −5 4 strokes Naomichi Ozaki Sanyo
(Yoshii)
1987 Nobuo Serizawa 277 −7 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Naomichi Ozaki
Masahiro Shiota
Gifuseki
1986 Masashi Ozaki 268 −20 4 strokes Ikuo Shirahama Gamou
1985 Naomichi Ozaki 270 −14 4 strokes Yoshihisa Iwashita Kawagoe

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References