Shizuoka Open

Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Tournament information
LocationOmaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Shizuoka Country Club
(Hamaoka Course)
Par72
Length6,918 yards (6,326 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Hisayuki Sasaki (1997)
274 Hidemichi Tanaka (2000)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Kiyoshi Murota
Location map
Shizuoka CC
Location in Japan
Shizuoka CC
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Shizuoka Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1972, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974. It was last played in 2002 having been dropped from the 2003 tour schedule for financial reasons.[1] It was played over the Hamaoka Course at Shizuoka Country Club near Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
2002 Kiyoshi Murota 276 −12 2 strokes Kim Jong-duck
Masashi Ozaki
2001 Eiji Mizoguchi 279 −9 Playoff Frankie Miñoza
2000 Hidemichi Tanaka 274 −14 2 strokes Eiji Mizoguchi
1999 Kim Jong-duck 277 −11 1 stroke Shusaku Sugimoto
1998 Eduardo Herrera 203[a] −13 1 stroke Kaname Yokoo
1997 Hisayuki Sasaki 274 −14 3 strokes Carlos Franco
1996 Yoshikazu Sakamoto 211[a] −5 Playoff Carlos Franco
Nobuo Serizawa
1995 Brian Watts 280 −8 2 strokes Shigeki Maruyama
Dydo Shizuoka Open
1994 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 280 −8 Playoff Tōru Nakamura
1993 David Ishii 275 −13 3 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1992 Hiroshi Makino 276 −12 1 stroke Isao Aoki
1991 Yutaka Hagawa 278 −10 1 stroke Noburo Sugai
Shizuoka Open
1990 Ryoken Kawagishi 280 −8 2 strokes Hiroshi Makino
1989 Koichi Suzuki 285 −3 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1988 Toshimitsu Kai 283 −5 Playoff Tomohiro Maruyama
1987 Lu Liang-Huan (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1986 Akiyoshi Ohmachi 254[b] +2 Playoff Teruo Sugihara
1985 Seiichi Kanai 284 −4 1 stroke Isao Aoki
Tomishege Ikeda
Tōru Nakamura
1984 Naomichi Ozaki 286 −2 5 strokes Eitaro Deguchi
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
[3]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 283 −5 4 strokes Takashi Kurihara
Masaji Kusakabe
1982 Eitaro Deguchi 280 −6 2 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara [4]
1981 Isao Aoki 279 −9 Playoff Akira Yabe [5]
1980 Katsuji Hasegawa 283 −5 1 stroke Shinsaku Maeda [6]
1979 Akira Yabe 217[a] +1 2 strokes Kikuo Arai
Shigeru Nonaka
1978 Hsieh Min-Nan 280 −8 3 strokes Isao Aoki [7]
1977 Lu Liang-Huan 283 −5 Playoff Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976 Norio Suzuki 277 −11 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan [8]
1975 Mya Aye 276 −12 2 strokes Kenji Mori [9]
1974 Takashi Kurihara 287 −1 7 strokes Seiichi Kanai
unknown
unknown
unknown
[10]
1973 Sadao Sakashita
1972 Haruo Yasuda

Source:[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 63 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Past winners". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.
  7. ^ "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.
  10. ^ "Shizuoka Open to Kurihara". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 25 November 1974. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.