Suntory Open

Suntory Open
Tournament information
LocationInzai, Chiba, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Sobu Country Club
Par70
Length7,143 yards (6,532 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yang Yong-eun (2006)
To par−20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975)
Final champion
Hideto Tanihara
Location map
Sobu CC
Location in Japan
Sobu CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club.[1] The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1998–2007 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1974–1997 Narashino Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1973 Ashitaka 600 Club Numazu, Shizuoka

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2007 Hideto Tanihara 202[a] −8 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi [2]
2006 Yang Yong-eun 266 −14 6 strokes Hidemasa Hoshino
Toru Taniguchi
2005 Yasuharu Imano 267 −13 2 strokes Mamo Osanai
2004 Hideki Kase 267 −13 3 strokes Tomohiro Kondo
Katsuya Nakagawa
Toru Taniguchi
2003 Jyoti Randhawa 276 −8 2 strokes Paul Sheehan
2002 Shingo Katayama (2) 269 −15 4 strokes Kōki Idoki
Yasuharu Imano
2001 Shingo Katayama 268 −16 3 strokes Darren Clarke
Keiichiro Fukabori
Nobuo Serizawa
2000 Kiyoshi Maita 273 −11 1 stroke Yasuharu Imano
1999 Nick Price 276 −8 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
1998 Mamo Osanai 274 −10 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1997 Hiroyuki Fujita 274 −14 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1996 Hajime Meshiai 272 −16 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka
1995 Masahiro Kuramoto 273 −15 3 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa
Satoshi Higashi
Nobuo Serizawa
1994 David Ishii 277 −11 Playoff Hisayuki Sasaki
1993 Eiichi Itai 282 −6 1 stroke Chen Tze-chung
1992 Naomichi Ozaki (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Wayne Grady
Tateo Ozaki
Yoshikazu Yokoshima
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1991 Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Chen Tze-chung
1990 Tōru Nakamura 271 −17 1 stroke Graham Marsh [3]
1989 Larry Nelson 276 −12 Playoff Saburo Fujiki
1988 Tateo Ozaki (2) 274 −14 3 strokes Tadami Ueno
1987 Noboru Sugai 278 −10 3 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
Larry Nelson
1986 Graham Marsh (2) 275 −13 Playoff Isao Aoki
1985 Tateo Ozaki 275 −13 Playoff Larry Nelson
1984 Takashi Kurihara 271 −17 2 strokes Isao Aoki [4]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 274 −14 1 stroke Saburo Fujiki [5]
1982 Pete Izumikawa 207[a] −9 2 strokes Bill Rogers [6]
1981 Bill Rogers (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Norio Suzuki [7]
1980 Bill Rogers 278 −10 2 strokes Graham Marsh [8]
1979 Masaji Kusakabe (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan [9]
1978 Akio Kanemoto 281 −7 1 stroke Isao Aoki [10]
1977 Masaji Kusakabe 279 −9 3 strokes Fujio Kobayashi [11]
1976 Graham Marsh 273 −15 3 strokes Isao Aoki [12]
1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 268 −20 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki [13]
1974 Masashi Ozaki 272 −16 3 strokes Kosaku Shimada [14]
1973 Hideyo Sugimoto 270 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki [15]

Notes

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

References

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  2. ^ "Taniguchi takes 3-stroke lead". The Japan Times. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Aussies make amends for Norman's fall". The Canberra Times. 11 September 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239, 481–482. ISBN 0862541247.
  5. ^ "In Brief: First loss for New Zealand schoolboys". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Rain plays havoc on two tourneys". The Straits Times. 13 September 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "In Brief: Bill Rogers wins Suntory Open". The Canberra Times. 14 September 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179–180, 396–397. ISBN 0862540054.
  9. ^ "Suntory Open to Kusakabe". The Straits Times. 11 September 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. ^ "Winner in late charge". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ^ "People in sport". The Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 12 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Marsh wins Suntory". The Straits Times. 13 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  13. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 492. ISBN 000211996X.
  14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 438. ISBN 0002119552.
  15. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 547–548. ISBN 0002119544.


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