Token Homemate Cup

Token Homemate Cup
Tournament information
LocationKuwana, Mie, Japan
Established1993
Course(s)Token Tado Country Club Nagoya
Par71
Length7,062 yards (6,457 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥130,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Tatsunori Shogenji
Location map
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Location in Japan
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Location in the Mie Prefecture

The Token Homemate Cup (東建ホームメイトカップ, Tōken hōmumeito kappu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1993. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 (−21). It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71. Since 2009, the purse has been ¥130,000,000 with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. Prize money was ¥90,000,000 from 1993 to 1997, ¥110,000,000 in 1998, ¥100,000,000 from 1999 to 2005 and ¥110,000,000 from 2006 to 2008.

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
2001, 2003–2005, 2007–present Token Tado Country Club Nagoya Kuwana, Mie
2006 Token Shuga Country Club Kani, Gifu
1993–2000, 2002 Kedōin Golf Club Kedōin, Kagoshima (now Satsumasendai)

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Token Homemate Cup
2025 Tatsunori Shogenji 196[a] −17 3 strokes Ren Yonezawa [1]
2024 Takumi Kanaya (2) 261 −23 2 strokes Tatsunori Shogenji [2]
2023 Shugo Imahira 264 −20 2 strokes Rikuya Hoshino [3]
2022 Jinichiro Kozuma 270 −14 Playoff Yuto Katsuragawa [4]
2021 Takumi Kanaya 202[b] −11 1 stroke Keita Nakajima (a) [5]
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2019 Brendan Jones (2) 269 −15 1 stroke Matthew Griffin [7]
2018 Atomu Shigenaga 272 −12 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa [8]
2017 Liang Wenchong 268 −16 2 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto [9]
2016 Kim Kyung-tae 271 −13 Playoff Tomohiro Kondo
2015 Michael Hendry 269 −15 1 stroke Kazuhiro Yamashita [10]
2014 Yūsaku Miyazato 270 −14 2 strokes Hiroshi Iwata [11]
2013 Yoshinobu Tsukada 275 −9 4 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
Koumei Oda
2012 Brendan Jones 269 −15 2 strokes Ryuichi Oda [12]
2011 Tadahiro Takayama (2) 276 −8 2 strokes Shingo Katayama [13]
2010 Koumei Oda (2) 283 −1 Playoff Satoru Hirota
Daisuke Maruyama
2009 Koumei Oda 275 −10 Playoff Kim Jong-duck
2008 Katsumasa Miyamoto 276 −8 1 stroke Taichi Teshima
2007 Yui Ueda 276 −8 1 stroke Lee Dong-hwan
2006 Wayne Perske 267 −21 2 strokes Brendan Jones
Yui Ueda
2005 Tadahiro Takayama 205[a] −8 Playoff Nozomi Kawahara
2004 Hiroyuki Fujita 281 −3 2 strokes Shingo Katayama
Charlie Wi
2003 Andre Stolz 278 −6 1 stroke Nobuhiro Masuda
Tadahiro Takayama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Token Corporation Cup
2002 Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 2 strokes Hirofumi Miyase
2001 Shingo Katayama 205[c] −8 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000 Nobuo Serizawa 281 −7 1 stroke Satoshi Higashi
Katsunori Kuwabara
1999 Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi
1998 Hajime Meshiai (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1997 Masashi Ozaki 269 −19 1 stroke Carlos Franco
1996 Yoshinori Kaneko 275 −13 1 stroke Brandt Jobe
1995 Todd Hamilton 281 −7 1 stroke Peter Senior
Token Cup
1994 Craig Warren 208[d] −8 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1993 Hajime Meshiai 276 −12 2 strokes Todd Hamilton

Notes

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.
  3. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to snow.
  4. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Shogenji clinches maiden JGTO title at weather-hit Token Homemate Cup". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Kanaya takes top honour at season-opening Token Homemate Cup". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Imahira gets JGTO season off to a winning start". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ^ Kaur, Malkeet (3 April 2022). "Kozuma fights back to win JGTO's season-opening Token Homemate Cup". ParGolf. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Takumi Kanaya – Japan's Next Major Star?". Worldwide Golf. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "ジャパンゴルフツアー開幕戦「東建ホームメイトカップ2020」開催中止のお知らせ(3月26日発表)" [Announcement of cancellation of the opening round of the Japan Golf Tour "Token Homemate Cup 2020" (announced on March 26)] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ Webeck, Tony (22 April 2019). "Brendan Jones keeps Matt Griffin at bay for Japan Tour win No.15". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ Nosferatu [@VC606] (15 April 2018). "Congrats to Atomu Shigenaga" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Liang Wins by Two at Token Homemate Cup". Titleist. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ^ Prendergast, Paul (20 April 2015). "Hendry breaks through on Japan Tour". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Miyazato claims second career title". The Japan Times. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Jones shoots 62 to win Token Homemate Cup". Fox News. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Ishikawa falters, Takayama clinches Token Cup". Golfweek. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023.