Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

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Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Tournament information
LocationGotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Taiheiyo Club
(Gotemba Course)
Par70
Length7,262 yards (6,640 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Ryo Ishikawa
Location map
Taiheiyo Club
Location in Japan
Taiheiyo Club
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友Visa太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000.[1] It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.

The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.

The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.[2]

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
1977–present Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course Gotemba, Shizuoka
1972–1976 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2024 JPN Ryo Ishikawa (4) 269 −11 1 stroke Riki Kawamoto
Hideto Tanihara
2023 JPN Shugo Imahira 268 −12 1 stroke Taiki Yoshida
2022 JPN Ryo Ishikawa (3) 272 −8 Playoff Rikuya Hoshino
2021 JPN Hideto Tanihara (2) 274 −6 1 stroke Takumi Kanaya
2020 JPN Jinichiro Kozuma 272 −8 1 stroke Ryosuke Kinoshita
2019 JPN Takumi Kanaya (a) 267 −13 1 stroke Shaun Norris
2018 JPN Tatsunori Nukaga 201[b] −9 2 strokes Kim Seung-hyuk
2017 JPN Satoshi Kodaira 270 −18 3 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato
2016 JPN Hideki Matsuyama (2) 265 −23 7 strokes Song Young-han
2015 JPN Shingo Katayama (2) 202[b] −14 1 stroke Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014 JPN David Oh 276 −12 1 stroke Toshinori Muto
2013 JPN Hideto Tanihara 275 −13 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
Masahiro Kawamura
Tomohiro Kondo
2012 JPN Ryo Ishikawa (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Michio Matsumura
2011 JPN Hideki Matsuyama (a) 203[b] −13 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi
2010 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 2 strokes Brendan Jones
2009 JPN Yasuharu Imano 275 –13 2 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
Han Lee
2008 JPN Shingo Katayama 272 −16 Playoff Yasuharu Imano
2007 JPN Brendan Jones 274 −14 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi
2006 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi
2005 JPN Darren Clarke (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004 JPN Darren Clarke 266 −22 6 strokes Nozomi Kawahara
Lee Westwood
2003 JPN Kiyoshi Murota 272 −16 6 strokes Ben Curtis
Hiroyuki Fujita
Kim Jong-duck
2002 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 272 −16 1 stroke Hidemichi Tanaka
2001 JPN Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato (a)
Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000 JPN Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori
1999 JPN Hirofumi Miyase 274 −14 Playoff Darren Clarke
Ryoken Kawagishi
1998 JPN Lee Westwood (3) 275 −13 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1997 JPN Lee Westwood (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Naomichi Ozaki
1996 JPN Lee Westwood 206[b] −10 Playoff Costantino Rocca
Jeff Sluman
1995 JPN Satoshi Higashi 274 −14 4 strokes Shigeki Maruyama
1994 JPN Masashi Ozaki 270 −18 5 strokes Bob Estes
1993 JPN Greg Norman 272 −16 1 stroke Yoshi Mizumaki
Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters
1992 JPN Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
Bernhard Langer
Tsukasa Watanabe
1991 JPN Roger Mackay 272 −16 2 strokes Yoshinori Kaneko
1990 JPN José María Olazábal (2) 270 −18 5 strokes Bernhard Langer
Masashi Ozaki
1989 JPN José María Olazábal 203[b] −13 3 strokes Isao Aoki
Naomichi Ozaki
1988 JPN Seve Ballesteros 281 −7 3 strokes Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987 JPN Graham Marsh 276 −12 1 stroke Tom Watson
1986 JPN Yasuhiro Funatogawa 274 −14 2 strokes Larry Nelson
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1985 JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 280 −8 Playoff David Graham
1984 JPN Shinsaku Maeda 275 −13 1 stroke Kikuo Arai
Naomichi Ozaki
1983: No tournament
1982 JPN Scott Hoch 278 −10 3 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters
1981 JPN Danny Edwards 276 −12 3 strokes Jerry Pate
Tom Watson
1980 JPN Norio Suzuki (2) 282 −6 Playoff Masashi Ozaki
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1979 JPN Norio Suzuki 280 −8 2 strokes Rod Curl
Bill Rogers
Tom Watson
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1978 JPN Gil Morgan 273 −11 3 strokes Jerry Pate
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1977 JPN Bill Rogers 275 −9 1 stroke Mike Morley
Teruo Sugihara
1976 JPN Jerry Pate 279 −5 2 strokes Isao Aoki
1975 JPN Gene Littler (2) 278 −6 1 stroke Lee Elder
Hubert Green
Allen Miller
Masashi Ozaki
1974 Gene Littler 279 −5 5 strokes Bert Yancey
1973 JPN Masashi Ozaki 278 −6 Playoff Bert Yancey
1972 Gay Brewer 276 −8 Playoff David Graham

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records
Sources:[3][4]

Notes

  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d e Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 255. ISBN 0002119552.
  2. ^ Mozley, Dana (27 August 1976). "Bohen Snares Met Open Title After 3-Way, 3-Hole Playoff". Daily News. p. 77. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 歴代優勝者 - 2015三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ
  4. ^ Past Champions
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