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
Japan Hideto Tanihara
Location map
Sobu CC is located in Japan
Sobu CC
Sobu CC
Location in Japan
Sobu CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Sobu CC
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

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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

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

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  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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