Japan PGA Championship

Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
Location	Kani, Gifu, Japan
Established	1926
Course(s)	Fuji Country Kani Club
Par	71
Length	7,219 yards (6,601 m)
Organized by	PGA of Japan
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play (1961–); Match play (1931–1960)
Prize fund	¥150,000,000
Month played	July
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Shingo Katayama (2008)
To par	−23 as above
Current champion
	Yuta Sugiura
Location map
	Fuji Country Kani Club Location in Japan Fuji Country Kani Club Location in Gifu

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon puro gorufu senshuken taikai) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,^[1] and is played at a variety of courses throughout the country. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.^[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
Japan PGA Championship
2024	Yuta Sugiura	268	−18	1 stroke	Yuki Inamori Taiga Semikawa	Fuji Country Kani
2023	Kensei Hirata	277	−11	2 strokes	Takumi Kanaya Taiga Semikawa	Eniwa
2022	Mikumu Horikawa	269	−15	3 strokes	Naoyuki Kataoka	Grand Fields
2021	Kim Seong-hyeon	271	−13	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda Yuki Inamori	Nikko
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Ryo Ishikawa	269	−13	Playoff	Hwang Jung-gon	Ibusuki
2018	Toru Taniguchi (3)	282	−6	Playoff	Yoshinori Fujimoto	Boso
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017	Yūsaku Miyazato	276	−12	3 strokes	Brad Kennedy	Kanehide Kise
2016	Hideto Tanihara	266	−22	Playoff	Toshinori Muto	Hokkaido Classic
2015	Adam Bland	268	−16	3 strokes	Lee Sang-hee	Taiheiyo Club Kohnan
2014	Taichi Teshima	279	−9	1 stroke	Lee Kyoung-hoon Koumei Oda	Golden Valley
2013	Kim Hyung-sung	279	−5	1 stroke	Yoshinori Fujimoto Hiroyuki Fujita Hideki Matsuyama	Sobu
2012	Toru Taniguchi (2)	284	−4	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori	Karasuyamajo
2011	Hiroo Kawai	275	−9	2 strokes	Bae Sang-moon	Ono Toyo
2010	Toru Taniguchi	270	−10	1 stroke	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	Passage Kinkai Island
2009	Yuta Ikeda	266	−14	7 strokes	Mitsuhiro Tateyama	Eniwa
Japan PGA Championship
2008	Shingo Katayama (2)	265	−23	6 strokes	Liang Wenchong	Raysum
2007	Toshimitsu Izawa	283	−5	1 stroke	Satoru Hirota	Kise
2006	Tomohiro Kondo	278	−10	Playoff	Katsuyoshi Tomori	Tanigumi
2005	Hur Suk-ho	272	−10	2 strokes	Hideto Tanihara	Tamana
2004	Hur Suk-ho	202	−14	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori	Kochi Kuroshio
2003	Shingo Katayama	271	−17	1 stroke	Hur Suk-ho	Miho
2002	Kenichi Kuboya	279	−9	Playoff	Shingo Katayama	Koma
2001	Dean Wilson	281	−3	4 strokes	Hideki Kase	Queens Hill
2000	Nobuhito Sato	280	−4	1 stroke	Shigemasa Higaki Satoshi Higashi	Caledonian
1999	Naomichi Ozaki	283	−5	2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	Twin Fields
1998	Brandt Jobe	280	−8	Playoff	Masashi Ozaki	Grandage
1997	Shigeki Maruyama	272	−16	4 strokes	Shusaku Sugimoto	Central West
1996	Masashi Ozaki (6)	270	−18	8 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama	Sanyo Yoshii
1995	Hisayuki Sasaki	272	−16	4 strokes	Kazuhiro Takami	Natsudomari
1994	Hiroshi Gohda	279	−5	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki	Lake Green
1993	Masashi Ozaki (5)	278	−10	1 stroke	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	Sports Shinko
1992	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	281	−7	Playoff	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Shimoakima
1991	Masashi Ozaki (4)	273	−15	6 strokes	Tsukasa Watanabe	Prestige
1990	Hideki Kase	274	−14	5 strokes	Saburo Fujiki Masahiro Kuramoto	Amanosan
1989	Masashi Ozaki (3)	278	−6	1 stroke	Hideki Kase	Karasuyamajo
1988	Tateo Ozaki (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki	Ehime
1987	David Ishii	280	−8	1 stroke	Brian Jones Seiichi Kanai	Hamano
1986	Isao Aoki (3)	272	−16	4 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	Nihon Line West
1985	Tateo Ozaki	288	−4	Playoff	Seiichi Kanai	Central East
1984	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)	275	−9	2 strokes	Seiichi Kanai Shinsaku Maeda Tōru Nakamura	MIOS Kikukawa	^[3]
1983	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	279	−9	2 strokes	Isao Aoki Yutaka Hagawa	Shuun
1982	Masahiro Kuramoto	274	−14	4 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan	Meishin Yokkaichi
1981	Isao Aoki (2)	277	−11	4 strokes	Tōru Nakamura	Sapporo Korakuen	^[4]
1980	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	282	−2	1 stroke	Seiichi Kanai Namio Takasu	Northern Akagi	^[5]
1979	Hsieh Min-Nan	272	−16	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara	Asami
1978	Fujio Kobayashi	281	−7	Playoff	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Otaru
1977	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	277	−11	3 strokes	Teruo Sugihara Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Nihon Line West
1976	Seiichi Kanai (2)	273	−7	Playoff	Shichiro Enomoto Hsieh Min-Nan Haruo Yasuda	Kuma
1975	Takashi Murakami	282	−6	Playoff	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Kurashiki
1974	Masashi Ozaki (2)	274	−14	4 strokes	Isao Aoki	Omotezao Intl.
1973	Isao Aoki	275	−13	8 strokes	Haruo Yasuda	Gifu Seki
1972	Seiichi Kanai	278		2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	Murasaki Sumire
1971	Masashi Ozaki	282		1 stroke	Hideyo Sugimoto	Phoenix
1970	Seiichi Sato	280		1 stroke	Akio Kanemoto Mitsuhiro Kitta	Mitsukaido
1969	Hiroshi Ishii	277		5 strokes	Teruo Sugihara	Kasugai
1968	Kosaku Shimada	282		1 stroke	Teruo Suzumura	Narashino
1967	Shozo Miyamoto	276		1 stroke	Tomoo Ishii	Miyoshi West
1966	Mitsutaka Kono (2)	271		3 strokes	Shigeru Uchida	Sobu
1965	Mitsutaka Kono	273		6 strokes	Chen Ching-Po Yoshimasa Fujii	Kawagoe
1964	Tadashi Kitta (2)	281		2 strokes	Tomoo Ishii	Hirakata
1963	Tadashi Kitta	285		3 strokes	Tomoo Ishii	Ryugasaki
1962	Torakichi Nakamura (4)	285		4 strokes	Takashi Kitamoto Teruo Sugihara	Yokkaichi
1961	Yoshiro Hayashi (4)	286		2 strokes	Yoshimasa Fujii	Koga
1960	Ryohei Tanaami	1 hole			Kenji Hosoishi	Oarai
1959	Torakichi Nakamura (3)	5 & 4			Koichi Ono	Ibaraki
1958	Torakichi Nakamura (2)	3 & 2			Koshio Kurihara	Naruo (Inagawa)
1957	Torakichi Nakamura	2 holes			Koshio Kurihara	Hodogaya
1956	Yoshiro Hayashi (3)	7 & 6			Tsunekichi Arai	Nagoya
1955	Koichi Ono	1 hole			Yoshiro Hayashi	Sagami
1954	Shigeru Ishii	7 & 5			Koichi Ono	Hirono
1953	Chin Sei-Sui (2)	2 & 1			Yoshiro Hayashi	Abiko
1952	Seiji Inoue	5 & 3			Chin Sei-Sui	Sagami
1951	Tetsuo Ishii	3 & 1			Torakichi Nakamura	Hirono
1950	Yoshiro Hayashi (2)	9 & 7			Koichi Ono	Abiko
1949	Yoshiro Hayashi	293		2 strokes	Son Shi Kin	Abiko
1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1942	Chin Sei-Sui	7 & 6			Tokuharu Nobu	Koganei
1941: No tournament
1940	Toichiro Toda (4)	6 & 5			Taketo Fujii	Fukuoka Ōho
1939	Toichiro Toda (3)	3 & 2			Tomekichi Miyamoto	Kawana Hotel Fuji
1938	Toichiro Toda (2)	7 & 5			Seiji Inoue	Takarazuka
1937	Iwaichi Uekata	1 hole			Chin Sei-Sui	Takanodai
1936	Tomekichi Miyamoto (4)	4 & 3			Jiro Morioka	Nagoya
1935	Toichiro Toda	7 & 5			Chin Sei-Sui	Sagami
1934	Tomekichi Miyamoto (3)	3 & 1			Osamu Ishii	Hirono
1933	Larry Montes (2)	6 & 5			Rin Man-Puku	Fujisawa
1932	Larry Montes	4 & 3			Jiro Morioka	Naruo Inagawa
1931	Rokuzo Asami (2)	6 & 5			Chin Sei-Sui	Musashino Fujigaya
1930	Akira Muraki	304		19 strokes	Masakichi Koshimichi Chin Sei-Sui	Takarazuka
1929	Tomekichi Miyamoto (2)	301		11 strokes	Kokichi Yasuda	Mutsumi
1928	Rokuzo Asami	156		1 stroke	Tomekichi Miyamoto^[a]	Naruo
1927	Kazuichi Nakagami	153		Playoff	Tomekichi Miyamoto	Ibaraki
1926	Tomekichi Miyamoto	161		Playoff	Kakuji Fukui	Ibaraki

Notes

^ Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.

References

^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
^ 78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07
^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 472–473. ISBN 0862541247.
^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241–242, 467–468. ISBN 0862540054.
^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 182–183, 403–404. ISBN 0862541018.

External links

Official website
Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
Japan PGA list of winners (in Japanese)

[6] Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.

[1] Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.

[2] 78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07

[3] McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 472–473. ISBN 0862541247.

[4] McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241–242, 467–468. ISBN 0862540054.

[5] McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 182–183, 403–404. ISBN 0862541018.

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