Diamond Cup Golf

Professional golf tournament

ACN ChampionshipTournament information

Location| Miki, Hyōgo, Japan
Established| 1969
Course(s)| Sanko Golf Club
Par| 70
Length| 7,163 yards (6,550 m)
Organized by| Japan Golf Association
Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation
Mitsubishi Corporation
Tour(s)| Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| ¥100,000,000
Month played| October
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 266 Brandt Jobe (1995)
To par| −26 as above
Current champion
Yuki Inamori
Location Map

Sanko GC

Location in Japan

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Sanko GC

Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

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The Diamond Cup Golf (アジアパシフィックオープンゴルフチャンピオンシップ ダイヤモンドカップゴルフ, Ajia pashifikku opun gorufu chanpionshippu Daiyamondo kappu gorufu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1969, the event has been hosted at different courses throughout Japan, including on all four major islands. In 2022, the purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner. From 2014 to 2019 the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

## Winners[edit]

Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref.

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ACN Championship
2023 | JPN |  Yuki Inamori | 271 | −17 | Playoff |  Song Young-han |
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup
2022 | ASA, JPN |  Shugo Imahira | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Hiroshi Iwata
Yuto Katsuragawa
Kaito Onishi
Kosuke Suzuki (a) |
Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf
2021 | JPN |  Rikuya Hoshino | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Juvic Pagunsan |
2020 | ASA, JPN | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [1]
2019 | ASA, JPN |  Yosuke Asaji | 281 | −3 | 1 stroke |  Micah Lauren Shin
Ren Yonezawa (a)  |
2018 | ASA, JPN |  Yuta Ikeda | 269 | −15 | 6 strokes |  Justin Harding |
2017 | ASA, JPN |  Daisuke Kataoka | 272 | −12 | 2 strokes |  Poom Saksansin
Tadahiro Takayama |
2016 | ASA, JPN |  Chan Shih-chang | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Ippei Koike |
2015 | ASA, JPN |  Kim Kyung-tae (2) | 271 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Yuta Ikeda
Toshinori Muto |
2014 | ASA, JPN |  Hiroyuki Fujita | 278 | −6 | 2 strokes |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Hur Suk-ho
Jason Knutzon |
Diamond Cup Golf
2013 | JPN |  Hideki Matsuyama | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Brad Kennedy
Kim Hyung-sung
Park Sung-joon |
2012 | JPN |  Hiroyuki Fujita | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
2011 | JPN |  Koumei Oda | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes |  Toshinori Muto
Kaname Yokoo |
2010 | JPN |  Kim Kyung-tae | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Koumei Oda |
Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf
2009 | JPN |  Takashi Kanemoto | 283 | −5 | Playoff |  Brendan Jones |
2008 | JPN |  Prayad Marksaeng | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke |  Shintaro Kai |
2007 | JPN |  Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2) | 282 | −2 | 1 stroke |  Satoru Hirota
Kiyoshi Miyazato |
2006 | JPN |  Kaname Yokoo | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Nozomi Kawahara
Toru Suzuki |
2005 | JPN |  Jang Ik-jae | 275 | −5 | 3 strokes |  Shingo Katayama
Ryoken Kawagishi |
2004 | JPN |  Tetsuji Hiratsuka | 275 | −13 | 5 strokes |  Hidemasa Hoshino |
Diamond Cup Tournament
2003 | JPN |  Todd Hamilton | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes |  Steven Conran |
2002 | JPN |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) | 269 | −19 | 2 stokes |  Tomohiro Kondo
Hirofumi Miyase
Christian Peña |
2001 | JPN |  Toshimitsu Izawa | 277 | −11 | Playoff |  Hiroyuki Fujita
Yuji Igarashi |
Mitsubishi Motors Tournament
2000 | JPN |  Hirofumi Miyase | 276 | −8 | Playoff |  Toru Taniguchi |
1999 | JPN |  Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 268 | −16 | Playoff |  Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
1998 | JPN |  Toru Taniguchi | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke |  Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
1997 | JPN |  Masashi Ozaki (2) | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Satoshi Higashi
Kōki Idoki
Tōru Nakamura |
1996 | JPN |  Masashi Ozaki | 279 | −9 | Playoff |  Todd Hamilton |
1995 | JPN |  Brandt Jobe | 266 | −26 | 6 strokes |  Masahiro Kuramoto |
1994 | JPN |  Katsuyoshi Tomori | 205 | −11 | 6 strokes |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
1993 | JPN |  Chen Tze-chung | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes |  Brian Jones
Yoshi Mizumaki
Tateo Ozaki |
1992 | JPN |  Isao Aoki (2) | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes |  Chen Tze-chung
Saburo Fujiki |
1991 | JPN |  Koichi Suzuki | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Isao Aoki
Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
1990 | JPN |  Isao Aoki | 289 | +1 | 3 strokes |  Masashi Ozaki
Teruo Sugihara
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
1989 | JPN |  Tateo Ozaki | 284 | −4 | 2 strokes |  Masanobu Kimura |
1988 | JPN |  Brian Jones (3) | 271 | −17 | Playoff |  Naomichi Ozaki |
1987 | JPN |  Brian Jones (2) | 283 | −5 | 3 strokes |  Nobuo Serizawa
Koichi Suzuki |
1986 | JPN |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Chen Tze-ming |
1985 | JPN |  Brian Jones | 272 | −12 | Playoff |  Nobumitsu Yuhara |
1984 | JPN |  Haruo Yasuda (2) | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Kouichi Inoue
Yoshitaka Yamamoto | [2]
1983 | JPN |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 278 | −10 | 6 strokes |  Lu Hsi-chuen |
1982 | JPN |  Graham Marsh (3) | 271 | −13 | Playoff |  Teruo Sugihara |
1981 | JPN |  Lu Hsi-chuen | 289 | +1 | Playoff |  Tōru Nakamura
Teruo Sugihara |
1980 | JPN |  Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 276 | −12 | 4 strokes |  Yoshihisa Iwashita
Graham Marsh |
1979 | JPN |  Tōru Nakamura (2) | 285 | −3 | 1 stroke |  Yoshio Kusayanagi |
1978 | JPN |  Tōru Nakamura | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Hsu Sheng-san
Norio Suzuki | [3]
1977 | JPN |  Hsu Sheng-san | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes |  Takaaki Kono
Graham Marsh
Teruo Sugihara |
Dunlop Tournament
1976 | JPN |  Yoshikazu Yokoshima | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Isao Aoki |
1975 | JPN |  Norio Suzuki | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes |  Mya Aye |
1974 | JPN |  Graham Marsh (2) | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes |  Masashi Ozaki
Teruo Sugihara |
1973 | JPN |  Ben Arda | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes |  Masashi Ozaki |
1972 |  |  Graham Marsh | 271 | −17 | 5 strokes |  Ben Arda |
1971 |  |  Peter Thomson | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Haruo Yasuda |
1970 |  |  Haruo Yasuda | 137 | −7 | 2 strokes |  Fujio Ishii
Takashi Murakami | [4]
1969 |  |  Takaaki Kono |  |  |  |  |

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Japan Golf Tour Status (Latest April 6)" (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 230–231, 456–457. ISBN 0862541247.
3. ^ "Peter fourth". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 12 June 1978. p. 31. Retrieved 30 January 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Yasuda wins Dunlop tourney". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. 11 May 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 30 January 2021 - via Google News Archive.

## External links[edit]

* Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
* Coverage on Asian Tour's official site
* Tournament's site (in Japanese)

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