Japan Golf Tour Championship

Professional golf tournament

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Golf tournament

BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building CupTournament information

Location| Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established| 2000
Course(s)| Shishido Hills Country Club
Par| 71
Length| 7,387 yards (6,755 m)
Tour(s)| Japan Golf Tour
Format| Stroke play
Prize fund| ¥150,000,000
Month played| June
Tournament record score
Aggregate| 268 Nobuhito Sato (2002)
To par| −20 as above
Current champion
Hiroshi Iwata
Location map

Shishido Hills CC

Location in Japan

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Shishido Hills CC

Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

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The Japan Golf Tour Championship (日本ゴルフツアー選手権, Nihon gorufu tsuā senshuken) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 2000, it is one of the four major championships on the tour.

## Tournament hosts

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The Japan Golf Tour Championship has been played at Shishido Hills Country Club since 2003. From 2000 to 2002, it was played at Horai Country Club.

## Prize money

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Prize money was ¥120,000,000 from 2000 to 2005 and has been ¥150,000,000 since 2006, except for 2010 when it was ¥120,000,000. In 2000 the weather shortened the event to 54 holes and the prize money was reduced by 25% from ¥120,000,000 to ¥90,000,000.

## Winners

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Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of
victory | Runner(s)-up

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BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup
2024 |  Hiroshi Iwata | 271 | −13 | Playoff |  Ryo Ishikawa
2023 |  Takumi Kanaya | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes |  Yuki Inamori
Hiroshi Iwata
2022 |  Kazuki Higa | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Tomoharu Otsuki
Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills
2021 |  Ryosuke Kinoshita | 270 | −14 | 5 strokes |  Yuki Furuwaka
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 |  Mikumu Horikawa | 269 | −15 | 4 strokes |  Shugo Imahira
2018 |  Kodai Ichihara | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke |  Ryuko Tokimatsu
2017 |  Shaun Norris | 271 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Seungsu Han
2016 |  Yosuke Tsukada | 282 | −2 | 1 stroke |  Michael Hendry
2015 |  Liang Wenchong | 270 | −14 | 5 strokes |  Brad Kennedy
Ryutaro Nagano
Song Young-han
2014 |  Yoshitaka Takeya | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Lee Sang-hee
Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills
2013 |  Satoshi Kodaira | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Hur Suk-ho
Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills
2012 |  Yoshinori Fujimoto | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Masamichi Uehira
2011 |  Park Jae-bum | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke |  Daisuke Maruyama
2010 |  Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) | 279 | −5 | 3 strokes |  Hiroyuki Fujita
UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills
2009 |  Yuji Igarashi | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Jang Ik-jae
David Smail
Toru Suzuki
2008 |  Hidemasa Hoshino | 272 | −12 | 5 strokes |  Brendan Jones
Takao Nogami
2007 |  Shingo Katayama | 271 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Naoya Takemoto
2006 |  Tatsuhiko Takahashi | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes |  Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup
2005 |  Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 273 | −7 | Playoff |  Yasuharu Imano
David Smail
2004 |  Hur Suk-ho | 279 | −5 | Playoff |  Tomohiro Kondo
2003 |  Toshimitsu Izawa (2) | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke |  David Smail
Tadahiro Takayama
Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup
2002 |  Nobuhito Sato | 268 | −20 | 6 strokes |  Kenichi Kuboya
2001 |  Katsumasa Miyamoto | 273 | −15 | 7 strokes |  Eduardo Herrera
Jeev Milkha Singh
JGTO TPC iiyama Cup
2000 |  Toshimitsu Izawa | 203[a] | −13 | 3 strokes |  Kaname Yokoo

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

## See also

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* Japan PGA Championship
* Japan Open Golf Championship
* Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

## Notes

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1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

## External links

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* Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site

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Japan Golf Tour events

Japan majors|

* BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup
* Japan PGA Championship
* Japan Open Golf Championship
* Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

Other tournaments|

* Token Homemate Cup
* Kansai Open Golf Championship
* ISPS Handa Championship in Japan (E)
* The Crowns
* Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament
* Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open
* ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament
* Hana Bank Invitational (K)
* Japan Players Championship
* Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup
* Yokohama Minato Championship
* Sansan KBC Augusta
* Fujisankei Classic
* Shinhan Donghae Open (A,K)
* ANA Open
* Panasonic Open Golf Championship
* Vantelin Tokai Classic
* ACN Championship
* Mynavi ABC Championship
* Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
* Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
* Casio World Open

Team events|

* Hitachi 3Tours Championship

Other|

* Former events
* Zozo Championship

(E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour; (K) - co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour.
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