Japan PGA Championship

Professional golf tournament

Golf tournament

Japan PGA ChampionshipTournament 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
Taisei Shimizu
Location map

Fuji Country Kani Club

Location in Japan

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Fuji Country Kani Club

Location in Gifu

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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. Founded in 1926, it is one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,[1] and is played at various courses throughout the country. In 2017, the total purse was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 awarded to the winner.

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

## Winners

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

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Japan PGA Championship
2025 |  Taisei Shimizu | 274 | −14 | Playoff |  Tatsunori Shogenji | Fuji Country Kani |
2024 |  Yuta Sugiura | 268 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Yuki Inamori
Taiga Semikawa | Sanko |
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

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

## References

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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.

## External links

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

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

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* Token Homemate Cup
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* ISPS Handa Championship in Japan (E)
* The Crowns
* Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament
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* ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament
* Hana Bank Invitational (K)
* Japan Players Championship
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* Fujisankei Classic
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* ANA Open
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* ACN Championship
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* 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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