Japan Open Golf Championship

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The Japan Open Golf Championship is Japan's national open golf championship. As of 2009, it is one of the five richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥200 million. It is also the tour's designated "Premier event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Rankings, with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points.

 

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Past Winners

* 2009 Ryuichi Oda - Japan
* 2008 Shingo Katayama - Japan
* 2007 Toru Taniguchi - Japan
* 2006 Paul Sheehan - Australia
* 2005 Shingo Katayama - Japan
* 2004 Toru Taniguchi - Japan
* 2003 Keiichiro Fukabori - Japan
* 2002 David Smail - New Zealand
* 2001 Taichi Teshima - Japan
* 2000 Naomichi Ozaki - Japan
* 1999 Naomichi Ozaki - Japan
* 1998 Hidemichi Tanaka - Japan
* 1997 Craig Parry - Australia
* 1996 Peter Teravainen - United States
* 1995 Toshimitsu Izawa - Japan
* 1994 Masashi Ozaki - Japan
* 1993 Seiki Okuda - Japan
* 1992 Masashi Ozaki - Japan
* 1991 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan
* 1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan
* 1989 Masashi Ozaki - Japan
* 1988 Masashi Ozaki - Japan
* 1987 Isao Aoki - Japan
* 1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan
* 1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima - Japan
* 1984 Kouichi Uehara - Japan
* 1983 Isao Aoki - Japan
* 1982 Akira Yabe - Japan
* 1981 Yukata Hagawa - Japan
* 1980 Shoji Kikuchi Japan
* 1979 Kuo Chie-Hsiung
* 1978 Seve Ballesteros - Spain
* 1977 Seve Ballesteros - Spain
* 1976 Kosaku Shimada - Japan
* 1975 Takashi Murakami - Japan
* 1974 Masashi Ozaki - Japan
* 1973 Ben Arda - Philippines
* 1972 Hon Chang Sang
* 1971 Yoshiro Hayashi - Japan [1]
* 1970 Mitsuhiro Kitta - Japan
* 1969 Hideyo Sugimoto
* 1968 Takaaki Kono
* 1967 Tadashi Kitta
* 1966 Seichi Sato
* 1965 Tadashi Kitta
* 1964 Hideyo Sugimoto
* 1963 Toichiro Toda
* 1962 Teruo Sugihara - Japan
* 1961 Kenji Hosoishi
* 1960 Haruyoshi Kobari
* 1959 Chen Ching-Po
* 1958 Torakichi Nakamura
* 1957 Haruyoshi Kobari
* 1956 Torakichi Nakamura
* 1955 Koichi Ono [2]
* 1954 Yoshiro Hayashi
* 1953 Son Shi-Kin [2]
* 1952 Torakichi Nakamura
* 1951 Son Shi-Kin [2]
* 1950 Yoshiro Hayashi
* 1942-1949 No tournament due to World War II
* 1941 Tokuharu Nobuhara
* 1940 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1939 Toichira Toda
* 1938 Rin(Lin) Man-Puku
* 1937 Chin Sei-Sui
* 1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1935 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1934 No tournament due to flood damage
* 1933 Kodekichi Nakamura
* 1932 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1931 Rokuzo Asami
* 1930 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto
* 1928 Rokuzo Asami
* 1927 Rokuro Akahoshi