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Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationNikkō, Tochigi in 2021
Established1926
Course(s)Nikko Country Club in 2021
Organized byPGA of Japan
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play (1961–present)
Match play (1931–60)
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedJuly
Current champion
Japan Ryo Ishikawa

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon purogorufu 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
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 269 −13 Playoff South Korea Hwang Jung-gon Ibusuki GC
2018 Japan Toru Taniguchi 282 −6 Playoff Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto Boso CC
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato 276 −12 3 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy Kanehide Kise CC
2016 Japan Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 Playoff Japan Toshinori Muto Hokkaido Classic CC
2015 Australia Adam Bland 268 −16 3 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee Taiheiyo Club (Kohnan)
2014 Japan Taichi Teshima 279 −9 1 stroke South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
Japan Koumei Oda		 Golden Valley GC
2013 South Korea Kim Hyung-sung 279 −5 1 stroke Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Hideki Matsuyama		 Sobu CC (Sobu)
2012 Japan Toru Taniguchi 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Karasuyamajo CC
2011 Japan Hiroo Kawai 275 −9 2 strokes South Korea Bae Sang-moon Ono Toyo GC
2010 Japan Toru Taniguchi 270 −10 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka Passage Kinkai Island GC
2009 Japan Yuta Ikeda 266 −14 7 strokes Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama Eniwa CC
Japan PGA Championship
2008 Japan Shingo Katayama 265 −23 6 strokes China Liang Wenchong Raysum Golf & Spa Resort
2007 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Satoru Hirota Kise CC
2006 Japan Tomohiro Kondo 278 −10 Playoff Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori Tanigumi CC
2005 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 272 −10 2 strokes Japan Hideto Tanihara Tamana CC
2004 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 202 −14 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Kochi Kuroshio CC
2003 Japan Shingo Katayama 271 −17 1 stroke South Korea Hur Suk-ho Miho GC
2002 Japan Kenichi Kuboya 279 −9 Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama Koma CC
2001 United States Dean Wilson 281 −3 4 strokes Japan Hideki Kase The Queens Hill CC
2000 Japan Nobuhito Sato 280 −4 1 stroke Japan Shigemasa Higaki
Japan Satoshi Higashi		 Caledonian GC
1999 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 283 −5 2 strokess Japan Masashi Ozaki GC Twin Fields
1998 United States Brandt Jobe 280 −8 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki Grandage GC
1997 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Shusaku Sugimoto Central GC (West)
1996 Japan Masashi Ozaki 270 −18 8 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama Sanyo GC (Yoshii)
1995 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Kazuhiro Takami Natsudomari GL
1994 Japan Hiroshi Gohda 279 −5 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Lake Green GC
1993 Japan Masashi Ozaki 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Sports Shinko CC
1992 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 281 −7 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Shimoakima CC
1991 Japan Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 6 strokes Japan Tsukasa Watanabe Prestige GC
1990 Japan Hideki Kase 274 −14 5 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto		 Amanosan CC
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki 278 −6 1 stroke Japan Hideki Kase Karasuyamajo CC
1988 Japan Tateo Ozaki 268 −20 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Ehime GC
1987 United States David Ishii 280 −8 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones
Japan Seiichi Kanai		 Hamano GC
1986 Japan Isao Aoki 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Nihon Line GC (West)
1985 Japan Tateo Ozaki 288 −4 Playoff Japan Seiichi Kanai Central GC (East)
1984 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −9 2 strokes Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Tōru Nakamura		 MIOS Kikukawa CC [3]
1983 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 279 −9 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Yutaka Hagawa		 Shuun CC
1982 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 274 −14 4 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Meishin Yokkaichi CC
1981 Japan Isao Aoki 277 −11 4 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura Sapporo Korakuen CC [4]
1980 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 282 −2 1 stroke Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Namio Takasu		 Northern CC (Akagi) [5]
1979 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara Asami CC
1978 Japan Fujio Kobayashi 281 −7 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Otaru CC
1977 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −11 3 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Nihon Line GC (West)
1976 Japan Seiichi Kanai 273 −7 Playoff Japan Shichiro Enomoto
Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
Japan Haruo Yasuda		 Kuma CC
1975 Japan Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto Kurashiki CC
1974 Japan Masashi Ozaki 274 −14 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki Omotezao Intl. GC
1973 Japan Isao Aoki 275 −13 8 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda Gifu Seki CC
1972 Japan Seiichi Kanai 278 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Murasaki CC (Sumire)
1971 Japan Masashi Ozaki 282 1 stroke Japan Hideyo Sugimoto Phoenix CC
1970 Japan Seiichi Sato 280 1 stroke Japan Akio Kanemoto
Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta		 Mitsukaido GC
1969 Japan Hiroshi Ishii 277 5 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara Kasugai CC
1968 Japan Kosaku Shimada 282 1 stroke Japan Teruo Suzumura Narashino CC
1967 Japan Shozo Miyamoto 276 1 stroke Japan Tomoo Ishii Miyoshi CC (West)
1966 Japan Mitsutaka Kono 271 3 strokes Japan Shigeru Uchida Sobu CC
1965 Japan Mitsutaka Kono 273 6 strokes Taiwan Chen Ching-Po
Japan Yoshimasa Fujii		 Kawagoe CC
1964 Japan Tadashi Kitta 281 2 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii Hirakata CC
1963 Japan Tadashi Kitta 285 3 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii Ryugasaki CC
1962 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 285 4 strokes Japan Takashi Kitamoto
Japan Teruo Sugihara		 Yokkaichi CC
1961 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 286 2 strokes Japan Yoshimasa Fujii Koga GC
1960 Japan Ryohei Tanaami 1 hole Japan Kenji Hosoishi Oarai GC
1959 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 5 and 4 Japan Koichi Ono Ibaraki CC
1958 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 3 and 2 Japan Koshio Kurihara Naruo GC (Inagawa)
1957 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 2 holes Japan Koshio Kurihara Hodogaya CC
1956 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 7 and 6 Japan Tsunekichi Arai Nagoya GC
1955 Japan Koichi Ono 1 hole Japan Yoshiro Hayashi Sagami CC
1954 Japan Shigeru Ishii 7 and 5 Japan Koichi Ono Hirono GC
1953 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui 2 and 1 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi Abiko GC
1952 Japan Seiji Inoue 5 and 3 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Sagami CC
1951 Japan Tetsuo Ishii 3 and 1 Japan Torakichi Nakamura Hirono GC
1950 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 9 and 7 Japan Koichi Ono Abiko GC
1949 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 293 2 strokes Japan Son Shi Kin Abiko GC
1943–48 No tournament due to World War II
1942 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui 7 and 6 Japan Tokuharu Nobu Koganei CC
1941 No tournament
1940 Japan Toichiro Toda 6 and 5 Japan Taketo Fujii Fukuoka Ōho CC
1939 Japan Toichiro Toda 3 and 2 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Kawana Hotel (Fuji)
1938 Japan Toichiro Toda 7 and 5 Japan Seiji Inoue Takarazuka GC
1937 Japan Iwaichi Uekata 1 hole Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Takanodai CC
1936 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 4 and 3 Japan Jiro Morioka Nagoya GC
1935 Japan Toichiro Toda 7 and 5 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Sagami CC
1934 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 3 and 1 Japan Osamu Ishii Hirono GC
1933 Philippines Larry Montes 6 and 5 Taiwan Rin Man-Puku Fujisawa GC
1932 Philippines Larry Montes 4 and 3 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo GC (Inagawa)
1931 Japan Rokuzo Asami 6 and 5 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Musashino GC (Fujigaya)
1930 Japan Akira Muraki 304 19 strokes Japan Masakichi Koshimichi
Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui		 Takarazuka GC
1929 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 301 11 strokes Japan Kokichi Yasuda Mutsumi GC
1928 Japan Rokuzo Asami 156 1 stroke Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto[a] Naruo GC
1927 Japan Kazuichi Nakagami 153 Playoff Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki CC
1926 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 161 Playoff Japan Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki CC
  1. ^ Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.

References

  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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