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Kansai Open
Tournament information
LocationKobe, Hyōgo in 2021
Established1926
Course(s)Arima Royal GC (Royal Course) in 2021
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥60,000,000
Month playedMay
Current champion
Japan Tomoharu Otsuki

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Winners

Year Winner Score To
par		 Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Purse (¥) 1st
prize (¥)		 Venue Ref
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 70,000,000 14,000,000 Arima Royal GC (Royal)
2019 Japan Tomoharu Otsuki 269 −19 Playoff Japan Rikuya Hoshino 70,000,000 14,000,000 Koma CC
2018 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Shugo Imahira
Japan Kunihiro Kamii		 70,000,000 14,000,000 Ono Toyo GC
2017 Japan Shugo Imahira 275 −9 6 strokes Japan Daisuke Kataoka 70,000,000 14,000,000 Joyo CC
2016 South Korea Cho Byung-min 278 −6 1 stroke Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Australia Scott Strange		 70,000,000 14,000,000 Hashimoto CC
2015 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 267 −17 3 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy 70,000,000 14,000,000 Meishin Youkaichi CC
2014 Japan Koumei Oda 273 −15 2 strokes Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto 60,000,000 12,000,000 Rokko CC
2013 Australia Brad Kennedy 206[a] −10 1 stroke South Korea Park Sung-joon 60,000,000 12,000,000 Olympic GC
2012 Japan Toshinori Muto 266 −18 1 stroke South Korea Kim Hyung-sung 60,000,000 12,000,000 Izumigaoka CC
2011 South Korea Cho Min-gyu 270 −14 4 strokes Japan Yoshikazu Haku 50,000,000 10,000,000 Ono GC
2010 Japan Shigeru Nonaka 269 −11 3 strokes Japan Azuma Yano 50,000,000 10,000,000 Tanabe CC
2009 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 264 −20 2 strokes Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Japan Tomohiro Kondo		 50,000,000 10,000,000 Takarazuka GC (New)
2008 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 276 −12 4 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda Shiga GC [2]
2007 Japan Koji Yamamoto Kakogawa GC
2006 Japan Ryuichi Tayasu Sumoto GC
2005 Japan Kazuhiko Yamashita Higashijoyo GC
2004 Japan Tadahisa Inoue Biwako CC
2003 Japan Satoshi Oide Higashihirono GC
2002 Japan Yuya Kamide Nara International GC
2001 Japan Hidemasa Hoshino Miki GC
2000 Japan Osamu Yamaguchi Ikeda CC
1999 Japan Takenori Hiraishi Ono Grand CC
1998 Japan Shusaku Sugimoto Shiga GC
1997 Japan Tatsuo Takasaki Century Yoshikawa GC
1996 Japan Takenori Hiraishi Grandeji GC
1995 Japan Asahiko Makazawa Otaninishiki CC
1994 Japan Kazuo Kanayama Asahi International Tojo CC
1993 Japan Kotobuki Nakase Minagi GC
1992 Japan Masanobu Kimura Manju GC
1991 Japan Toshikazu Sugihara 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara 20,000,000 5,000,000 Lions CC
1990 Japan Teruo Sugihara 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Yuzo Oyama 20,000,000 5,000,000 Pine Lake GC
1989 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 211[a] −5 1 stroke Japan Kazuo Kanayama
Japan Toshiaki Nakagawa
Japan Tōru Nakamura		 20,000,000 3,750,000 Hanayashiki GC (Hirono)
1988 Japan Yasuo Sone 286 −2 3 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda 20,000,000 5,000,000 Kitarokko CC (East)
1987 Japan Masanobu Kimura 292 +4 2 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura 20,000,000 5,000,000 Asahikokusai Tojyo CC
1986 Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura 284 −4 3 strokes Japan Yoshio Ichikawa
Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa		 20,000,000 5,000,000 Rokko Kokusai GC
1985 Japan Tsutomu Irie 280 −8 3 strokes Japan Hisao Inoue
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Arima Royal GC
1984 Japan Tōru Nakamura 281 −7 2 strokes Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 20,000,000 5,000,000 Hino GC [3]
1983 Japan Susumu Wakita 284 −4 Arima Royal GC
1982 Japan Teruo Sugihara 285 −3 Rokko Kokusai GC
1981 Japan Akio Kanemoto 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Kai
Japan Ichiro Teramoto		 15,000,000 4,000,000 Meishin Yokaichi CC [4]
1980 Japan Takemitsu Uranishi 284 −4 6 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Kosaku Shimada		 15,000,000 4,000,000 Hanayashiki GC (Yokawa) [5]
1979 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 283 −5 Rokko Kokusai GC
1978 Japan Akio Kanemoto 284 −4 Playoff Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto Omi CC
1977 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 285 −3 Hino GC
1976 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Akio Kanemoto Biwako CC [6]
1975 Japan Teruo Sugihara 279 −9 6 strokes Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 5,000,000 1,800,000 Ono GC [7]
1974 Japan Teruo Sugihara 287 −1 Nara Kokusai GC
1973 Japan Teruo Sugihara 273 −15 Nishinomiya CC
1972 Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa Hirono GC
1971 Japan Teruo Sugihara Ibaraki CC
1970 Japan Kosaku Shimada Naruo GC
1969 Japan Shigeru Uchida Hirono GC
1968 Japan Teruo Sugihara Shimonoseki GC
1967 Japan Teruo Suzumura Yokkaichi CC
1966 Japan Shozo Miyamoto Ibaraki CC
1965 Japan Teruo Sugihara Naruo GC
1964 Japan Teruo Sugihara Koga GC
1963 Japan Tadashi Kitta Hirono GC
1962 Japan Tadashi Kitta Nishinomiya GC
1961 Japan Tetsuo Ishii Nagoya GC
1960 Japan Susumu Arai Nara International GC
1959 Japan Michio Ishii Aichi CC
1958 Japan Tadashi Kitta Naruo GC
1957 Japan Yousei Shimamura Ibaraki CC
1956 Japan Tetsuo Ishii Takarazuka GC
1955 Japan Michio Ishii Hirono GC
1954 Japan Mitsuji Kimoto Naruo GC
1953 Japan Michio Ishii Ibaraki CC
1952 Japan Yasuke Yamada Hirono GC
1951 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Takarazuka GC
1950 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Naruo GC
1949 Japan Toichiro Toda Takarazuka GC
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Japan Toichiro Toda Hirono GC
1938 Japan Toichiro Toda Hirono GC
1937 Japan Akira Muraki Naruo GC
1936 Japan Iwaichi Uekashi Ibaraki CC
1935 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo GC
1934 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo GC
1933 Japan Toichiro Toda Ibaraki CC
1932 Japan Jiro Morioka Hirono GC
1931 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Naruo GC
1930 Japan Takeo Ishisumi Ibaraki CC
1929 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo GC
1928 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki CC
1927 Japan Kazuichi Nakagami Naruo GC
1926 Japan Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki CC
  1. ^ a b Tournament played over 54 holes.

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. ^ "遼、1度も首位を譲らずプロ転向後初優勝！" [Ryo won the first victory after turning professional without giving up the lead!]. Alba (in Japanese). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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