Casio World Open

Casio World Open

Tournament information
Location	Geisei, Kōchi, Japan
Established	1981
Course(s)	Kochi Kuroshio CC (2005–) Ibusuki GC (1981–2004)
Par	72
Length	7,315 yards (6,689 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥200 million
Month played	November/December
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Kiyoshi Murota (2001) 264 Katsumune Imai (2003)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
Kim Kyung-tae

The Casio World Open (カシオワールドオープンゴルフトーナメント, Kashio wārudo ōpun gorufu tōnamento) is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded and was played at the Ibusuki Golf Club, Kaimon Course in Ibusuki, Kagoshima from 1981 to 2004. In 2005, it moved to the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kōchi.

The event is organized by Casio, Kuroshio Kanko Kaihatsu and TV Kochi.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2019	Kim Kyung-tae	South Korea	268	−20	2 strokes	Shaun Norris
2018	Choi Ho-sung	South Korea	273	−15	1 stroke	Brendan Jones
2017	Seungsu Han	United States	275	−13	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa Brendan Jones Kim Kyung-tae Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016	Yuta Ikeda	Japan	203*	−13	1 stroke	Ryuji Masaoka
2015	Hwang Jung-gon (2)	South Korea	273	−15	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa
2014	Shingo Katayama	Japan	271	−17	3 strokes	Satoshi Tomiyama
2013	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	276	−12	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
2012	Hwang Jung-gon	South Korea	269	−19	3 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
2011	Tadahiro Takayama	Japan	273	−15	2 strokes	Yusaku Miyazato
2010	Michio Matsumura	Japan	275	−13	Playoff	Kim Do-hoon
2009	Koumei Oda (2)	Japan	267	−21	3 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa
2008	Koumei Oda	Japan	277	−11	3 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
2007	Taichi Teshima	Japan	275	−13	1 stroke	Chris Campbell
2006	Jeev Milkha Singh	India	272	−16	2 strokes	David Smail
2005	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	277	−11	2 strokes	Kim Jong-duck
2004	David Smail (2)	New Zealand	276	−12	1 stroke	Hunter Mahan
2003	Katsumune Imai	Japan	264	−24	7 strokes	Brendan Jones Shingo Katayama
2002	David Smail	New Zealand	200*	−16	2 strokes	Brendan Jones
2001	Kiyoshi Murota	Japan	264	−24	2 strokes	Dinesh Chand
2000	Toru Suzuki	Japan	267	−21	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1999	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	Japan	274	−14	1 stroke	Taichi Teshima
1998	Brian Watts	United States	274	−14	Playoff	Toshimitsu Izawa
1997	Mitsutaka Kusakabe	Japan	278	−10	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori Hirofumi Miyase Naomichi Ozaki
1996	Paul Stankowski	United States	277	−11	Playoff	David Ishii
1995	Seiki Okuda	Japan	274	−14	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1994	Robert Gamez	United States	271	−17	4 strokes	Scott Hoch
1993	Tom Lehman	United States	274	−14	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson
1992	Isao Aoki (2)	Japan	277	−11	2 strokes	Chen Tze-ming
1991	Naomichi Ozaki	Japan	270	−18	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai
1990	Mike Reid	United States	274	−14	2 strokes	Yoshinori Kaneko
1989	Isao Aoki	Japan	274	−14	1 stroke	Larry Mize
1988	Larry Mize	United States	284	−4	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1987	David Ishii	United States	276	−12	2 strokes	Sam Torrance
1986	Scott Hoch (2)	United States	276	−12	6 strokes	José María Olazábal
1985	Hubert Green	United States	289	+1	Playoff	Wayne Grady Scott Hoch Nobumitsu Yuhara
1984	Sandy Lyle	Scotland	279	−9	Playoff	Gary Koch
1983	Bernhard Langer	West Germany	287	−1	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1982	Scott Hoch	United States	282	−6	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981	Lee Trevino	United States	275	−13	4 strokes	Isao Aoki

* Shortened to 54 holes

External links

• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Official site (in Japanese)