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Kirin Open
Tournament information
Location Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Sobu Country Club (1972–1976)
Ibaraki Golf Club (1977–2001)
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit (until 1999)
Japan Golf Tour (from 1974)
FormatStroke play
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)
Final champion
Japan Shingo Katayama

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.[1][2] It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score
(total)		 Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Notes
Asia Pacific Open Golf Kirin Open
2001 Shingo Katayama  Japan 271 6 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
2000 Shingo Katayama  Japan 280 2 strokes Taiwan Lin Keng-chi
Australia Andre Stolz
Australia Peter Senior
Kirin Open
1999 K. J. Choi  South Korea 204[a] Playoff[b] India Jeev Milkha Singh [3]
1998 Frankie Miñoza  Philippines 279 1 stroke Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
United States Brian Watts
Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
1997 Kim Jong-duck  South Korea 278 2 strokes Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Japan Shigeki Maruyama
Japan Tateo Ozaki
United States Brian Watts
1996 Yoshinori Kaneko  Japan 278 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
Dunlop Open
1995 Peter Senior  Australia 279 5 strokes United States Brian Watts [4]
1994 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 274 1 stroke Taiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng [5]
1993 Hajime Meshiai  Japan 275 2 strokes Japan Katsunari Takahashi
United States Kevin Wentworth		 [6]
1992 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 286 Playoff[c] Canada Brent Franklin [7]
1991 Roger Mackay  Australia 272 2 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara [8]
1990 Frankie Miñoza  Philippines 205[d] Playoff[e] Japan Teruo Sugihara [9]
1989 Terry Gale  Australia 284 1 stroke Australia Peter Senior
Taiwan Chen Tze-ming		 [10]
1988 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 278 3 strokes United States David Ishii [11]
Dunlop International Open
1987 Isao Aoki  Japan 277 1 stroke Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima		 [12]
1986 Hideto Shigenobu  Japan 281 2 strokes United States David Ishii
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto		 [13]
1985 Chen Tze-chung  Taiwan 277 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima [14]
1984 John Jacobs  United States 283 2 strokes Japan Tateo Ozaki [15]
1983 Larry Nelson  United States 201[f] 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto [17]
1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 276 5 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki [18]
1981 Kosaku Shimada  Japan 286 2 strokes Japan Akira Yabe
United States Payne Stewart
Japan Koichi Uehara		 [19]
1980 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 277 5 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
Taiwan Ho Ming-chung		 [20]
1979 Hiroshi Ishii  Japan 278 3 strokes Japan Seiji Ebihara
Japan Kazunari Takahashi
Japan Tateo Ozaki		 [21]
1978 Kuo Chie-Hsiung  Taiwan 265 11 strokes United States Bob Byman [22]
1977 Ben Arda  Philippines 282 2 strokes New Zealand Terry Kendall
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima		 [23]
Sobu International Open
1976 Ben Arda  Philippines 277 4 strokes Taiwan Chen Chien-chung [24]
1975 Teruo Sugihara  Japan 282 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball
Taiwan Hsu Sheng-San
Japan Hideyo Sugimoto		 [25]
1974 Lu Liang-Huan  Taiwan 280 4 strokes Japan Fumio Tanaka
Japan Masashi Ozaki		 [26]
1973 Shigeru Uchida  Japan 279 Playoff[g] Japan Masashi Ozaki [27]
1972 Hsieh Min-Nan  Taiwan 279 2 strokes Philippines Ben Arda [28]
  1. ^ Third round cancelled due to rain.[3]
  2. ^ Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  3. ^ Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  4. ^ Third round cancelled due to rain.[9]
  5. ^ Minoza won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
  6. ^ Second round cancelled due to rain.[16]
  7. ^ Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ "Yomiuri is out". New Nation. 9 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ a b "Kirin Open". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. 26 April 1999. p. 36. Retrieved 21 February 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "International Results – Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 April 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "International Results – Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 April 1994. p. 21. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "International Results – Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 26 April 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "International Results – Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 28 April 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "International Results – Golf". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 April 1991. p. 24. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ a b McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 283, 524. ISBN 1855925583.
  10. ^ "Surprise win for Gale". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 April 1989. p. 19. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Sport Summary – Golf – Dunlop Open". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 25 April 1988. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Aoki A-okay for Dunlop crown". The Straits Times. Singapore. 27 April 1987. p. 2. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  13. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. p. 473. ISBN 0002182572.
  14. ^ "Chen's day again". The Straits Times. Singapore. 29 April 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  15. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books Ltd. p. 451. ISBN 0862541247.
  16. ^ "Nicklaus leads the elite". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1983. p. 41. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  17. ^ "Eagle does it for Nelson". The Straits Times. Singapore. 25 April 1983. p. 39. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  18. ^ "Shearer one off lead". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 26 April 1982. p. 25. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  19. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books Ltd. p. 448. ISBN 0862541018.
  20. ^ "Ozaki hits 70 to finish 5 strokes ahead". The Straits Times. Singapore. 28 April 1980. p. 26. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  21. ^ "Veteran Ishii triumphs in Japan Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  22. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. p. 385. ISBN 0385149409.
  23. ^ "Veteran has good win". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 25 April 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  24. ^ "Arda wins right to play in British, US meets". The Straits Times. Singapore. 26 April 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  25. ^ "Veteran Sugihara storms way to Sobhu title, but Hsieh again takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  26. ^ "Lu cards a 70 to win Sobu Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 April 1974. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  27. ^ "Uchida beats Ozaki". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1973. p. 23. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  28. ^ "Marsh wins circuit prize". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1972. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Google News Archive.


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