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Yomiuri International
Tournament information
LocationTokyo, Japan
Established1962
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Month playedMarch/April
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate278 Peter Thomson (1962)
Final champion
Japan Haruo Yasuda

The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964,[1] and served as the season finale.

In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper, because of political tensions[2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.[3]

Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding.[4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.[5]

Winners

Year Winner Country Score
(total)		 Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Notes
1971 Haruo Yasuda  Japan 282 Playoff[a] Japan Kosaku Shimada [6]
1970 David Graham  Australia 286 3 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey [7]
1969 Guy Wolstenholme  England 288 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara [8]
1968 Chen Ching-Po  Taiwan 283 2 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii [9]
1967 Mitsutaka Kono  Japan 282 1 stroke Japan Koichi Ono [10]
1966 Hugh Boyle  Ireland 286 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball [11]
1965 Frank Phillips  Australia 288 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Ching-Po [12]
1964[b] Hideyo Sugimoto  Japan
1963 Doug Sanders  United States 289 5 strokes Japan Hideyo Sugimoto [5]
1962 Peter Thomson  Australia 278 8 strokes Canada Al Balding [4]
  1. ^ Yasuda won with a bogey on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
  2. ^ The Yomiuri International was not part of the Far East Circuit in 1964.

References

  1. ^ "Japan out of this year's F-E circuit". The Straits Times. 25 January 1964. p. 18. 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. ^ "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  4. ^ a b "Thomson's double". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Yasuda's title in 3-hole playoff". The Straits Times. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ "Wolstenholme pips Sugihara in Yomiuri". The Straits Times. 14 April 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  9. ^ "Rivals crack up and Chen is the champion". The Straits Times. 8 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. ^ "Yomiuri Open to Japanese". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Japanese golf to Irishman". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 April 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "Phillips Takes Yomiuri Open". The Age. 5 April 1965. p. 24.
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