Bridgestone Open
Appearance
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Chiba, Chiba |
Established | 1972 |
Course(s) | Sodegaura Country Club, Sodegaura Course |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,119 yards (6,510 m) |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ¥150 million |
Month played | October |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 265 Yuta Ikeda (2010) |
To par | −23 Yuta Ikeda (2010) |
Current champion | |
Ryuko Tokimatsu |
The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1972 at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. In 1973, the event moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974 it has held at the Sodegaura Country Club. The tournament record is 265 (–23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2015 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.
The winner gets an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]
Winners
References
- ^ Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine