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Kansai Open

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Kansai Open
Tournament information
LocationVaries – Hashimoto, Wakayama in 2016
Established1926
Course(s)Varies – Hashimoto Country Club in 2016
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥70,000,000
Month playedMay
Current champion
South Korea Cho Byung-min

The Kansai Open (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a golf tournament in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and returned again in 2009. The 2015 event was the 81st edition. It is played in May at a variety of courses in Kansai region.

Winners

Year Player Country Venue Location Score To par 1st prize (¥) Purse (¥)
2016 Cho Byung-min  South Korea Hashimoto Country Club Hashimoto, Wakayama 278 −6 14,000,000 70,000,000
2015 Daisuke Kataoka  Japan Meishin Youkaichi Country Club Higashiōmi, Shiga 267 −17 14,000,000 70,000,000
2014 Koumei Oda  Japan Rokko Country Club Nishinomiya, Hyōgo 273 −15 12,000,000 60,000,000
2013 Brad Kennedy  Australia Olympic Golf Club Miki, Hyōgo 206 −10^ 12,000,000 60,000,000
2012 Toshinori Muto  Japan Izumigaoka Country Club Sakai, Osaka 266 −18 12,000,000 60,000,000
2011 Cho Min-gyu  South Korea Ono Golf Club Ono, Hyōgo 270 −14 10,000,000 50,000,000
2010 Shigeru Nonaka  Japan Tanabe Country Club Kyōtanabe, Kyoto 269 −11 10,000,000 50,000,000
2009 Hiroyuki Fujita  Japan Takarazuka Golf Club, New Course Takarazuka, Hyōgo 264 −20 10,000,000 50,000,000

PO Indicates a win in a playoff
^ Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes