Japan PGA Championship

Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationKani, Gifu, Japan
Established1926
CourseFuji Country Kani Club
Par71
Length7,219 yards (6,601 m)
Organized byPGA of Japan
TourJapan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play (1961–)
Match play (1931–1960)
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Shingo Katayama (2008)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Taisei Shimizu
Location map
Fuji Country Kani Club
Location in Japan
Fuji Country Kani Club
Location in Gifu

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon puro gorufu senshuken taikai) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. Founded in 1926, it is one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,[1] and is played at various courses throughout the country. In 2017, the total purse was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 awarded to the winner.

Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Japan PGA Championship
2025 Taisei Shimizu 274 −14 Playoff Tatsunori Shogenji Fuji Country Kani
2024 Yuta Sugiura 268 −18 1 stroke Yuki Inamori
Taiga Semikawa		 Sanko
2023 Kensei Hirata 277 −11 2 strokes Takumi Kanaya
Taiga Semikawa		 Eniwa
2022 Mikumu Horikawa 269 −15 3 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka Grand Fields
2021 Kim Seong-hyeon 271 −13 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
Yuki Inamori		 Nikko
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Ryo Ishikawa 269 −13 Playoff Hwang Jung-gon Ibusuki
2018 Toru Taniguchi (3) 282 −6 Playoff Yoshinori Fujimoto Boso
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017 Yūsaku Miyazato 276 −12 3 strokes Brad Kennedy Kanehide Kise
2016 Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 Playoff Toshinori Muto Hokkaido Classic
2015 Adam Bland 268 −16 3 strokes Lee Sang-hee Taiheiyo Club
Kohnan
2014 Taichi Teshima 279 −9 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
Koumei Oda		 Golden Valley
2013 Kim Hyung-sung 279 −5 1 stroke Yoshinori Fujimoto
Hiroyuki Fujita
Hideki Matsuyama		 Sobu
2012 Toru Taniguchi (2) 284 −4 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori Karasuyamajo
2011 Hiroo Kawai 275 −9 2 strokes Bae Sang-moon Ono Toyo
2010 Toru Taniguchi 270 −10 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka Passage Kinkai Island
2009 Yuta Ikeda 266 −14 7 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama Eniwa
Japan PGA Championship
2008 Shingo Katayama (2) 265 −23 6 strokes Liang Wenchong Raysum
2007 Toshimitsu Izawa 283 −5 1 stroke Satoru Hirota Kise
2006 Tomohiro Kondo 278 −10 Playoff Katsuyoshi Tomori Tanigumi
2005 Hur Suk-ho 272 −10 2 strokes Hideto Tanihara Tamana
2004 Hur Suk-ho 202 −14 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori Kochi Kuroshio
2003 Shingo Katayama 271 −17 1 stroke Hur Suk-ho Miho
2002 Kenichi Kuboya 279 −9 Playoff Shingo Katayama Koma
2001 Dean Wilson 281 −3 4 strokes Hideki Kase Queens Hill
2000 Nobuhito Sato 280 −4 1 stroke Shigemasa Higaki
Satoshi Higashi		 Caledonian
1999 Naomichi Ozaki 283 −5 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki Twin Fields
1998 Brandt Jobe 280 −8 Playoff Masashi Ozaki Grandage
1997 Shigeki Maruyama 272 −16 4 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto Central
West
1996 Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −18 8 strokes Shigeki Maruyama Sanyo
Yoshii
1995 Hisayuki Sasaki 272 −16 4 strokes Kazuhiro Takami Natsudomari
1994 Hiroshi Gohda 279 −5 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki Lake Green
1993 Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Sports Shinko
1992 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 281 −7 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima Shimoakima
1991 Masashi Ozaki (4) 273 −15 6 strokes Tsukasa Watanabe Prestige
1990 Hideki Kase 274 −14 5 strokes Saburo Fujiki
Masahiro Kuramoto		 Amanosan
1989 Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −6 1 stroke Hideki Kase Karasuyamajo
1988 Tateo Ozaki (2) 268 −20 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki Ehime
1987 David Ishii 280 −8 1 stroke Brian Jones
Seiichi Kanai		 Hamano
1986 Isao Aoki (3) 272 −16 4 strokes Masashi Ozaki Nihon Line
West
1985 Tateo Ozaki 288 −4 Playoff Seiichi Kanai Central
East
1984 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 275 −9 2 strokes Seiichi Kanai
Shinsaku Maeda
Tōru Nakamura		 MIOS Kikukawa [3]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Isao Aoki
Yutaka Hagawa		 Shuun
1982 Masahiro Kuramoto 274 −14 4 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan Meishin Yokkaichi
1981 Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 4 strokes Tōru Nakamura Sapporo Korakuen [4]
1980 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 282 −2 1 stroke Seiichi Kanai
Namio Takasu		 Northern
Akagi 		[5]
1979 Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −16 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara Asami
1978 Fujio Kobayashi 281 −7 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima Otaru
1977 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −11 3 strokes Teruo Sugihara
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Nihon Line
West
1976 Seiichi Kanai (2) 273 −7 Playoff Shichiro Enomoto
Hsieh Min-Nan
Haruo Yasuda		 Kuma
1975 Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Yoshitaka Yamamoto Kurashiki
1974 Masashi Ozaki (2) 274 −14 4 strokes Isao Aoki Omotezao Intl.
1973 Isao Aoki 275 −13 8 strokes Haruo Yasuda Gifu Seki
1972 Seiichi Kanai 278 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki Murasaki
Sumire
1971 Masashi Ozaki 282 1 stroke Hideyo Sugimoto Phoenix
1970 Seiichi Sato 280 1 stroke Akio Kanemoto
Mitsuhiro Kitta		 Mitsukaido
1969 Hiroshi Ishii 277 5 strokes Teruo Sugihara Kasugai
1968 Kosaku Shimada 282 1 stroke Teruo Suzumura Narashino
1967 Shozo Miyamoto 276 1 stroke Tomoo Ishii Miyoshi
West
1966 Mitsutaka Kono (2) 271 3 strokes Shigeru Uchida Sobu
1965 Mitsutaka Kono 273 6 strokes Chen Ching-Po
Yoshimasa Fujii		 Kawagoe
1964 Tadashi Kitta (2) 281 2 strokes Tomoo Ishii Hirakata
1963 Tadashi Kitta 285 3 strokes Tomoo Ishii Ryugasaki
1962 Torakichi Nakamura (4) 285 4 strokes Takashi Kitamoto
Teruo Sugihara		 Yokkaichi
1961 Yoshiro Hayashi (4) 286 2 strokes Yoshimasa Fujii Koga
1960 Ryohei Tanaami 1 hole Kenji Hosoishi Oarai
1959 Torakichi Nakamura (3) 5 & 4 Koichi Ono Ibaraki
1958 Torakichi Nakamura (2) 3 & 2 Koshio Kurihara Naruo (Inagawa)
1957 Torakichi Nakamura 2 holes Koshio Kurihara Hodogaya
1956 Yoshiro Hayashi (3) 7 & 6 Tsunekichi Arai Nagoya
1955 Koichi Ono 1 hole Yoshiro Hayashi Sagami
1954 Shigeru Ishii 7 & 5 Koichi Ono Hirono
1953 Chin Sei-Sui (2) 2 & 1 Yoshiro Hayashi Abiko
1952 Seiji Inoue 5 & 3 Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1951 Tetsuo Ishii 3 & 1 Torakichi Nakamura Hirono
1950 Yoshiro Hayashi (2) 9 & 7 Koichi Ono Abiko
1949 Yoshiro Hayashi 293 2 strokes Son Shi Kin Abiko
1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1942 Chin Sei-Sui 7 & 6 Tokuharu Nobu Koganei
1941: No tournament
1940 Toichiro Toda (4) 6 & 5 Taketo Fujii Fukuoka Ōho
1939 Toichiro Toda (3) 3 & 2 Tomekichi Miyamoto Kawana Hotel
Fuji
1938 Toichiro Toda (2) 7 & 5 Seiji Inoue Takarazuka
1937 Iwaichi Uekata 1 hole Chin Sei-Sui Takanodai
1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) 4 & 3 Jiro Morioka Nagoya
1935 Toichiro Toda 7 & 5 Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1934 Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) 3 & 1 Osamu Ishii Hirono
1933 Larry Montes (2) 6 & 5 Rin Man-Puku Fujisawa
1932 Larry Montes 4 & 3 Jiro Morioka Naruo
Inagawa
1931 Rokuzo Asami (2) 6 & 5 Chin Sei-Sui Musashino
Fujigaya
1930 Akira Muraki 304 19 strokes Masakichi Koshimichi
Chin Sei-Sui		 Takarazuka
1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) 301 11 strokes Kokichi Yasuda Mutsumi
1928 Rokuzo Asami 156 1 stroke Tomekichi Miyamoto[a] Naruo
1927 Kazuichi Nakagami 153 Playoff Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1926 Tomekichi Miyamoto 161 Playoff Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes

  1. ^ Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.

References

  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ 78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 472–473. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241–242, 467–468. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 182–183, 403–404. ISBN 0862541018.
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