ANA Open

The ANA Open (ANAオープンゴルフトーナメント, Ei-enu-ei ōpun golufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded as the Sapporo Open, it has been sponsored by All Nippon Airways since 1973, initially as the ANA Sapporo Open.[1] It is usually held in September each year at the Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.

ANA Open
Tournament information
LocationKitahiroshima, Hokkaido
Established1972
Course(s)Sapporo Golf Club
Wattsu Course
Par72
Length7,063 yards (6,458 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110 million
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Masashi Ozaki (1994)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Yosuke Asaji
Location Map
Sapporo Golf Club
Location in Japan
Sapporo Golf Club
Sapporo Golf Club (Hokkaido)

Sapporo's Wattsu and Yuni courses have both played host to the tournament. The tournament scoring record is 268 (20 under par), set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994. Ozaki also holds the all-time record of wins at this tournament with seven. The 2019 purse was ¥110,000,000, of which the winner's share was ¥22,000,000.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
ANA Open
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Yosuke Asaji272−15Playoff Seungsu Han
Terumichi Kakazu
Shaun Norris
Ryuko Tokimatsu
2018Cancelled due to the earthquake in Hokkaido[2]
2017 Yuta Ikeda275−13Playoff Shugo Imahira
Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Brendan Jones270−181 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2015 Ryo Ishikawa272−162 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato
2014 Katsumasa Miyamoto270−18Playoff Hideto Tanihara
2013 Koumei Oda273−154 strokes Shingo Katayama
Lee Kyoung-hoon
2012 Hiroyuki Fujita272−161 stroke Kurt Barnes
Yuta Ikeda
Kim Hyung-sung
Liang Wenchong
2011 Kurt Barnes275−131 stroke Shingo Katayama
Tomohiro Kondo
Koumei Oda
2010 Yuta Ikeda274−141 stroke Jay Choi
Kim Do-hoon
2009 Toru Taniguchi272−164 strokes Kim Kyung-tae
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Kazuhiro Yamashita
2008 Azuma Yano273−154 strokes Toshinori Muto
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2007 Norio Shinozaki277−7Playoff Yasuharu Imano
Chawalit Plaphol
2006 Tomohiro Kondo274−101 stroke Kiyoshi Maita
Kaname Yokoo
2005 Keiichiro Fukabori274−14Playoff Yasuharu Imano
2004 Chawalit Plaphol271−171 stroke Yang Yong-eun
2003 Yeh Wei-tze277−111 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002 Masashi Ozaki271−171 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2001 Lin Keng-chi273−152 strokes Kazuhiro Kinjo
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000 Nobuhito Sato282−61 stroke Christian Pena
1999 Kazuhiko Hosokawa277−111 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
Katsuyoshi Tomori
1998 Keiichiro Fukabori279−92 strokes Lee Janzen
Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997 Shinichi Yokota273−153 strokes Zaw Moe
Tateo Ozaki
1996 Carlos Franco282−61 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
1995 Masashi Ozaki279−93 strokes Ernie Els
1994 Masashi Ozaki268−209 strokes Kiyoshi Murota
1993 Tsuneyuki Nakajima274−144 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
Peter Senior
Katsunari Takahashi
1992 Masashi Ozaki280−84 strokes Ryoken Kawagishi
1991 Akiyoshi Ohmachi282−62 strokes Ryoken Kawagishi
1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima277−113 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1989 Masashi Ozaki280−86 strokes Ian Woosnam
1988 Naomichi Ozaki278−10Playoff Brian Jones
1987 Isao Aoki282−61 stroke Tsukasa Watanabe
1986 Masahiro Kuramoto281−72 strokes Isao Aoki
1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima277−112 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
ANA Sapporo Open
1984 Pete Izumikawa280−8Playoff Satsuki Takahashi [3]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima282−65 strokes Isao Aoki
1982 Norio Suzuki278−10
1981 Masahiro Kuramoto282−63 strokes Kikuo Arai [4]
1980 Teruo Sugihara283−51 stroke Kikuo Arai [5]
1979 Graham Marsh284−42 strokes Kikuo Arai
1978 Teruo Sugihara284−41 stroke Fujio Kobayashi [6]
1977 Teruo Sugihara287−1
1976 Takashi Murakami285−33 strokes Masashi Ozaki [7]
1975 Hsieh Yung-yo277−112 strokes Takashi Murakami
1974 Masashi Ozaki282−6Playoff Isao Aoki
1973 Masashi Ozaki283−52 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan [8]
Sapporo Open
1972 Masashi Ozaki282−64 strokes Kosaku Shimada
Hideyo Sugimoto		 [9]

References
  1. "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "「平成30年北海道胆振東部地震」の影響によりANAオープンが開催中止" [ANA Open is halted due to the effects of the 30-year-east earthquake in Hokkaido] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 September 2018.
  3. McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239–240, 482–483. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246, 479–480. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 180, 397–398. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. "Sugihara takes 34th golf title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas, US. AP. 3 July 1978. p. 5d. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Murakami wins Sapporo golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. 5 July 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  8. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 323, 543. ISBN 0002119544.
  9. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 522. ISBN 0002119463.


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