Bridgestone Open

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 professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

Bridgestone Open
Tournament information
LocationChiba, Chiba
Established1972
Course(s)Sodegaura Country Club, Sodegaura Course
Par71
Length7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥150 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
To par−23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Shugo Imahira
Location Map
Sodegaura CC
Location in Japan
Sodegaura CC
Sodegaura CC (Chiba Prefecture)

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]

Tournament hosts

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
Bridgestone Open
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Shugo Imahira (2)131[lower-alpha 1]−111 stroke Seungsu Han
Hiroyuki Fujita
Tomoharu Otsuki
Akio Sadakata
2018 Shugo Imahira268−161 stroke Masahiro Kawamura
2017 Ryuko Tokimatsu133[lower-alpha 2]−92 strokes Lee Sang-hee
2016 Satoshi Kodaira270−141 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015 Michio Matsumura275−92 strokes Adam Bland
Mikumu Horikawa
Yuki Inamori
Kim Kyung-tae
2014 Koumei Oda269−151 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2013 Daisuke Maruyama203[lower-alpha 3]−103 strokes Jang Ik-jae
2012 Toru Taniguchi (3)272−121 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2011 Toru Taniguchi (2)269−155 strokes Shingo Katayama
Hiroo Kawai
Michio Matsumura
Koumei Oda
2010 Yuta Ikeda (2)265−233 strokes Michio Matsumura
2009 Yuta Ikeda270−182 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
2008 Azuma Yano267−214 strokes Takao Nogami
2007 Shingo Katayama270−181 stroke Steven Conran
Keiichiro Fukabori
Tomohiro Kondo
2006 Taichi Teshima266−225 strokes Kiyoshi Maita
2005 David Smail272−162 strokes Toru Suzuki
2004 Toru Taniguchi272−161 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
Shinichi Yokota
2003 Naomichi Ozaki267−21Playoff Paul Sheehan
2002 Scott Laycock272−161 stroke Shingo Katayama
Toru Taniguchi
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa274−141 stroke Masashi Ozaki
2000 Nobuhito Sato (2)272−161 stroke Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999 Shigeki Maruyama (3)268−205 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
1998 Nobuhito Sato275−13Playoff Tateo Ozaki
1997 Masashi Ozaki (2)273−151 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
Tateo Ozaki
1996 Shigeki Maruyama (2)272−162 strokes Brian Watts
1995 Shigeki Maruyama274−143 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
Masashi Ozaki
Shinichi Yokota
1994 Brian Watts274−143 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
1993 Ikuo Shirahama271−175 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
Nolan Henke
Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Masahiro Kuramoto (3)271−17Playoff Tetsu Nishikawa
1991 Isao Aoki134[lower-alpha 2]−101 strokes Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990 Saburo Fujiki274−14Playoff Akihito Yokoyama
1989 Roger Mackay277−111 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988 Masashi Ozaki273−152 strokes Isao Aoki
1987 David Ishii282−6Playoff Hiroshi Makino
Nobuo Serizawa
1986 Tateo Ozaki276−122 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
1985 Masahiro Kuramoto (2)273−151 stroke Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984 Masahiro Kuramoto279−9Playoff Chen Tze-chung
Yoshihisa Iwashita
Sam Torrance
1983 Eitaro Deguchi274−141 stroke Hsieh Min-Nan[2]
1982 Hsieh Min-Nan (2)279−9Playoff Kikuo Arai
1981 Hale Irwin275−138 strokes Bill Rogers[3]
1980 Bob Gilder283−51 stroke Isao Aoki[4]
1979 Lanny Wadkins277−111 stroke Yoshikazu Yokoshima[5]
1978 Hiroshi Ishii (2)280−82 strokes Fujio Kobayashi[6]
1977 Fujio Kobayashi278−103 strokes Haruo Yasuda[7]
1976 Takashi Murakami282−6Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan
Masaji Kusakabe
1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto283−53 strokes Haruo Yasuda[8]
1974 Graham Marsh278−101 stroke Seiichi Numazawa[9]
1973 Hiroshi Ishii275−132 strokes Haruo Yasuda[10]
1972 Hsieh Min-Nan276−123 strokes Buddy Allin
Kuo Chie-Hsiung		[11]
  1. Tournament shortened to 36 holes because of Category 5 tropical cyclone Typhoon Hagibis.
  2. Tournament played over 36 holes.
  3. Tournament played over 54 holes.

See also

References
  1. Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Deguchi takes Bridgestone". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. AP. 24 October 1983. p. 3B. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 248–249, 484–485. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 184, 407–408. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. "Wadkins takes Japanese tourney". Quad City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. 29 October 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Ishii triumphs in Tokyo golf". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. UPI. 30 October 1978. p. 12-D. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Kobayashi captures Bridgestone prize". The Hartford Currant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 31 October 1977. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 298, 498. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 256, 441–442. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 326, 557. ISBN 0002119544.
  11. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313–314, 535–536. ISBN 0002119463.
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