Fujisankei Classic

The Fujisankei Classic (フジサンケイクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner. The title sponsor is the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Fujisankei Classic
Tournament information
LocationFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Established1973
Course(s)Fujizakura Country Club
Par71
Length7,566 yards (6,918 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110 million
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Todd Hamilton (2003)
267 Paul Sheehan (2004)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Rikuya Hoshino
Location Map
Fujizakura CC
Location in Japan
Fujizakura CC

Tournament hosts
YearsVenueLocation
2005–presentFujizakura Country ClubFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1981–2004Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course)Itō, Shizuoka
1979–1980Higashi Matsuyama Country ClubHigashimatsuyama, Saitama
1973–1978Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course)Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
2020 Rikuya Hoshino275−9Playoff Mikumu Horikawa
2019 Park Sang-hyun269−152 strokes Choi Ho-sung
Hiroshi Iwata
2018 Rikuya Hoshino268−165 strokes Shugo Imahira
2017 Ryu Hyun-woo281−3Playoff Seungsu Han
Satoshi Kodaira
2016 Cho Min-gyu277−73 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
Daisuke Kataoka
Daisuke Maruyama
Tadahiro Takayama
2015 Kim Kyung-tae275−91 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
2014 Hiroshi Iwata274−101 stroke Hur In-hoi
2013 Hideki Matsuyama275−9Playoff Park Sung-joon
Hideto Tanihara
2012 Kim Kyung-tae276−81 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2011 Masatsugu Morofuji136[lower-alpha 1]−63 strokes Mardan Mamat
2010 Ryo Ishikawa275−9Playoff Shunsuke Sonoda
2009 Ryo Ishikawa272−125 strokes Daisuke Maruyama
2008 Toyokazu Fujishima271−13Playoff Hiroshi Iwata
2007 Hideto Tanihara205[lower-alpha 2]−83 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
2006 Shingo Katayama274−103 strokes Liang Wenchong
2005 Daisuke Maruyama271−137 strokes Shingo Katayama
2004 Paul Sheehan267−174 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama
Kaname Yokoo
2003 Todd Hamilton267−175 strokes Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Shigeru Nonaka
2002 Nobuhito Sato276−8Playoff Scott Laycock
2001 Frankie Miñoza276−81 stroke Tsukasa Watanabe
2000 Tateo Ozaki278−61 stroke Nobuhito Sato
Yeh Chang-ting
1999 Shigemasa Higaki273−112 strokes Steven Conran
1998 Carlos Franco275−91 stroke Chen Tze-chung
1997 Kenichi Kuboya279−51 stroke Yoshinori Kaneko
Masashi Ozaki
1996 Brian Watts272−12Playoff Todd Hamilton
1995 Tsuneyuki Nakajima272−122 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
1994 Kiyoshi Murota284E4 strokes Nobuo Serizawa
1993 Masashi Ozaki270−144 strokes Todd Hamilton
Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Hiroshi Makino281−33 strokes Saburo Fujiki
1991 Saburo Fujiki279−5Playoff Isao Aoki
Brian Jones
Hideki Kase
1990 Masashi Ozaki208[lower-alpha 2]−51 stroke Saburo Fujiki
Masanobu Kimura
Tōru Nakamura
Naomichi Ozaki
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1989 Masashi Ozaki282−22 strokes Katsunari Takahashi
1988 Ikuo Shirahama280−42 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987 Masashi Ozaki275−92 strokes Graham Marsh
1986 Masashi Ozaki279−51 stroke David Ishii
1985 Mark O'Meara273−113 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1984 Tateo Ozaki280−4Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan
1983 Nobumitsu Yuhara287+31 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto[1]
1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima277−7Playoff Graham Marsh
1981 Toshiharu Kawada276−82 strokes Isao Aoki[2]
1980 Masashi Ozaki283−51 stroke Graham Marsh
Takahiro Takeyasu		[3]
1979 Shoichi Sato283−51 stroke Isao Aoki[4]
1978 Kosaku Shimada278−103 strokes Isao Aoki[5]
1977 Yasuhiro Miyamoto287−11 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto[6]
1976 Norio Suzuki279−9Playoff Lu Liang-Huan
1975 Lu Liang-Huan280−84 strokes Graham Marsh[7]
1974 Graham Marsh276−121 stroke Tōru Nakamura[8]
1973 Graham Marsh272−161 stroke Tōru Nakamura[9]
  1. Tournament played over 36 holes.
  2. Tournament played over 54 holes.

References
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  5. "Shimada's 68 nabs Fuji Sankei golf". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 15 May 1978. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Sporting details | Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 23 May 1977. p. 19. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
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  8. "Australian Marsh cop Fuji-Sankei golf". The Hartford Courant. AP. 13 May 1974. p. 55. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Marsh wins $14,875". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.


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