Japan PGA Championship

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

Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationNikkō, Tochigi in 2021
Established1926
Course(s)Nikko Country Club in 2021
Organized byPGA of Japan
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play (1961–present)
Match play (1931–60)
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedJuly
Current champion
Ryo Ishikawa

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

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenueRef
Japan PGA Championship
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Ryo Ishikawa269−13Playoff Hwang Jung-gonIbusuki GC
2018 Toru Taniguchi282−6Playoff Yoshinori FujimotoBoso CC
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017 Yūsaku Miyazato276−123 strokes Brad KennedyKanehide Kise CC
2016 Hideto Tanihara266−22Playoff Toshinori MutoHokkaido Classic CC
2015 Adam Bland268−163 strokes Lee Sang-heeTaiheiyo Club (Kohnan)
2014 Taichi Teshima279−91 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon
Koumei Oda		Golden Valley GC
2013 Kim Hyung-sung279−51 stroke Yoshinori Fujimoto
Hiroyuki Fujita
Hideki Matsuyama		Sobu CC (Sobu)
2012 Toru Taniguchi284−41 stroke Keiichiro FukaboriKarasuyamajo CC
2011 Hiroo Kawai275−92 strokes Bae Sang-moonOno Toyo GC
2010 Toru Taniguchi270−101 stroke Tetsuji HiratsukaPassage Kinkai Island GC
2009 Yuta Ikeda266−147 strokes Mitsuhiro TateyamaEniwa CC
Japan PGA Championship
2008 Shingo Katayama265−236 strokes Liang WenchongRaysum Golf & Spa Resort
2007 Toshimitsu Izawa283−51 stroke Satoru HirotaKise CC
2006 Tomohiro Kondo278−10Playoff Katsuyoshi TomoriTanigumi CC
2005 Hur Suk-ho272−102 strokes Hideto TaniharaTamana CC
2004 Hur Suk-ho202−141 stroke Keiichiro FukaboriKochi Kuroshio CC
2003 Shingo Katayama271−171 stroke Hur Suk-hoMiho GC
2002 Kenichi Kuboya279−9Playoff Shingo KatayamaKoma CC
2001 Dean Wilson281−34 strokes Hideki KaseThe Queens Hill CC
2000 Nobuhito Sato280−41 stroke Shigemasa Higaki
Satoshi Higashi		Caledonian GC
1999 Naomichi Ozaki283−52 strokess Masashi OzakiGC Twin Fields
1998 Brandt Jobe280−8Playoff Masashi OzakiGrandage GC
1997 Shigeki Maruyama272−164 strokes Shusaku SugimotoCentral GC (West)
1996 Masashi Ozaki270−188 strokes Shigeki MaruyamaSanyo GC (Yoshii)
1995 Hisayuki Sasaki272−164 strokes Kazuhiro TakamiNatsudomari GL
1994 Hiroshi Gohda279−51 stroke Masashi OzakiLake Green GC
1993 Masashi Ozaki278−101 stroke Tsuyoshi YoneyamaSports Shinko CC
1992 Masahiro Kuramoto281−7Playoff Tsuneyuki NakajimaShimoakima CC
1991 Masashi Ozaki273−156 strokes Tsukasa WatanabePrestige GC
1990 Hideki Kase274−145 strokes Saburo Fujiki
Masahiro Kuramoto		Amanosan CC
1989 Masashi Ozaki278−61 stroke Hideki KaseKarasuyamajo CC
1988 Tateo Ozaki268−201 stroke Masashi OzakiEhime GC
1987 David Ishii280−81 stroke Brian Jones
Seiichi Kanai		Hamano GC
1986 Isao Aoki272−164 strokes Masashi OzakiNihon Line GC (West)
1985 Tateo Ozaki288−4Playoff Seiichi KanaiCentral GC (East)
1984 Tsuneyuki Nakajima275−92 strokes Seiichi Kanai
Shinsaku Maeda
Tōru Nakamura		MIOS Kikukawa CC [3]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima279−92 strokes Isao Aoki
Yutaka Hagawa		Shuun CC
1982 Masahiro Kuramoto274−144 strokes Hsieh Min-NanMeishin Yokkaichi CC
1981 Isao Aoki277−114 strokes Tōru NakamuraSapporo Korakuen CC [4]
1980 Yoshitaka Yamamoto282−21 stroke Seiichi Kanai
Namio Takasu		Northern CC (Akagi) [5]
1979 Hsieh Min-Nan272−161 stroke Teruo SugiharaAsami CC
1978 Fujio Kobayashi281−7Playoff Tsuneyuki NakajimaOtaru CC
1977 Tsuneyuki Nakajima277−113 strokes Teruo Sugihara
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		Nihon Line GC (West)
1976 Seiichi Kanai273−7Playoff Shichiro Enomoto
Hsieh Min-Nan
Haruo Yasuda		Kuma CC
1975 Takashi Murakami282−6Playoff Yoshitaka YamamotoKurashiki CC
1974 Masashi Ozaki274−144 strokes Isao AokiOmotezao Intl. GC
1973 Isao Aoki275−138 strokes Haruo YasudaGifu Seki CC
1972 Seiichi Kanai2782 strokes Masashi OzakiMurasaki CC (Sumire)
1971 Masashi Ozaki2821 stroke Hideyo SugimotoPhoenix CC
1970 Seiichi Sato2801 stroke Akio Kanemoto
Mitsuhiro Kitta		Mitsukaido GC
1969 Hiroshi Ishii2775 strokes Teruo SugiharaKasugai CC
1968 Kosaku Shimada2821 stroke Teruo SuzumuraNarashino CC
1967 Shozo Miyamoto2761 stroke Tomoo IshiiMiyoshi CC (West)
1966 Mitsutaka Kono2713 strokes Shigeru UchidaSobu CC
1965 Mitsutaka Kono2736 strokes Chen Ching-Po
Yoshimasa Fujii		Kawagoe CC
1964 Tadashi Kitta2812 strokes Tomoo IshiiHirakata CC
1963 Tadashi Kitta2853 strokes Tomoo IshiiRyugasaki CC
1962 Torakichi Nakamura2854 strokes Takashi Kitamoto
Teruo Sugihara		Yokkaichi CC
1961 Yoshiro Hayashi2862 strokes Yoshimasa FujiiKoga GC
1960 Ryohei Tanaami1 hole Kenji HosoishiOarai GC
1959 Torakichi Nakamura5 and 4 Koichi OnoIbaraki CC
1958 Torakichi Nakamura3 and 2 Koshio KuriharaNaruo GC (Inagawa)
1957 Torakichi Nakamura2 holes Koshio KuriharaHodogaya CC
1956 Yoshiro Hayashi7 and 6 Tsunekichi AraiNagoya GC
1955 Koichi Ono1 hole Yoshiro HayashiSagami CC
1954 Shigeru Ishii7 and 5 Koichi OnoHirono GC
1953 Chin Sei-Sui2 and 1 Yoshiro HayashiAbiko GC
1952 Seiji Inoue5 and 3 Chin Sei-SuiSagami CC
1951 Tetsuo Ishii3 and 1 Torakichi NakamuraHirono GC
1950 Yoshiro Hayashi9 and 7 Koichi OnoAbiko GC
1949 Yoshiro Hayashi2932 strokes Son Shi KinAbiko GC
1943–48No tournament due to World War II
1942 Chin Sei-Sui7 and 6 Tokuharu NobuKoganei CC
1941No tournament
1940 Toichiro Toda6 and 5 Taketo FujiiFukuoka Ōho CC
1939 Toichiro Toda3 and 2 Tomekichi MiyamotoKawana Hotel (Fuji)
1938 Toichiro Toda7 and 5 Seiji InoueTakarazuka GC
1937 Iwaichi Uekata1 hole Chin Sei-SuiTakanodai CC
1936 Tomekichi Miyamoto4 and 3 Jiro MoriokaNagoya GC
1935 Toichiro Toda7 and 5 Chin Sei-SuiSagami CC
1934 Tomekichi Miyamoto3 and 1 Osamu IshiiHirono GC
1933 Larry Montes6 and 5 Rin Man-PukuFujisawa GC
1932 Larry Montes4 and 3 Jiro MoriokaNaruo GC (Inagawa)
1931 Rokuzo Asami6 and 5 Chin Sei-SuiMusashino GC (Fujigaya)
1930 Akira Muraki30419 strokes Masakichi Koshimichi
Chin Sei-Sui		Takarazuka GC
1929 Tomekichi Miyamoto30111 strokes Kokichi YasudaMutsumi GC
1928 Rokuzo Asami1561 stroke Tomekichi Miyamoto[lower-alpha 1]Naruo GC
1927 Kazuichi Nakagami153Playoff Tomekichi MiyamotoIbaraki CC
1926 Tomekichi Miyamoto161Playoff Kakuji FukuiIbaraki CC
  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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