KBC Augusta

The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

KBC Augusta
Tournament information
LocationItoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Keya Golf Club
Par72
Length7,103 yards (6,495 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100 million
Month playedAugust/September
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
Kazuki Higa
Location Map
Keya Golf Club
Location in Japan
Keya Golf Club
Keya Golf Club (Fukuoka Prefecture)

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2019 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1992–presentKeya Golf ClubItoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991Kyushu Shima Country ClubItoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course)Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
RIZAP KBC Augusta
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Kazuki Higa262−265 strokes Rikuya Hoshino
2018 Daijiro Izumida274−141 stroke Choi Ho-sung
2017 Yuta Ikeda (3)270−183 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
2016 Ryo Ishikawa273−155 strokes Michael Hendry
Brad Kennedy
Tadahiro Takayama
2015 Yuta Ikeda (2)268−205 strokes Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
2014 Hiroyuki Fujita276−12Playoff Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
2013 Park Sung-joon204[lower-alpha 1]−122 strokes Hwang Jung-gon
2012 Kim Hyung-sung270−221 stroke Akio Sadakata
2011 Bae Sang-moon266−222 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
Tomohiro Kondo
2010 Hideto Tanihara266−221 stroke Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2009 Yuta Ikeda267−21Playoff Yasuharu Imano
2008 Shintaro Kai278−101 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
2007 Katsumasa Miyamoto269−151 stroke Steven Conran
Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
2006 Taichi Teshima268−161 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2005 Toshimitsu Izawa (2)264−205 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
2004 Steven Conran277−71 stroke Takashi Kamiyama
Toru Taniguchi
2003 Soushi Tajima269−194 strokes Dinesh Chand
Hisayuki Sasaki
2002 Nobumitsu Yuhara209[lower-alpha 1]−71 stroke Shigemasa Higaki
Katsunori Kuwabara
Toshimasa Nakajima
Christian Pena
Zhang Lianwei
2001 Takenori Hiraishi273−15Playoff Shigemasa Higaki
Hideki Kase
2000 Toshimitsu Izawa270−184 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto
1999 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama205[lower-alpha 1]−111 stroke Takao Nogami
1998 Masashi Ozaki (4)275−134 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara
1997 Masashi Ozaki (3)266−2212 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa
Taichi Teshima
1996 Masashi Ozaki (2)273−15Playoff Taichi Teshima
1995 Kazuhiko Hosokawa271−171 stroke Todd Hamilton
Tomohiro Maruyama
1994 Brian Watts271−172 strokes Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
1993 Chen Tze-chung277−11Playoff Lin Chie-hsiang
1992 Chen Tze-ming (2)276−12Playoff Bradley Hughes
Norikazu Kawakami
1991 Raymond Floyd273−151 stroke Frankie Miñoza
1990 Masashi Ozaki269−1910 strokes Chen Tze-chung
1989 Teruo Sugihara281−72 strokes Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
1988 Masahiro Kuramoto276−122 strokes Hajime Meshiai
Masashi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987 Saburo Fujiki (2)274−142 strokes Tateo Ozaki
1986 Isao Aoki (3)282−61 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
Masashi Ozaki
1985 Hajime Meshiai206[lower-alpha 1]−101 stroke Isao Aoki
Eitaro Deguchi
Masashi Ozaki
Satsuki Takahashi
Fuzzy Zoeller
1984 Naomichi Ozaki275−131 stroke Koichi Inoue
Tsuneyuki Nakajima		 [1]
1983 Saburo Fujiki273−15
1982 Chen Tze-ming209[lower-alpha 2]−71 stroke Hal Sutton [2]
1981 Hsieh Min-Nan279−9Playoff Chen Tze-chung
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1980 Isao Aoki (2)137[lower-alpha 3]−72 strokes Hiroshi Tahara [3]
1979 Masaji Kusakabe240[lower-alpha 4]−123 strokes Kuo Chie-Hsiung [4]
1978 Kenichi Yamada276−122 strokes Isao Aoki
Shiro Kubo
Gene Littler
Yasuhiro Miyamoto		 [5]
1977 Brian Jones278−10Playoff Akira Yabe
1976 Graham Marsh207[lower-alpha 1]−9Playoff Haruo Yasuda
1975 Shinsaku Maeda278−10Playoff Hiroshi Ishii
1974 Tōru Nakamura273−151 stroke Teruo Sugihara [6]
1973 Isao Aoki266−2213 strokes Yasuhiro Miyamoto [7]
  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.
  2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the third round was cancelled due to a typhoon.
  3. Tournament reduced to 36 holes due to rain.
  4. Tournament reduced to 63 holes after a typhoon caused the final round to be cut to nine holes.

References
  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 476. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. "Tze Ming wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. AP. 30 August 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179, 395–396. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. "Rains can't stop Kusakabe". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 27 Aug 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "12 under wins". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 29 August 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  6. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 436–437. ISBN 0002119552.
  7. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 548–549. ISBN 0002119544.
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