Kansai Open

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Kansai Open
Tournament information
LocationKobe, Hyōgo in 2021
Established1926
Course(s)Arima Royal GC (Royal Course) in 2021
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥60,000,000
Month playedMay
Current champion
Tomoharu Otsuki

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo
par		Margin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse (¥)1st
prize (¥)		VenueRef
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic70,000,00014,000,000Arima Royal GC (Royal)
2019 Tomoharu Otsuki269−19Playoff Rikuya Hoshino70,000,00014,000,000Koma CC
2018 Ryuko Tokimatsu278−101 stroke Shugo Imahira
Kunihiro Kamii		70,000,00014,000,000Ono Toyo GC
2017 Shugo Imahira275−96 strokes Daisuke Kataoka70,000,00014,000,000Joyo CC
2016 Cho Byung-min278−61 stroke Tomohiro Kondo
Scott Strange		70,000,00014,000,000Hashimoto CC
2015 Daisuke Kataoka267−173 strokes Brad Kennedy70,000,00014,000,000Meishin Youkaichi CC
2014 Koumei Oda273−152 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto60,000,00012,000,000Rokko CC
2013 Brad Kennedy206[lower-alpha 1]−101 stroke Park Sung-joon60,000,00012,000,000Olympic GC
2012 Toshinori Muto266−181 stroke Kim Hyung-sung60,000,00012,000,000Izumigaoka CC
2011 Cho Min-gyu270−144 strokes Yoshikazu Haku50,000,00010,000,000Ono GC
2010 Shigeru Nonaka269−113 strokes Azuma Yano50,000,00010,000,000Tanabe CC
2009 Hiroyuki Fujita264−202 strokes Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Tomohiro Kondo		50,000,00010,000,000Takarazuka GC (New)
2008 Ryo Ishikawa276−124 strokes Yuta IkedaShiga GC [2]
2007 Koji YamamotoKakogawa GC
2006 Ryuichi TayasuSumoto GC
2005 Kazuhiko YamashitaHigashijoyo GC
2004 Tadahisa InoueBiwako CC
2003 Satoshi OideHigashihirono GC
2002 Yuya KamideNara International GC
2001 Hidemasa HoshinoMiki GC
2000 Osamu YamaguchiIkeda CC
1999 Takenori HiraishiOno Grand CC
1998 Shusaku SugimotoShiga GC
1997 Tatsuo TakasakiCentury Yoshikawa GC
1996 Takenori HiraishiGrandeji GC
1995 Asahiko MakazawaOtaninishiki CC
1994 Kazuo KanayamaAsahi International Tojo CC
1993 Kotobuki NakaseMinagi GC
1992 Masanobu KimuraManju GC
1991 Toshikazu Sugihara283−51 stroke Teruo Sugihara20,000,0005,000,000Lions CC
1990 Teruo Sugihara282−61 stroke Yuzo Oyama20,000,0005,000,000Pine Lake GC
1989 Yoshitaka Yamamoto211[lower-alpha 1]−51 stroke Kazuo Kanayama
Toshiaki Nakagawa
Tōru Nakamura		20,000,0003,750,000Hanayashiki GC (Hirono)
1988 Yasuo Sone286−23 strokes Shinsaku Maeda20,000,0005,000,000Kitarokko CC (East)
1987 Masanobu Kimura292+42 strokes Tōru Nakamura20,000,0005,000,000Asahikokusai Tojyo CC
1986 Yoshiyuki Isomura284−43 strokes Yoshio Ichikawa
Shinsaku Maeda
Kazuo Yoshikawa		20,000,0005,000,000Rokko Kokusai GC
1985 Tsutomu Irie280−83 strokes Hisao Inoue
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		Arima Royal GC
1984 Tōru Nakamura281−72 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto20,000,0005,000,000Hino GC [3]
1983 Susumu Wakita284−4Arima Royal GC
1982 Teruo Sugihara285−3Rokko Kokusai GC
1981 Akio Kanemoto278−102 strokes Toshimitsu Kai
Ichiro Teramoto		15,000,0004,000,000Meishin Yokaichi CC [4]
1980 Takemitsu Uranishi284−46 strokes Tōru Nakamura
Kosaku Shimada		15,000,0004,000,000Hanayashiki GC (Yokawa) [5]
1979 Yasuhiro Miyamoto283−5Rokko Kokusai GC
1978 Akio Kanemoto284−4Playoff Yasuhiro MiyamotoOmi CC
1977 Yoshitaka Yamamoto285−3Hino GC
1976 Shinsaku Maeda273−151 stroke Akio KanemotoBiwako CC [6]
1975 Teruo Sugihara279−96 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto5,000,0001,800,000Ono GC [7]
1974 Teruo Sugihara287−1Nara Kokusai GC
1973 Teruo Sugihara273−15Nishinomiya CC
1972 Kazuo YoshikawaHirono GC
1971 Teruo SugiharaIbaraki CC
1970 Kosaku ShimadaNaruo GC
1969 Shigeru UchidaHirono GC
1968 Teruo SugiharaShimonoseki GC
1967 Teruo SuzumuraYokkaichi CC
1966 Shozo MiyamotoIbaraki CC
1965 Teruo SugiharaNaruo GC
1964 Teruo SugiharaKoga GC
1963 Tadashi KittaHirono GC
1962 Tadashi KittaNishinomiya GC
1961 Tetsuo IshiiNagoya GC
1960 Susumu AraiNara International GC
1959 Michio IshiiAichi CC
1958 Tadashi KittaNaruo GC
1957 Yousei ShimamuraIbaraki CC
1956 Tetsuo IshiiTakarazuka GC
1955 Michio IshiiHirono GC
1954 Mitsuji KimotoNaruo GC
1953 Michio IshiiIbaraki CC
1952 Yasuke YamadaHirono GC
1951 Tomekichi MiyamotoTakarazuka GC
1950 Tomekichi MiyamotoNaruo GC
1949 Toichiro TodaTakarazuka GC
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Toichiro TodaHirono GC
1938 Toichiro TodaHirono GC
1937 Akira MurakiNaruo GC
1936 Iwaichi UekashiIbaraki CC
1935 Jiro MoriokaNaruo GC
1934 Jiro MoriokaNaruo GC
1933 Toichiro TodaIbaraki CC
1932 Jiro MoriokaHirono GC
1931 Tomekichi MiyamotoNaruo GC
1930 Takeo IshisumiIbaraki CC
1929 Jiro MoriokaNaruo GC
1928 Tomekichi MiyamotoIbaraki CC
1927 Kazuichi NakagamiNaruo GC
1926 Kakuji FukuiIbaraki CC
  1. Tournament played over 54 holes.

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. "遼、1度も首位を譲らずプロ転向後初優勝！" [Ryo won the first victory after turning professional without giving up the lead!]. Alba (in Japanese). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
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