Mynavi ABC Championship

The Mynavi ABC Championship (マイナビABCチャンピオンシップゴルフトーナメント, Mainabi ei-bī-shī champyon gorufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played at the ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo, usually in October or November. It was founded in 1971 as a Japan vs. United States team match (there was also individual prize money and the event counted as an official win on tour). In 1988, it became a full-field individual event. The event is sponsored by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Mynavi Corporation.

Mynavi ABC Championship
Tournament information
LocationKatō, Hyōgo
Established1971
Course(s)ABC Golf Club
Par72
Length7,200 yd (6,600 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥150 million
Month playedOctober/November
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Ryuichi Oda (2014)
To par−23 Shingo Katayama (2003)
Current champion
Hwang Jung-gon
Location Map
ABC Golf Club
Location in Japan
ABC Golf Club
ABC Golf Club (Hyogo Prefecture)

History

The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Miki Gold Cup, a nine-man team match between golfers from Japan and the United States. Results were based on the aggregate of the best seven scores from each team after 54 holes of stroke play competition; there was also a prize for the best individual score. The event was renamed as the ABC Cup in 1972. The following year, the best eight scores were used to determine the winner, and in 1975 the event was extended to 72 holes.

Between 1982 and 1984 the event was titled as the Goldwin Cup[1] (1982–83) and the Uchida Yoko Cup (1984), during which time it was contested as stroke play matches with two points were awarded for a match win and one point for a tie. The first two rounds were played as better ball pairs and the final two rounds as singles, from which the scores were used to determine the individual winner. In 1985 the event reverted to its earlier format and name.

In 1988, the tournament became a regular 72 hole stroke play event on the Japan Golf Tour, since when it has always been held at ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo. Sponsored by Philip Morris International, it was titled using the Lark brand as the ABC Lark Cup or Lark Cup for five years, until 1994 when it became the Philip Morris Championship. After Philip Morris sponsorship came to an end, in 2003 the event became titled the ABC Championship, with Mynavi being added as title sponsor in 2008.

Tournament hosts
YearsVenueLocation
1988–presentABC Golf ClubKatō, Hyōgo
1983Taiheiyo Club (Rokko Course)Hyōgo
1982, 1984Sobhu Country Club (Sobhu Course)Inzai, Chiba
1979–1981, 1985–1987Sports Shinko Country ClubKawanishi, Hyōgo
1976–1978Harima Country ClubOno, Hyōgo
1975Ibaraki Kokusai Golf ClubIbaraki, Osaka
1973–1974Hashimoto Country ClubHashimoto, Wakayama
1972Ikeda Country ClubIkeda, Osaka
1971Perfect Liberty (PL) Country ClubTondabayashi, Osaka

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Mynavi ABC Championship
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Hwang Jung-gon269−191 stroke Shugo Imahira
2018 Yuta Kinoshita273−15Playoff Masahiro Kawamura
2017 Tatsuya Kodai203[lower-alpha 1]−131 stroke Im Sung-jae
Yūsaku Miyazato
Ryutaro Nagano
2016 Shingo Katayama (4)276−121 stroke Shintaro Kobayashi
2015 Kim Kyung-tae (2)272−122 strokes Wonjoon Lee
Daisuke Kataoka
Katsumasa Miyamoto
2014 Ryuichi Oda263−215 strokes Koumei Oda
Hideto Tanihara
2013 Yuta Ikeda269−15Playoff Hur Suk-ho
2012 Han Lee271−171 stroke Katsumasa Miyamoto
2011 Koichiro Kawano273−15Playoff Bae Sang-moon
2010 Kim Kyung-tae275−131 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
2009 Toru Suzuki274−145 strokes Takashi Kanemoto
2008 Ryo Ishikawa279−91 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori
ABC Championship
2007 Frankie Miñoza274−14Playoff Lee Dong-hwan
2006 Shingo Katayama (3)271−17Playoff Yang Yong-eun
2005 Shingo Katayama (2)274−142 strokes Dinesh Chand
2004 Makoto Inoue273−151 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi
Toru Suzuki
2003 Shingo Katayama265−239 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto
Philip Morris K.K. Championship
2002 Brendan Jones269−192 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa272−161 stroke Hidemichi Tanaka
Toru Taniguchi
Philip Morris Championship
2000 Toru Taniguchi276−121 stroke Hidemichi Tanaka
Shingo Katayama
1999 Ryoken Kawagishi (2)270−181 stroke Katsunori Kuwabara
1998 Masashi Ozaki (2)275−131 stroke Carlos Franco
Mitsuo Harada
1997 Brian Watts (2)280−82 strokes Kaname Yokoo
1996 Naomichi Ozaki (2)278−104 strokes Russ Cochran
David Ishii
Masashi Ozaki
1995 Hidemichi Tanaka278−101 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1994 Brian Watts276−121 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Naomichi Ozaki
Duffy Waldorf
Lark Cup
1993 Hajime Meshiai283−51 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
Naomichi Ozaki
1992 Naomichi Ozaki279−91 stroke Masashi Ozaki
ABC Lark Cup
1991 Yoshikazu Yokoshima280−82 strokes Roger Mackay
1990 Ryoken Kawagishi277−112 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1989 Brian Jones280−84 strokes Toshiaki Sudo
1988 Katsunari Takahashi277−111 stroke Masashi Ozaki

Japan vs USA team matches
YearWinning teamScore[lower-alpha 2]Margin of
victory		Individual winner(s)ScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
ABC Cup Japan-U.S. Match
1987 Japan2,2273 strokes Andy Bean269−195 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
1986 United States2,2297 strokes Curtis Strange271−174 strokes Chip Beck
1985 Japan2,5572 strokes Tateo Ozaki and
Corey Pavin		276−12Tien/a[2]
Uchida Yoko Cup Japan vs USA Match
1984 United States30–18 Tom Watson (2)135−71 stroke Mark O'Meara
Naomichi Ozaki		[3]
Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA
1983 United States29–19 Tsuneyuki Nakajima141−31 stroke Hale Irwin[4]
1982 United States33–15 Bob Gilder and
Calvin Peete		134−10Tien/a[5]
ABC Cup Japan vs USA
1981 United States2,24635 strokes Bobby Clampett271−177 strokes Akira Yabe[6]
ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches
1980 Japan
 United States		2,280Tie Jerry Pate276−121 stroke Tom Purtzer
Norio Suzuki		[7]
1979 Japan2,3065 strokes Tom Purtzer276−1210 strokes Bill Rogers[8]
1978 Japan2,27353 strokes Isao Aoki (2)273−155 strokes Kosaku Shimada[9]
1977 Japan2,0792 strokes Isao Aoki280−82 strokes Tom Weiskopf[10]
1976 Japan2,27315 strokes Tom Watson277−113 strokes Isao Aoki[11]
1975 Japan2,26642 strokes Tōru Nakamura273−157 strokes Al Geiberger[12]
1974 United States1,7529 strokes Teruo Sugihara209−71 stroke Hubert Green[13]
1973 Japan1,78517 strokes Al Geiberger218+22 strokes Takashi Murakami[14]
1972 United States1,48818 strokes Tommy Aaron209−41 stroke Bert Yancey[15]
Miki Gold Cup
1971 United States1,4849 strokes Masashi Ozaki and
Billy Casper		208−8Tien/a[16]
  1. Tournament contested over 54 holes.
  2. Aggregate scores counting best 7 from 9 in 1971 and 1972; aggregate scores counting best 8 from 9 between 1973 and 1981, and from 1985; matches with 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie between 1982 and 1984.

References
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