Nikkei Cup

The Nikkei Cup was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura from 1995.

Nikkei Cup
Tournament information
LocationJapan
Established1985
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
268 Toru Suzuki (1994)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Mitsutaka Kusakabe

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998 Mitsutaka Kusakabe280−81 stroke Masashi OzakiFuji CC (Dejima Course)
1997 Yeh Chang-ting272−16Playoff Tsukasa WatanabeFuji CC (Dejima Course)
1996 Hideki Kase271−172 strokes Lin Keng-chiFuji CC (Dejima Course)
1995 Tetsu Nishikawa269−192 strokes Tomohiro MaruyamaFuji CC (Dejima Course)
Nikkei Cup
1994 Toru Suzuki268−205 strokes Katsunari TakahashiMitsui Tomakomai CC
1993 Samson Gimson276−122 strokes Hisayuki SasakiMitsui Tomakomai CC
1992 Kiyoshi Murota280−8Playoff Masahiro KuramotoMitsui Tomakomai CC
1991 Naomichi Ozaki203[lower-alpha 1]−7Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Eiichi ItaiYasukogen CC
1990 Satoshi Higashi282−61 stroke Nobuo SerizawaMitsui Tomakomai CC
1989 Yoshimi Niizeki271−9Playoff Saburo FujikiIzu Nirayama CC
1988 Masashi Ozaki283−54 strokes Naomichi OzakiSanyo GC (Yoshii Course)
1987 Nobuo Serizawa277−71 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Naomichi Ozaki
Masahiro Shiota
Gifuseki CC
1986 Masashi Ozaki268−204 strokes Ikuo ShirahamaGamou GC
1985 Naomichi Ozaki270−144 strokes Yoshihisa IwashitaKawagoe CC
  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the third round was cancelled due to heavy rain.
  2. Ozaki won with a bogey on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References


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