Shizuoka Open

The Shizuoka Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1972, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974. It was last played in 2002 having been dropped from the 2003 tour schedule for economic reasons.[1] It was played over the Hamaoka Course at Shizuoka Country Club near Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Shizuoka Open
Tournament information
LocationOmaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Shizuoka Country Club
(Hamaoka Course)
Par72
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Hisayuki Sasaki (1997)
265 Hidemichi Tanaka (2000)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Kiyoshi Murota
Location Map
Shizuoka Country Club
Location in Japan
Shizuoka Country Club

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
2002 Kiyoshi Murota276−122 strokes Kim Jong-duck
Masashi Ozaki
2001 Eiji Mizoguchi279−9Playoff Frankie Miñoza
2000 Hidemichi Tanaka274−142 strokes Eiji Mizoguchi
1999 Kim Jong-duck277−111 stroke Shusaku Sugimoto
1998 Eduardo Herrera203−131 stroke Kaname Yokoo
1997 Hisayuki Sasaki274−143 strokes Carlos Franco
1996 Yoshikazu Sakamoto211−5Playoff Carlos Franco
Nobuo Serizawa
1995 Brian Watts280−82 strokes Shigeki Maruyama
Dydo Shizuoka Open
1994 Tsuneyuki Nakajima280−8Playoff Tōru Nakamura
1993 David Ishii275−133 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1992 Hiroshi Makino276−121 stroke Isao Aoki
1991 Yutaka Hagawa278−101 stroke Noburo Sugai
Shizuoka Open
1990 Ryoken Kawagishi280−82 strokes Hiroshi Makino
1989 Koichi Suzuki285−31 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1988 Toshimitsu Kai283−5Playoff Tomohiro Maruyama
1987 Lu Liang-Huan280−82 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1986 Akiyoshi Ohmachi254+2Playoff Teruo Sugihara
1985 Seiichi Kanai284−41 stroke Isao Aoki
Tomishege Ikeda
Tōru Nakamura
1984 Naomichi Ozaki286−25 strokes Eitaro Deguchi
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		[2]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima283−5
1982 Eitaro Deguchi280−62 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara[3]
1981 Isao Aoki279−9Playoff[lower-alpha 1] Akira Yabe[4]
1980 Katsuji Hasegawa283−51 stroke Shinsaku Maeda[5]
1979 Akira Yabe217+1
1978 Hsieh Min-Nan280−83 strokes Isao Aoki[6]
1977 Lu Liang-Huan283−5Playoff Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976 Norio Suzuki277−111 stroke Lu Liang-Huan[7]
1975 Mya Aye276−122 strokes Kenji Mori[8]
1974 Takashi Kurihara287−17 strokes Seiichi Kanai
unknown
unknown
unknown		[9]
1973 Sadao Sakashita
1972 Haruo Yasuda
  1. Aoki won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References
  1. "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.
  3. "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.
  6. "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. "Shizuoka Open to Kurihara". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 25 November 1974. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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