Suntory Open

The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club.[1] The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

Suntory Open
Tournament information
LocationInzai, Chiba, Japan
Established1973
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yang Yong-eun (2006)
To par−20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975)
Final champion
Hideto Tanihara
Location Map
Inzai
Location in Japan
Inzai
Location in Chiba Prefecture

The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1998–2007Sobu Country ClubInzai, Chiba
1974–1997Narashino Country ClubInzai, Chiba
1973Ashitaka 600 ClubNumazu, Shizuoka

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
2007 Hideto Tanihara202[lower-alpha 1]−82 strokes Toru Taniguchi
2006 Yang Yong-eun266−146 strokes Hidemasa Hoshino
Toru Taniguchi
2005 Yasuharu Imano267−132 strokes Mamoru Osanai
2004 Hideki Kase267−133 strokes Tomohiro Kondo
Katsuya Nakagawa
Toru Taniguchi
2003 Jyoti Randhawa276−82 strokes Paul Sheehan
2002 Shingo Katayama269−154 strokes Kōki Idoki
Yasuharu Imano
2001 Shingo Katayama268−163 strokes Darren Clarke
Keiichiro Fukabori
Nobuo Serizawa
2000 Kiyoshi Maita273−111 stroke Yasuharu Imano
1999 Nick Price276−81 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
1998 Mamo Osanai274−103 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1997 Hiroyuki Fujita274−143 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1996 Hajime Meshiai272−163 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka
1995 Masahiro Kuramoto273−153 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa
Satoshi Higashi
Nobuo Serizawa
1994 David Ishii277−11Playoff Hisayuki Sasaki
1993 Eiichi Itai282−61 stroke Chen Tze-chung
1992 Naomichi Ozaki279−92 strokes Wayne Grady
Tateo Ozaki
Yoshikazu Yokoshima
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1991 Naomichi Ozaki276−122 strokes Chen Tze-chung
1990 Tōru Nakamura271−171 strokes Graham Marsh[3]
1989 Larry Nelson276−12Playoff Saburo Fujiki
1988 Tateo Ozaki274−143 strokes Tadami Ueno
1987 Noboru Sugai278−103 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
Larry Nelson
1986 Graham Marsh275−13Playoff Isao Aoki
1985 Tateo Ozaki275−13Playoff Larry Nelson
1984 Takashi Kurihara271−172 strokes Isao Aoki[4]
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima274−141 stroke Saburo Fujiki[5]
1982 Pete Izumikawa207[lower-alpha 2]−92 strokes Bill Rogers[6]
1981 Bill Rogers270−182 strokes Norio Suzuki[7]
1980 Bill Rogers278−102 strokes Graham Marsh[8]
1979 Masaji Kusakabe277−111 stroke Lu Liang-Huan[9]
1978 Akio Kanemoto281−71 stroke Isao Aoki[10]
1977 Masaji Kusakabe279−93 strokes Fujio Kobayashi[11]
1976 Graham Marsh273−153 strokes Isao Aoki[12]
1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto268−202 strokes Masashi Ozaki[13]
1974 Masashi Ozaki272−163 strokes Kosaku Shimada[14]
1973 Hideyo Sugimoto270−141 stroke Masashi Ozaki[15]
  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the second round was cancelled due to a typhoon.[2]
  2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the final round was cancelled due to heavy rain and strong winds associated with an approaching typhoon.

References
  1. "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Taniguchi takes 3-stroke lead". The Japan Times. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. "Aussies make amends for Norman's fall". The Canberra Times. 11 September 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239, 481–482. ISBN 0862541247.
  5. "In Brief: First loss for New Zealand schoolboys". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. "Rain plays havoc on two tourneys". The Straits Times. 13 September 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. "In Brief: Bill Rogers wins Suntory Open". The Canberra Times. 14 September 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179–180, 396–397. ISBN 0862540054.
  9. "Suntory Open to Kusakabe". The Straits Times. 11 September 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. "Winner in late charge". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. "People in sport". The Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 12 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  12. "Marsh wins Suntory". The Straits Times. 13 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  13. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 492. ISBN 000211996X.
  14. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 438. ISBN 0002119552.
  15. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 547–548. ISBN 0002119544.


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