Kansai Open

Kansai Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Established	1926
Course(s)	Izumigaoka Country Club
Par	71
Length	7,180 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥80,000,000
Month played	April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009)
To par	−20 as above
Current champion
	Taiga Semikawa
Location map
	Izumigaoka CC Location in Japan Izumigaoka CC Location in the Osaka Prefecture

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.

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
2023	Taiga Semikawa	267	−17	4 strokes	Takahiro Hataji	Izumigaoka
2022	Kazuki Higa	270	−14	1 stroke	Rikuya Hoshino	Yomiuri
2021	Rikuya Hoshino	270	−14	2 strokes	Chan Kim	Arima Royal (Royal)
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic					Arima Royal (Royal)
2019	Tomoharu Otsuki	269	−19	Playoff	Rikuya Hoshino	Koma
2018	Ryuko Tokimatsu	278	−10	1 stroke	Shugo Imahira Kunihiro Kamii	Ono Toyo
2017	Shugo Imahira	275	−9	6 strokes	Daisuke Kataoka	Joyo
2016	Cho Byung-min	278	−6	1 stroke	Tomohiro Kondo Scott Strange	Hashimoto
2015	Daisuke Kataoka	267	−17	3 strokes	Brad Kennedy	Meishin Youkaichi
2014	Koumei Oda	273	−15	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto	Rokko
2013	Brad Kennedy	206^[a]	−10	1 stroke	Park Sung-joon	Olympic
2012	Toshinori Muto	266	−18	1 stroke	Kim Hyung-sung	Izumigaoka
2011	Cho Min-gyu	270	−14	4 strokes	Yoshikazu Haku	Ono
2010	Shigeru Nonaka	269	−11	3 strokes	Azuma Yano	Tanabe
2009	Hiroyuki Fujita	264	−20	2 strokes	Tetsuji Hiratsuka Tomohiro Kondo	Takarazuka (New)
2008	Ryo Ishikawa	276	−12	4 strokes	Yuta Ikeda	Shiga	^[2]
2007	Koji Yamamoto					Kakogawa
2006	Ryuichi Tayasu					Sumoto
2005	Kazuhiko Yamashita					Higashijoyo
2004	Tadahisa Inoue					Biwako
2003	Satoshi Oide					Higashihirono
2002	Yuya Kamide					Nara International
2001	Hidemasa Hoshino					Miki
2000	Osamu Yamaguchi					Ikeda
1999	Takenori Hiraishi (2)					Ono Grand
1998	Shusaku Sugimoto					Shiga
1997	Tatsuo Takasaki					Century Yoshikawa
1996	Takenori Hiraishi					Grandeji
1995	Asahiko Makazawa					Otaninishiki
1994	Kazuo Kanayama					Asahi International Tojo
1993	Kotobuki Nakase					Minagi
1992	Masanobu Kimura (2)					Manju
1991	Toshikazu Sugihara	283	−5	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara	Lions
1990	Teruo Sugihara (9)	282	−6	1 stroke	Yuzo Oyama	Pine Lake
1989	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2)	211^[a]	−5	1 stroke	Kazuo Kanayama Toshiaki Nakagawa Tōru Nakamura	Hanayashiki (Hirono)
1988	Yasuo Sone	286	−2	3 strokes	Shinsaku Maeda	Kitarokko (East)
1987	Masanobu Kimura	292	+4	2 strokes	Tōru Nakamura	Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986	Yoshiyuki Isomura	284	−4	3 strokes	Yoshio Ichikawa Shinsaku Maeda Kazuo Yoshikawa	Rokko Kokusai
1985	Tsutomu Irie	280	−8	3 strokes	Hisao Inoue Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Arima Royal
1984	Tōru Nakamura	281	−7	2 strokes	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Hino	^[3]
1983	Susumu Wakita	284	−4	2 strokes	Teruo Sugihara	Arima Royal
1982	Teruo Sugihara (8)	285	−3			Rokko Kokusai
1981	Akio Kanemoto (2)	278	−10	2 strokes	Toshimitsu Kai Ichiro Teramoto	Meishin Yokaichi	^[4]
1980	Takemitsu Uranishi	284	−4	6 strokes	Tōru Nakamura Kosaku Shimada	Hanayashiki (Yokawa)	^[5]
1979	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	283	−5			Rokko Kokusai
1978	Akio Kanemoto	284	−4	Playoff	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	Omi
1977	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	285	−3			Hino
1976	Shinsaku Maeda	273	−15	1 stroke	Akio Kanemoto	Biwako	^[6]
1975	Teruo Sugihara (7)	279	−9	6 strokes	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Ono	^[7]
1974	Teruo Sugihara (6)	287	−1			Nara Kokusai
1973	Teruo Sugihara (5)	273	−15			Nishinomiya
1972	Kazuo Yoshikawa					Hirono
1971	Teruo Sugihara (4)					Ibaraki
1970	Kosaku Shimada					Naruo
1969	Shigeru Uchida					Hirono
1968	Teruo Sugihara (3)					Shimonoseki
1967	Teruo Suzumura					Yokkaichi
1966	Shozo Miyamoto					Ibaraki
1965	Teruo Sugihara (2)					Naruo
1964	Teruo Sugihara					Koga
1963	Tadashi Kitta (3)					Hirono
1962	Tadashi Kitta (2)					Nishinomiya
1961	Tetsuo Ishii (2)					Nagoya
1960	Susumu Arai					Nara International
1959	Michio Ishii (3)					Aichi
1958	Tadashi Kitta					Naruo
1957	Yousei Shimamura					Ibaraki
1956	Tetsuo Ishii					Takarazuka
1955	Michio Ishii (2)					Hirono
1954	Mitsuji Kimoto					Naruo
1953	Michio Ishii					Ibaraki
1952	Yasuke Yamada					Hirono
1951	Tomekichi Miyamoto (4)					Takarazuka
1950	Tomekichi Miyamoto (3)					Naruo
1949	Toichiro Toda (4)					Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939	Toichiro Toda (3)					Hirono
1938	Toichiro Toda (2)					Hirono
1937	Akira Muraki					Naruo
1936	Iwaichi Uekashi					Ibaraki
1935	Jiro Morioka (4)					Naruo
1934	Jiro Morioka (3)					Naruo
1933	Toichiro Toda					Ibaraki
1932	Jiro Morioka (2)					Hirono
1931	Tomekichi Miyamoto (2)					Naruo
1930	Takeo Ishisumi					Ibaraki
1929	Jiro Morioka					Naruo
1928	Tomekichi Miyamoto					Ibaraki
1927	Kazuichi Nakagami					Naruo
1926	Kakuji Fukui					Ibaraki

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References[edit]

^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
^ "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.
^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.
^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.
^ "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)
Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site

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[54holes-2] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[1] Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.

[3] "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.

[4] McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.

[5] McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 181–182, 474–475. ISBN 0862540054.

[6] McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 244–245, 400–401. ISBN 0862541018.

[7] "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Sugihara wins Kansai Open". San Antonio Express. San Antonio, Texas. AP. 20 July 1975. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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