Japan PGA Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kani, Gifu, Japan |
| Established | 1926 |
| Course(s) | Fuji Country Kani Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,219 yards (6,601 m) |
| Organized by | PGA of Japan |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play (1961–) Match play (1931–1960) |
| Prize fund | ¥150,000,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Shingo Katayama (2008) |
| To par | −23 as above |
| Current champion | |
| Location map | |
The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon puro gorufu senshuken taikai) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. Founded in 1926, it is one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,[1] and is played at various courses throughout the country. In 2017, the total purse was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 awarded to the winner.
Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.[2]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
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| Japan PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2025 | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Fuji Country Kani | |||
| 2024 | 268 | −18 | 1 stroke | Sanko | |||
| 2023 | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Eniwa | |||
| 2022 | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Grand Fields | |||
| 2021 | 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Nikko | |||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2019 | 269 | −13 | Playoff | Ibusuki | |||
| 2018 | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Boso | |||
| Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup | |||||||
| 2017 | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Kanehide Kise | |||
| 2016 | 266 | −22 | Playoff | Hokkaido Classic | |||
| 2015 | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Taiheiyo Club Kohnan |
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| 2014 | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Golden Valley | |||
| 2013 | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Sobu | |||
| 2012 | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Karasuyamajo | |||
| 2011 | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Ono Toyo | |||
| 2010 | 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Passage Kinkai Island | |||
| 2009 | 266 | −14 | 7 strokes | Eniwa | |||
| Japan PGA Championship | |||||||
| 2008 | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Raysum | |||
| 2007 | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Kise | |||
| 2006 | 278 | −10 | Playoff | Tanigumi | |||
| 2005 | 272 | −10 | 2 strokes | Tamana | |||
| 2004 | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke | Kochi Kuroshio | |||
| 2003 | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Miho | |||
| 2002 | 279 | −9 | Playoff | Koma | |||
| 2001 | 281 | −3 | 4 strokes | Queens Hill | |||
| 2000 | 280 | −4 | 1 stroke | Caledonian | |||
| 1999 | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Twin Fields | |||
| 1998 | 280 | −8 | Playoff | Grandage | |||
| 1997 | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Central West |
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| 1996 | 270 | −18 | 8 strokes | Sanyo Yoshii |
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| 1995 | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Natsudomari | |||
| 1994 | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Lake Green | |||
| 1993 | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Sports Shinko | |||
| 1992 | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Shimoakima | |||
| 1991 | 273 | −15 | 6 strokes | Prestige | |||
| 1990 | 274 | −14 | 5 strokes | Amanosan | |||
| 1989 | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Karasuyamajo | |||
| 1988 | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Ehime | |||
| 1987 | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Hamano | |||
| 1986 | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Nihon Line West |
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| 1985 | 288 | −4 | Playoff | Central East |
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| 1984 | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | MIOS Kikukawa | [3] | ||
| 1983 | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Shuun | |||
| 1982 | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Meishin Yokkaichi | |||
| 1981 | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | Sapporo Korakuen | [4] | ||
| 1980 | 282 | −2 | 1 stroke | Northern Akagi |
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| 1979 | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Asami | |||
| 1978 | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Otaru | |||
| 1977 | 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Nihon Line West |
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| 1976 | 273 | −7 | Playoff | Kuma | |||
| 1975 | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Kurashiki | |||
| 1974 | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Omotezao Intl. | |||
| 1973 | 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | Gifu Seki | |||
| 1972 | 278 | 2 strokes | Murasaki Sumire |
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| 1971 | 282 | 1 stroke | Phoenix | ||||
| 1970 | 280 | 1 stroke | Mitsukaido | ||||
| 1969 | 277 | 5 strokes | Kasugai | ||||
| 1968 | 282 | 1 stroke | Narashino | ||||
| 1967 | 276 | 1 stroke | Miyoshi West |
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| 1966 | 271 | 3 strokes | Sobu | ||||
| 1965 | 273 | 6 strokes | Kawagoe | ||||
| 1964 | 281 | 2 strokes | Hirakata | ||||
| 1963 | 285 | 3 strokes | Ryugasaki | ||||
| 1962 | 285 | 4 strokes | Yokkaichi | ||||
| 1961 | 286 | 2 strokes | Koga | ||||
| 1960 | 1 hole | Oarai | |||||
| 1959 | 5 & 4 | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1958 | 3 & 2 | Naruo (Inagawa) | |||||
| 1957 | 2 holes | Hodogaya | |||||
| 1956 | 7 & 6 | Nagoya | |||||
| 1955 | 1 hole | Sagami | |||||
| 1954 | 7 & 5 | Hirono | |||||
| 1953 | 2 & 1 | Abiko | |||||
| 1952 | 5 & 3 | Sagami | |||||
| 1951 | 3 & 1 | Hirono | |||||
| 1950 | 9 & 7 | Abiko | |||||
| 1949 | 293 | 2 strokes | Abiko | ||||
| 1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1942 | 7 & 6 | Koganei | |||||
| 1941: No tournament | |||||||
| 1940 | 6 & 5 | Fukuoka Ōho | |||||
| 1939 | 3 & 2 | Kawana Hotel Fuji |
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| 1938 | 7 & 5 | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1937 | 1 hole | Takanodai | |||||
| 1936 | 4 & 3 | Nagoya | |||||
| 1935 | 7 & 5 | Sagami | |||||
| 1934 | 3 & 1 | Hirono | |||||
| 1933 | 6 & 5 | Fujisawa | |||||
| 1932 | 4 & 3 | Naruo Inagawa |
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| 1931 | 6 & 5 | Musashino Fujigaya |
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| 1930 | 304 | 19 strokes | Takarazuka | ||||
| 1929 | 301 | 11 strokes | Mutsumi | ||||
| 1928 | 156 | 1 stroke | Naruo | ||||
| 1927 | 153 | Playoff | Ibaraki | ||||
| 1926 | 161 | Playoff | Ibaraki | ||||
Notes
- ^ Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.
References
- ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ 78回目で初!日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 472–473. ISBN 0862541247.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241–242, 467–468. ISBN 0862540054.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 182–183, 403–404. ISBN 0862541018.

