Bridgestone Aso Open

Bridgestone Aso Open

Tournament information
Location	Aso, Kumamoto, Japan
Established	1976
Course(s)	Aso Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,078 yards (6,472 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥70,000,000
Month played	April
Final year	1993
Tournament record score
Aggregate	272 Craig Parry (1989)
To par	−16 as above
Final champion
Shigeru Kawamata
Location map
Aso GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Aso GC Location in the Kumamoto Prefecture Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture

The Bridgestone Aso Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978 to 1993. From 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament was extended to 54 holes in 1981, ^[1] and then 72 holes from 1982.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)	Host course	Location
1981, 1983–1993	Aso Golf Club	Aso, Kumamoto
1976–1980, 1982	Aso Kogen Hotel Golf Course	Ubuyama, Kumamoto

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Bridgestone Aso Open
1993	Shigeru Kawamata	276	−12	2 strokes	Katsunari Takahashi
1992	Peter Senior	281	−7	1 stroke	Rick Gibson
1991	Kiyoshi Murota	208 [a]	−8	2 strokes	Taisei Inagaki
1990	Teruo Sugihara	213 [b]	−3	2 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1989	Craig Parry	272	−16	6 strokes	Yoshiyuki Isomura
1988	Ian Baker-Finch	282	−6	1 stroke	Tadami Ueno
1987	Norio Mikami	280	−8	4 strokes	David Ishii Shuichi Sano
1986	Brian Jones	240 [c]	−12	1 stroke	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1985	Hsieh Min-Nan	280	−8	Playoff	Masahiro Kuramoto
1984	Hideto Shigenobu	283	−5	Playoff	Katsuji Hasegawa Akira Yabe
1983	Fujio Kobayashi	213	−3	Playoff	Tadami Ueno
1982	Tōru Nakamura	283	−5	3 strokes	Shigeru Uchida
Aso National Park Open
1981	Saburo Fujiki	213	−3	1 stroke	Yoshikazu Yokoshima	[1]
1980	Masaji Kusakabe	109 [d]	+1	1 stroke	Yurio Akitomi Namio Takasu	[3]
1979	Takashi Kurihara	149	+5	Playoff	Shinsaku Maeda Haruo Yasuda
1978	Tadami Ueno	143	−1	Playoff	Tatsuo Fujima Teruo Suzumura
1977	Yukio Noguchi	213	−3	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai Seiichi Kanai	[4]
1976	Norio Suzuki	138	−6	2 strokes	Tomomi Suzuki	[5]

Notes

1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to heavy rain and thick fog. ^[2]
2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to rain.
3. Tournament reduced to 63 holes after play was cancelled on the second day and 27 holes were played on the final day.
4. Tournament reduced to 27 holes after the final round was cut to 9 holes due to fog.

References

1. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 235, 451. ISBN   0862541018.
2. "Aso Open rained off". The Straits Times. 20 April 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 1 February 2021– via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 172, 374–375. ISBN   0862540054.
4. McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. pp. 198–199, 341. ISBN   0207958173.
5. McCormack, Mark H. (1977). The World of Professional Golf 1977. Collins. pp. 296, 525. ISBN   0002168790.

External links

• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site