ISPS Handa Championship in Japan

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ISPS Handa Championship
Tournament information
Location Gotemba, Japan
Established2022
Course(s)Taiheiyo Club
(Gotemba Course)
Par70
Length7,262 yards (6,640 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,250,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Yuto Katsuragawa (2022)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Herbert
Location map
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Taiheiyo Club
Location in Japan
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Taiheiyo Club
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The ISPS Handa Championship in Japan is a professional golf tournament that was held at PGM Ishioka Golf Club in Omitama, Japan between 2022 and 2023. In 2024, the tournament moved to the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba (also host of the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters). [1]

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The tournament was created in 2022, originally intended to be a co-sanctioned European Tour and Japan Golf Tour event. It was to be the first ever European Tour sanctioned event to take place in Japan. [2]

However, in February 2022, it was announced that the event would proceed as a sole-sanctioned Japan Golf Tour event due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] It is intended that the tournament will return to the European Tour schedule in 2023. Due to the rescheduling, the ISPS Handa Championship in Spain was held the same week as a replacement event on the European Tour's 2022 schedule.

Yuto Katsuragawa won the inaugural event, beating Rikuya Hoshino by one shot. [4]

The 2023 edition returned to the European Tour schedule and was played as a co-sanctioned event alongside the Japan Golf Tour. [5] Lucas Herbert won the tournament, beating Aaron Cockerill in a playoff. [6]

Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
ISPS Handa Championship
2024 EUR, JPN Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg
ISPS Handa Championship in Japan
2023 EUR, JPN Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Herbert 265−15Playoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Cockerill
2022 EUR , JPN Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Katsuragawa 260−241 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Rikuya Hoshino

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References

  1. ↑ "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "ISPS Handa Championship becomes for DP World Tour (European Tour) event in Japan". Golf News Net. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Two new Spanish events added to the 2022 DP World Tour schedule". GolfMagic. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Quayle surmounts late fightback as Katsuragawa claims breakthrough". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Fraser, Lewis (14 April 2023). "ISPS Handa Japan: Preview, betting tips, how to watch". Bunkered. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Walton, Darren (23 April 2023). "Aussie golfer Herbert in thrilling playoff win in Japan". Perth Now. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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