Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

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Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
Tournament information
Location Hokkaido, Japan
Established1975
Course(s)Nidom Classic Course
Par72
Length6,957 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Match play
Prize fund ¥80,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Score8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
Final champion
Flag of the United States.svg Todd Hamilton
Location Map
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Nidom Classic Course
Location in Japan
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Nidom Classic Course
Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture

The Japan PGA Match-Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1975 to 2003. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and held at a number of different courses throughout Japan.

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Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1994–2003Nidom Classic Course Tomakomai, Hokkaido
1993Higashinomiya Country Club Motegi, Tochigi
1992Prestige Country Club Tochigi, Tochigi
1991Shinyo Country Club Toki, Gifu
1988–1990Green Academy Club Shirakawa, Fukushima
1983–1987Mito Golf Club Mito, Ibaraki
1975–1982Totsuka Country Club (West) Yokohama, Kanagawa

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Hamilton (2)3 and 2 Flag of New Zealand.svg David Smail
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
2002 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuhito Sato 5 and 4 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tomohiro Kondo
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Dean Wilson 2 and 1 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Keng-chi
2000 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kaname Yokoo 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toru Taniguchi
1999 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mamo Osanai 4 and 3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toru Taniguchi
1998 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunori Kuwabara 38 holes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinichi Yokota
1997 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama 3 and 2 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Teravainen
1996 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Serizawa 1 up Flag of the United States.svg Brandt Jobe
1995 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuyoshi Tomori 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Hamilton 8 and 7 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ikuo Shirahama
1993 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshitaka Yamamoto 3 and 2 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Koichi Suzuki
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)3 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup
1991 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoshi Higashi 2 up Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1990 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki 6 and 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones
1989 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki 3 and 2 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Makino
1988 Flag of the United States.svg David Ishii 6 and 5 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Noboru Sugai
1987 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi (2)37 holes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
1986 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)6 and 5 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Keiichi Kobayashi
1985 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akira Yabe
1984 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tōru Nakamura 4 and 3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kouichi Inoue
1983 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima 38 holes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hideto Shigenobu
1982 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki (4)4 and 2 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yutaka Hagawa
1981 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki (3)38 holes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuji Hasegawa
1980 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Haruo Yasuda 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1979 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki (2)1 up Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Min-Nan
1978 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takahiro Takeyasu
1977 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tadashi Kitta 1 up Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tōru Nakamura
1976 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kazuo Yoshikawa 2 and 1 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kikuo Arai
1975 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takashi Murakami 2 up Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Namio Takasu


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