Kirin Open

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Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
Tournament information
Location Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Ibaraki Golf Club
Par71
Length7,049 yards (6,446 m)
Tour(s) Asia Golf Circuit
Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥100,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama
Location Map
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Ibaraki GC
Location in Japan
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Ibaraki GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event. [1] [2] It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

Contents

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
2001 JPN Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama (2)271−136 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Meshiai
2000 JPN Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama 280−42 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Keng-chi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andre Stolz
Kirin Open
1999AGC, JPN Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg K. J. Choi 204 [lower-alpha 2] −9Playoff [lower-alpha 3] Flag of India.svg Jeev Milkha Singh [3]
1998 AGC, JPN Flag of the Philippines.svg Frankie Miñoza (2)279−51 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hidemichi Tanaka
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsukasa Watanabe
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts
1997 AGC, JPN Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Jong-duck 278−102 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hirofumi Miyase
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts
1996 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshinori Kaneko 278−101 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Serizawa
Dunlop Open
1995 AGC, JPN Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior 279−95 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts [4]
1994 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (4)274−141 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Chin-sheng [5]
1993 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hajime Meshiai 275−132 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi
Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Wentworth 		[6]
1992 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (3)286−2Playoff [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brent Franklin [7]
1991 AGC, JPN Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Mackay 272−162 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Teruo Sugihara [8]
1990 AGC, JPN Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Frankie Miñoza 205 [lower-alpha 2] −11Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Teruo Sugihara [9]
1989 AGC, JPN Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Gale 284−41 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-ming
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior 		[10]
1988 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (2)278−103 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Ishii [11]
Dunlop International Open
1987 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 277−111 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshitaka Yamamoto 		[12]
1986 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hideto Shigenobu 281−72 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Ishii
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Kuramoto 		[13]
1985 AGC, JPN Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-chung 277−111 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima [14]
1984 AGC, JPN Flag of the United States.svg John Jacobs 283−52 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki [15]
1983 AGC, JPN Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 201 [lower-alpha 2] −151 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Kuramoto [16] [17]
1982 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima 276−125 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saburo Fujiki [18]
1981 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kosaku Shimada 286−22 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Payne Stewart
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Koichi Uehara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akira Yabe 		[19]
1980 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki 277−115 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ho Ming-chung
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh 		[20]
1979 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Ishii 278−103 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Seiji Ebihara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi 		[21]
1978 AGC, JPN Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kuo Chie-Hsiung 265−2311 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bob Byman [22]
1977 AGC, JPN Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ben Arda (2)282−62 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Terry Kendall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima 		[23]
Sobu International Open
1976 AGC, JPN Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ben Arda 277−114 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Chien-chung [24]
1975 AGC, JPN Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Teruo Sugihara 282−62 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Ball
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsu Sheng-san
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hideyo Sugimoto 		[25]
1974 AGC, JPN Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Liang-Huan 280−84 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fumio Tanaka 		[26]
1973 AGC Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeru Uchida 279−9Playoff [lower-alpha 6] Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki [27]
1972 AGC Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Min-Nan 279−92 strokes Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Ben Arda [28]

Notes

  1. ↑ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. ↑ Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  4. ↑ Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  5. ↑ Miñoza won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
  6. ↑ Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

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