Suntory Open

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Suntory Open
Tournament information
Location Inzai, Chiba, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Sobu Country Club
Par70
Length7,143 yards (6,532 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥100,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yang Yong-eun (2006)
To par−20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975)
Final champion
Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara
Location Map
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Sobu CC
Location in Japan
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Sobu CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club. [1] The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

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The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1998–2007Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1974–1997 Narashino Country Club Inzai, Chiba
1973Ashitaka 600 Club Numazu, Shizuoka

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
2007 Flag of Japan.svg Hideto Tanihara 202 [lower-alpha 1] −82 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Toru Taniguchi [2]
2006 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Yang Yong-eun 266−146 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Hidemasa Hoshino
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Taniguchi
2005 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuharu Imano 267−132 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Mamo Osanai
2004 Flag of Japan.svg Hideki Kase 267−133 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Kondo
Flag of Japan.svg Katsuya Nakagawa
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Taniguchi
2003 Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa 276−82 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Sheehan
2002 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama (2)269−154 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Kōki Idoki
Flag of Japan.svg Yasuharu Imano
2001 Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama 268−163 strokes Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke
Flag of Japan.svg Keiichiro Fukabori
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuo Serizawa
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Maita 273−111 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Yasuharu Imano
1999 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price 276−81 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama
1998 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mamo Osanai 274−103 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
1997 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroyuki Fujita 274−143 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
1996 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hajime Meshiai 272−163 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hidemichi Tanaka
1995 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Kuramoto 273−153 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takaaki Fukuzawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoshi Higashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Serizawa
1994 Flag of the United States.svg David Ishii 277−11Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hisayuki Sasaki
1993 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Eiichi Itai 282−61 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-chung
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki (2)279−92 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshikazu Yokoshima
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobumitsu Yuhara
1991 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki 276−122 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-chung
1990 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tōru Nakamura 271−171 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh [3]
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 276−12Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saburo Fujiki
1988 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki (2)274−143 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tadami Ueno
1987 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Noboru Sugai 278−103 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Kuramoto
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh (2)275−13Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki
1985 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tateo Ozaki 275−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson
1984 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takashi Kurihara 271−172 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki [4]
1983 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima 274−141 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saburo Fujiki [5]
1982 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Pete Izumikawa 207 [lower-alpha 1] −92 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bill Rogers [6]
1981 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Rogers (2)270−182 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Norio Suzuki [7]
1980 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Rogers 278−102 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh [8]
1979 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masaji Kusakabe (2)277−111 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Liang-Huan [9]
1978 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akio Kanemoto 281−71 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki [10]
1977 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masaji Kusakabe 279−93 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fujio Kobayashi [11]
1976 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh 273−153 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki [12]
1975 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshitaka Yamamoto 268−202 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki [13]
1974 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki 272−163 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kosaku Shimada [14]
1973 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hideyo Sugimoto 270−141 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki [15]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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