Tournament information | |
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Location | Tomika, Gifu, Japan |
Established | 2010 |
Course(s) | Toshin Golf Club (Central Course) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,004 yards (6,404 m) |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ¥100,000,000 |
Month played | October |
Final year | 2014 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Hur In-hoi (2014) |
To par | −28 as above |
Final champion | |
Hur In-hoi | |
Location Map | |
Location in Japan Location in the Gifu Prefecture |
The Toshin Golf Tournament was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2010 to 2014. It was played at the Toshin Lake Wood Golf Club in Tsu, Mie in 2010 and 2011. It moved to the Ryosen Golf Club in Inabe, Mie in 2012 and the Toshin Golf Club, Central Course in Tomika, Gifu in 2013. The purse for the 2014 event was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.
In 2012, Wu Ashun defeated Yuta Ikeda in a sudden-death playoff to become the first Chinese winner on the Japan Golf Tour. [1]
Year(s) | Host course | Location |
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2013–2014 | Toshin Golf Club (Central Course) | Tomika, Gifu |
2012 | Ryosen Golf Club | Inabe, Mie |
2010–2011 | Toshin Lake Wood Golf Club | Tsu, Mie |
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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Toshin Golf Tournament in Central | |||||
2014 | Hur In-hoi | 260 | −28 | 4 strokes | Kim Seung-hyuk |
2013 | Yoshinori Fujimoto | 264 | −24 | 4 strokes | Koumei Oda |
Toshin Golf Tournament in Ryosen | |||||
2012 | Wu Ashun | 198 [lower-alpha 1] | −18 | Playoff [lower-alpha 2] | Yuta Ikeda |
Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood | |||||
2011 | Lee Dong-hwan | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Taigen Tsumagari |
2010 | Yuta Ikeda | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Shunsuke Sonoda |
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