Woodone Open Hiroshima

Woodone Open Hiroshima

Tournament information
Location	Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Established	1972
Course(s)	Hiroshima Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,942 yards (6,348 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	July
Final year	2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2006)
To par	−22 Shingo Katayama (2004)
Final champion
Toru Taniguchi
Location map
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The Woodone Open Hiroshima was a professional golf tournament in Japan. Founded in 1972 as the Hiroshima Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 2007. Except for the 1997 tournament, which was held at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture, and the 1980 tournament, which was held at Kam Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba, it was played at Hiroshima Country Club near Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Woodone Open Hiroshima
2007	Toru Taniguchi	269	−15	Playoff [a]	Prayad Marksaeng
2006	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	265	−19	2 strokes	Hur Suk-ho Shingo Katayama
2005	Takao Nogami	270	−14	1 stroke	Dinesh Chand
2004	Shingo Katayama	266	−22	5 strokes	Ryuichi Oda
2003	Toshimitsu Izawa	275	−13	Playoff [b]	Kiyoshi Murota
Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima
2002	Hur Suk-ho	274	−14	3 strokes	Mamo Osanai
2001	Keiichiro Fukabori (2)	203 [c]	−13	Playoff [d]	Masashi Ozaki
2000	Keiichiro Fukabori	275	−13	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
Yonex Open Hiroshima
1999	Masashi Ozaki (9)	273	−15	Playoff [e]	Shigemasa Higaki
1998	Masashi Ozaki (8)	270	−18	1 stroke	Peter McWhinney
1997	Naomichi Ozaki	276	−12	2 strokes	Hiroyuki Fujita
1996	Hideyuki Sato	273	−15	4 strokes	Yoshinori Kaneko
1995	Masashi Ozaki (7)	207 [c]	−9	1 stroke	Satoshi Higashi
1994	Masashi Ozaki (6)	274	−14	3 strokes	Nobuo Serizawa
1993	Toshiaki Odate	275	−9	Playoff [f]	Wayne Levi
1992	Nobumitsu Yuhara	275	−9	1 stroke	Saburo Fujiki Satoshi Higashi Kiyoshi Murota
1991	Eiichi Itai	272	−12	2 strokes	Yoshi Mizumaki Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990	Masashi Ozaki (5)	278	−10	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1989	Masashi Ozaki (4)	270	−18	6 strokes	Seiji Ebihara Seiichi Kanai Nobuo Serizawa
1988	Hajime Matsui	274	−14	1 stroke	Katsuyoshi Tomori
Hiroshima Open
1987	Hajime Meshiai	275	−13	2 strokes	Yoshiyuki Isomura Lu Liang-Huan Tadao Nakamura
1986	Tōru Nakamura (2)	272	−16	Playoff	Saburo Fujiki
1985	Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2)	277	−11	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai Tōru Nakamura Masashi Ozaki
1984	Masashi Ozaki (3)	269	−15	3 strokes	Masaji Kusakabe	[1]
1983	Katsunari Takahashi	273	−15	Playoff [g]	Tateo Ozaki	[2]
1982	Takashi Kurihara	272	−12	4 strokes	Yutaka Hagawa
1981	Seiichi Kanai	202 [c]	−14	Playoff [h]	Lu Hsi-chuen	[3]
1980	Norio Suzuki	276	−12	4 strokes	Isao Aoki Chen Tze-ming Haruo Yasuda	[4]
1979	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	270	−18	8 strokes	Haruo Yasuda Yoshikazu Yokoshima	[5]
1978	Masashi Ozaki (2)	273	−15	Playoff	Hideyo Sugimoto
1977	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	275	−13	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki	[6]
1976	Masashi Ozaki	200 [c]	−13	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara	[7]
1975	Lu Liang-Huan (2)	275	−13	Playoff [i]	Tōru Nakamura Kosaku Shimada	[8]
1974	Lu Liang-Huan	272	−16	1 stroke	Takashi Murakami	[9]
1973	Tōru Nakamura	269	−19	1 stroke	Iraneo Legaspi	[10]
1972	Hsieh Yung-yo	202	−14	2 strokes	Takashi Murakami	[11]

Source: ^[12]

Notes

1. Taniguchi won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
2. Izawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
3. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
4. Fukabori won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
5. Ozaki won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
6. Odate won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
7. Takahashi won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
8. Kanai won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
9. Lu won a two-hole playoff by two strokes; Lu (E), Nakamura (+2), Shimada (+2).

References

1. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 243, 489–490. ISBN   0862541247.
2. "Takahashi wins Hiroshima Open". Singapore Monitor. 26 September 1983. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246–247, 480–481. ISBN   0862541018.
4. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 181, 398–399. ISBN   0862540054.
5. "Hinkle chalks up third win". The Straits Times. 10 September 1979. p. 25. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via National Library Board (Singapore).
6. "Red hot Cole wins by one stroke". New Nation. 5 September 1977. p. 21. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via National Library Board (Singapore).
7. "Ozaki wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. 6 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 30 January 2021– via National Library Board (Singapore).
8. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 477–502. ISBN   000211996X.
9. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 437–438. ISBN   0002119552.
10. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 549–550. ISBN   0002119544.
11. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 526. ISBN   0002119463.
12. "大会の歴史" [Tournament history] (in Japanese). Hiroshima TV. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

External links

• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site