Tournament information | |
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Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Established | 1962 |
Course(s) | Yomiuri Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | Asia Golf Circuit |
Format | Stroke play |
Month played | March/April |
Final year | 1971 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 278 Peter Thomson (1962) |
To par | −10 as above |
Final champion | |
Haruo Yasuda | |
Location Map | |
The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964, [1] and served as the season finale.
In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, because of political tensions [2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open. [3]
Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding. [4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto. [5]
Year | Tour [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1971 | AGC | Haruo Yasuda | 282 | −6 | Playoff [lower-alpha 2] | Kosaku Shimada | [6] |
1970 | AGC | David Graham | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | Walter Godfrey | [7] |
1969 | AGC | Guy Wolstenholme | 288 | E | 1 stroke | Teruo Sugihara | [8] |
1968 | AGC | Chen Ching-Po | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Tomoo Ishii | [9] |
1967 | FEC | Mitsutaka Kono | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Koichi Ono | [10] |
1966 | FEC | Hugh Boyle | 286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Ted Ball | [11] |
1965 | FEC | Frank Phillips | 288 | E | 1 stroke | Chen Ching-Po | [12] |
1964 | Hideyo Sugimoto | ||||||
1963 | FEC | Doug Sanders | 289 | +1 | 5 strokes | Hideyo Sugimoto | [5] |
1962 | FEC | Peter Thomson | 278 | −10 | 8 strokes | Al Balding | [4] |
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