Bridgestone Aso Open

The Bridgestone Aso Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978 to 1993. From 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Bridgestone Aso Open
Tournament information
LocationAso, Kumamoto, Japan
Established1976
Course(s)Aso Golf Club
Par72
Length7,078 yards (6,472 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥70,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year1993
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Craig Parry (1989)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
Japan Shigeru Kawamata
Location Map
Aso GC is located in Japan
Aso GC
Aso GC
Location in Japan
Aso GC is located in Kumamoto Prefecture
Aso GC
Aso GC
Location in the Kumamoto Prefecture

Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament was extended to 54 holes in 1981,[1] and then 72 holes from 1982.

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1981, 1983–1993Aso Golf ClubAso, Kumamoto
1976–1980, 1982Aso Kogen Hotel Golf CourseUbuyama, Kumamoto

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Bridgestone Aso Open
1993Japan Shigeru Kawamata276−122 strokesJapan Katsunari Takahashi
1992Australia Peter Senior281−71 strokeCanada Rick Gibson
1991Japan Kiyoshi Murota208[lower-alpha 1]−82 strokesJapan Taisei Inagaki
1990Japan Teruo Sugihara213[lower-alpha 2]−32 strokesJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1989Australia Craig Parry272−166 strokesJapan Yoshiyuki Isomura
1988Australia Ian Baker-Finch282−61 strokeJapan Tadami Ueno
1987Japan Norio Mikami280−84 strokesUnited States David Ishii
Japan Shuichi Sano
1986Australia Brian Jones240[lower-alpha 3]−121 strokeJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1985Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan280−8PlayoffJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1984Japan Hideto Shigenobu283−5PlayoffJapan Katsuji Hasegawa
Japan Akira Yabe
1983Japan Fujio Kobayashi213−3PlayoffJapan Tadami Ueno
1982Japan Tōru Nakamura283−5
Aso National Park Open
1981Japan Saburo Fujiki213−31 strokeJapan Yoshikazu Yokoshima[1]
1980Japan Masaji Kusakabe109[lower-alpha 4]+11 strokeJapan Yurio Akitomi
Japan Namio Takasu		[3]
1979Japan Takashi Kurihara149+5PlayoffJapan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Haruo Yasuda
1978Japan Tadami Ueno143−1PlayoffJapan Tatsuo Fujima
Japan Teruo Suzumura
1977Japan Yukio Noguchi213−32 strokesJapan Kikuo Arai
Japan Seiichi Kanai		[4]
1976Japan Norio Suzuki138−62 strokesJapan Tomomi Suzuki[5]

Notes
  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to heavy rain and thick fog.[2]
  2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to rain.
  3. Tournament reduced to 63 holes after play was cancelled on the second day and 27 holes were played on the final day.
  4. Tournament reduced to 27 holes after the final round was cut to 9 holes due to fog.

References
  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 235, 451. ISBN 0862541018.
  2. "Aso Open rained off". The Straits Times. 20 April 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 172, 374–375. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. pp. 198–199, 341. ISBN 0207958173.
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1977). The World of Professional Golf 1977. Collins. pp. 296, 525. ISBN 0002168790.
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