Fujisankei Classic

The Fujisankei Classic (フジサンケイクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner. The title sponsor is the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Fujisankei Classic
Tournament information
LocationFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Fujizakura Country Club
Par70
Length7,566 yards (6,918 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Todd Hamilton (2003)
267 Paul Sheehan (2004)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Location Map
Fujizakura CC is located in Japan
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in Japan
Fujizakura CC is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in the Yamanashi Prefecture

Tournament hosts
YearsVenueLocation
2005–presentFujizakura Country ClubFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1981–2004Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course)Itō, Shizuoka
1979–1980Higashi Matsuyama Country ClubHigashimatsuyama, Saitama
1973–1978Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course)Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
2023Japan Takumi Kanaya272−84 strokesJapan Naoyuki Kataoka
2022Japan Kaito Onishi273−11PlayoffSouth Korea Park Sang-hyun
2021Japan Shugo Imahira272−124 strokesJapan Kenshiro Ikegami
Japan Ryo Ishikawa
2020Japan Rikuya Hoshino275−9PlayoffJapan Mikumu Horikawa
2019South Korea Park Sang-hyun269−152 strokesSouth Korea Choi Ho-sung
Japan Hiroshi Iwata
2018Japan Rikuya Hoshino268−165 strokesJapan Shugo Imahira
2017South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo281−3PlayoffUnited States Seungsu Han
Japan Satoshi Kodaira
2016South Korea Cho Min-gyu277−73 strokesJapan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Daisuke Kataoka
Japan Daisuke Maruyama
Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2015South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2)275−91 strokeSouth Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
2014Japan Hiroshi Iwata274−101 strokeSouth Korea Hur In-hoi
2013Japan Hideki Matsuyama275−9PlayoffSouth Korea Park Sung-joon
Japan Hideto Tanihara
2012South Korea Kim Kyung-tae276−81 strokeJapan Yuta Ikeda
2011Japan Masatsugu Morofuji136[lower-alpha 1]−63 strokesSingapore Mardan Mamat
2010Japan Ryo Ishikawa (2)275−9PlayoffJapan Shunsuke Sonoda
2009Japan Ryo Ishikawa272−125 strokesJapan Daisuke Maruyama
2008Japan Toyokazu Fujishima271−13PlayoffJapan Hiroshi Iwata
2007Japan Hideto Tanihara205[lower-alpha 2]−83 strokesThailand Prayad Marksaeng
2006Japan Shingo Katayama274−103 strokesChina Liang Wenchong
2005Japan Daisuke Maruyama271−137 strokesJapan Shingo Katayama
2004Australia Paul Sheehan267−174 strokesJapan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
Japan Kaname Yokoo
2003United States Todd Hamilton267−175 strokesJapan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
2002Japan Nobuhito Sato276−8PlayoffAustralia Scott Laycock
2001Philippines Frankie Miñoza276−81 strokeJapan Tsukasa Watanabe
2000Japan Tateo Ozaki (2)278−61 strokeJapan Nobuhito Sato
Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting
1999Japan Shigemasa Higaki273−112 strokesAustralia Steven Conran
1998Paraguay Carlos Franco275−91 strokeTaiwan Chen Tze-chung
1997Japan Kenichi Kuboya279−51 strokeJapan Yoshinori Kaneko
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1996United States Brian Watts272−12PlayoffUnited States Todd Hamilton
1995Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)272−122 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1994Japan Kiyoshi Murota284E4 strokesJapan Nobuo Serizawa
1993Japan Masashi Ozaki (6)270−144 strokesUnited States Todd Hamilton
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1992Japan Hiroshi Makino281−33 strokesJapan Saburo Fujiki
1991Japan Saburo Fujiki279−5PlayoffJapan Isao Aoki
Australia Brian Jones
Japan Hideki Kase
1990Japan Masashi Ozaki (5)208[lower-alpha 2]−51 strokeJapan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Masanobu Kimura
Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1989Japan Masashi Ozaki (4)282−22 strokesJapan Katsunari Takahashi
1988Japan Ikuo Shirahama280−42 strokesJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)275−92 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh
1986Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)279−51 strokeUnited States David Ishii
1985United States Mark O'Meara273−113 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1984Japan Tateo Ozaki280−4PlayoffTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1983Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara287+31 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto[1]
1982Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima277−7PlayoffAustralia Graham Marsh
1981Japan Toshiharu Kawada276−82 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[2]
1980Japan Masashi Ozaki283−51 strokeAustralia Graham Marsh
Japan Takahiro Takeyasu		[3]
1979Japan Shoichi Sato283−51 strokeJapan Isao Aoki[4]
1978Japan Kosaku Shimada278−103 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[5]
1977Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto287−11 strokeJapan Yoshitaka Yamamoto[6]
1976Japan Norio Suzuki279−9PlayoffTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan
1975Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan280−84 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh[7]
1974Australia Graham Marsh (2)276−121 strokeJapan Tōru Nakamura[8]
1973Australia Graham Marsh272−161 strokeJapan Tōru Nakamura[9]

Notes
  1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References
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