Golf Digest Tournament

The Golf Digest Tournament was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1971 and was part of the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1997. It was played in October at the Tōmei Country Club near Susono, Shizuoka.

Golf Digest Tournament
Tournament information
LocationSusono, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1971
Course(s)Tōmei Country Club
Par71
Length6,781 yards (6,201 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Eiji Mizoguchi (1994)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
United States Brandt Jobe
Location Map
Tōmei CC is located in Japan
Tōmei CC
Tōmei CC
Location in Japan
Tōmei CC is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Tōmei CC
Tōmei CC
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Golf Digest Tournament
1997United States Brandt Jobe267−17PlayoffJapan Toru Suzuki
1996Japan Yoshi Mizumaki273−111 strokeJapan Satoshi Higashi
Japan Shoichi Kuwabara
1995Australia Stewart Ginn267−172 strokesCanada Rick Gibson
Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament
1994Japan Eiji Mizoguchi265−195 strokesAustralia Stewart Ginn
Japan Hiroshi Ueda
1993Japan Masashi Ozaki (3)268−162 strokesJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1992Japan Seiki Okuda272−121 strokeAustralia Roger Mackay
1991Japan Harumitsu Hamano273−111 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
1990Japan Noboru Sugai274−103 strokesUnited States Larry Mize
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament
1989Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima268−166 strokesJapan Masaji Kusakabe
Japan Kiyoshi Murota
1988Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)272−12PlayoffAustralia Brian Jones
1987Australia Ian Baker-Finch275−94 strokesJapan Kazushige Kono
1986Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)275−6PlayoffUnited States David Ishii
1985United States D. A. Weibring268−162 strokesJapan Yasuhiro Funatogawa
Golf Digest Tournament
1984Japan Shinsaku Maeda274−143 strokesJapan Seiji Ebihara[1]
1983Japan Seiichi Kanai276−12
1982Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan274−141 strokeJapan Akira Yabe[2]
1981Japan Toyotake Nakao287−10PlayoffJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1980Japan Teruo Sugihara (2)275−132 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[3]
1979Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung206[lower-alpha 1]−103 strokesJapan Fujio Kobayashi[4]
1978Japan Masaru Amono280−81 strokeJapan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Masashi Ozaki		[5]
1977Japan Takashi Murakami (2)275−134 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki[6]
1976Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima279−92 strokesJapan Kikuo Arai
1975Japan Kenichi Yamada240[lower-alpha 2]−121 strokeJapan Shozo Miyamoto[7]
1974Japan Takashi Murakami271−171 strokeTaiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung[8]
1973Japan Teruo Sugihara274−142 strokesJapan Tōru Nakamura[9]
1972Japan Haruo Yasuda204−123 strokesTaiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
Japan Shohei Nishida		[10]
1971Japan Masashi Ozaki

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. Shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

References
  1. "Golf Digest tourney". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. UPI. 15 October 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Min Nan struggles for his 13th win". The Straits Times. 18 October 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 183–184, 406–407. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. "Wins Golf Digest tourney". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 22 October 1979. p. 2C. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 0385149409.
  6. "Results | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 24 October 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 296, 495. ISBN 000211996X.
  8. "Murukami triumphs in Golf Digest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 7 October 1974. p. 51. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 553–554. ISBN 0002119544.
  10. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313, 531–532. ISBN 0002119463.


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