Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

The Japan PGA Match-Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1975 to 2003. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and held at a number of different courses throughout Japan.

Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Established1975
Course(s)Nidom Classic Course
Par72
Length6,957 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatMatch play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Score8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
Final champion
United States Todd Hamilton
Location Map
Nidom Classic Course is located in Japan
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in Japan
Nidom Classic Course is located in Hokkaido
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1994–2003Nidom Classic CourseTomakomai, Hokkaido
1993Higashinomiya Country ClubMotegi, Tochigi
1992Prestige Country ClubTochigi, Tochigi
1991Shinyo Country ClubToki, Gifu
1988–1990Green Academy ClubShirakawa, Fukushima
1983–1987Mito Golf ClubMito, Ibaraki
1975–1982Totsuka Country Club (West)Yokohama, Kanagawa

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
2003United States Todd Hamilton (2)3 and 2New Zealand David Smail
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
2002Japan Nobuhito Sato5 and 4Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2001United States Dean Wilson2 and 1Taiwan Lin Keng-chi
2000Japan Kaname Yokoo2 and 1Japan Toru Taniguchi
1999Japan Mamo Osanai4 and 3Japan Toru Taniguchi
1998Japan Katsunori Kuwabara38 holesJapan Shinichi Yokota
1997Japan Shigeki Maruyama3 and 2United States Peter Teravainen
1996Japan Nobuo Serizawa1 upUnited States Brandt Jobe
1995Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori2 and 1Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1994United States Todd Hamilton8 and 7Japan Ikuo Shirahama
1993Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto3 and 2Japan Koichi Suzuki
1992Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)3 and 1Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup
1991Japan Satoshi Higashi2 upJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1990Japan Naomichi Ozaki6 and 5Australia Brian Jones
1989Japan Masashi Ozaki3 and 2Japan Hiroshi Makino
1988United States David Ishii6 and 5Japan Noboru Sugai
1987Japan Katsunari Takahashi (2)37 holesJapan Masashi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
1986Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)6 and 5Japan Keiichi Kobayashi
1985Japan Katsunari Takahashi2 and 1Japan Akira Yabe
1984Japan Tōru Nakamura4 and 3Japan Kouichi Inoue
1983Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima38 holesJapan Hideto Shigenobu
1982Japan Isao Aoki (4)4 and 2Japan Yutaka Hagawa
1981Japan Isao Aoki (3)38 holesJapan Katsuji Hasegawa
1980Japan Haruo Yasuda2 and 1Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1979Japan Isao Aoki (2)1 upTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1978Japan Isao Aoki2 and 1Japan Takahiro Takeyasu
1977Japan Tadashi Kitta1 upJapan Tōru Nakamura
1976Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa2 and 1Japan Kikuo Arai
1975Japan Takashi Murakami2 upJapan Namio Takasu


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