Kansai Open
The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sakai, Osaka, Japan |
| Established | 1926 |
| Course(s) | Izumigaoka Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,180 yards (6,570 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥80,000,000 |
| Month played | April |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Taiga Semikawa | |
| Location Map | |
  Izumigaoka CC Location in Japan  Izumigaoka CC Location in the Osaka Prefecture | |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Taiga Semikawa | 267 | −17 | 4 strokes | Takahiro Hataji | Izumigaoka | |
| 2022 | Kazuki Higa | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Rikuya Hoshino | Yomiuri | |
| 2021 | Rikuya Hoshino | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Chan Kim | Arima Royal (Royal) | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Arima Royal (Royal) |
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| 2019 | Tomoharu Otsuki | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Rikuya Hoshino | Koma | |
| 2018 | Ryuko Tokimatsu | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Shugo Imahira Kunihiro Kamii | Ono Toyo | |
| 2017 | Shugo Imahira | 275 | −9 | 6 strokes | Daisuke Kataoka | Joyo | |
| 2016 |  Cho Byung-min | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Tomohiro Kondo.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Scott Strange | Hashimoto | |
| 2015 | Daisuke Kataoka | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Brad Kennedy | Meishin Youkaichi | |
| 2014 | Koumei Oda | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Yoshinori Fujimoto | Rokko | |
| 2013 | Brad Kennedy | 206[lower-alpha 1] | −10 | 1 stroke | Park Sung-joon | Olympic | |
| 2012 | Toshinori Muto | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Kim Hyung-sung | Izumigaoka | |
| 2011 | Cho Min-gyu | 270 | −14 | 4 strokes | Yoshikazu Haku | Ono | |
| 2010 | Shigeru Nonaka | 269 | −11 | 3 strokes | Azuma Yano | Tanabe | |
| 2009 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 264 | −20 | 2 strokes | Tetsuji Hiratsuka Tomohiro Kondo | Takarazuka (New) |
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| 2008 | Ryo Ishikawa | 276 | −12 | 4 strokes | Yuta Ikeda | Shiga | [2] |
| 2007 | Koji Yamamoto | Kakogawa | |||||
| 2006 | Ryuichi Tayasu | Sumoto | |||||
| 2005 | Kazuhiko Yamashita | Higashijoyo | |||||
| 2004 | Tadahisa Inoue | Biwako | |||||
| 2003 | Satoshi Oide | Higashihirono | |||||
| 2002 | Yuya Kamide | Nara International | |||||
| 2001 | Hidemasa Hoshino | Miki | |||||
| 2000 | Osamu Yamaguchi | Ikeda | |||||
| 1999 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Takenori Hiraishi (2) | Ono Grand | |||||
| 1998 | Shusaku Sugimoto | Shiga | |||||
| 1997 | Tatsuo Takasaki | Century Yoshikawa | |||||
| 1996 | Takenori Hiraishi | Grandeji | |||||
| 1995 | Asahiko Makazawa | Otaninishiki | |||||
| 1994 | Kazuo Kanayama | Asahi International Tojo | |||||
| 1993 | Kotobuki Nakase | Minagi | |||||
| 1992 | Masanobu Kimura (2) | Manju | |||||
| 1991 | Toshikazu Sugihara | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Teruo Sugihara | Lions | |
| 1990 | Teruo Sugihara (9) | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Yuzo Oyama | Pine Lake | |
| 1989 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) | 211[lower-alpha 1] | −5 | 1 stroke | Kazuo Kanayama Toshiaki Nakagawa Tōru Nakamura | Hanayashiki (Hirono) |
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| 1988 | Yasuo Sone | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | Shinsaku Maeda | Kitarokko (East) |
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| 1987 | Masanobu Kimura | 292 | +4 | 2 strokes | Tōru Nakamura | Asahikokusai Tojyo | |
| 1986 | Yoshiyuki Isomura | 284 | −4 | 3 strokes | Yoshio Ichikawa Shinsaku Maeda Kazuo Yoshikawa | Rokko Kokusai | |
| 1985 | Tsutomu Irie | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | Hisao Inoue Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Arima Royal | |
| 1984 | Tōru Nakamura | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Hino | [3] |
| 1983 | Susumu Wakita | 284 | −4 | Arima Royal | |||
| 1982 | Teruo Sugihara (8) | 285 | −3 | Rokko Kokusai | |||
| 1981 | Akio Kanemoto (2) | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Toshimitsu Kai Ichiro Teramoto | Meishin Yokaichi | [4] |
| 1980 | Takemitsu Uranishi | 284 | −4 | 6 strokes | Tōru Nakamura Kosaku Shimada | Hanayashiki (Yokawa) |
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| 1979 | Yasuhiro Miyamoto | 283 | −5 | Rokko Kokusai | |||
| 1978 | Akio Kanemoto | 284 | −4 | Playoff | Yasuhiro Miyamoto | Omi | |
| 1977 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 285 | −3 | Hino | |||
| 1976 | Shinsaku Maeda | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Akio Kanemoto | Biwako | [6] |
| 1975 | Teruo Sugihara (7) | 279 | −9 | 6 strokes | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Ono | [7] |
| 1974 | Teruo Sugihara (6) | 287 | −1 | Nara Kokusai | |||
| 1973 | Teruo Sugihara (5) | 273 | −15 | Nishinomiya | |||
| 1972 | Kazuo Yoshikawa | Hirono | |||||
| 1971 | Teruo Sugihara (4) | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1970 | Kosaku Shimada | Naruo | |||||
| 1969 | Shigeru Uchida | Hirono | |||||
| 1968 | Teruo Sugihara (3) | Shimonoseki | |||||
| 1967 | Teruo Suzumura | Yokkaichi | |||||
| 1966 | Shozo Miyamoto | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1965 | Teruo Sugihara (2) | Naruo | |||||
| 1964 | Teruo Sugihara | Koga | |||||
| 1963 | Tadashi Kitta (3) | Hirono | |||||
| 1962 | Tadashi Kitta (2) | Nishinomiya | |||||
| 1961 | Tetsuo Ishii (2) | Nagoya | |||||
| 1960 | Susumu Arai | Nara International | |||||
| 1959 | Michio Ishii (3) | Aichi | |||||
| 1958 | Tadashi Kitta | Naruo | |||||
| 1957 | Yousei Shimamura | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1956 | Tetsuo Ishii | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1955 | Michio Ishii (2) | Hirono | |||||
| 1954 | Mitsuji Kimoto | Naruo | |||||
| 1953 | Michio Ishii | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1952 | Yasuke Yamada | Hirono | |||||
| 1951 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1950 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) | Naruo | |||||
| 1949 | Toichiro Toda (4) | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||
| 1939 | Toichiro Toda (3) | Hirono | |||||
| 1938 | Toichiro Toda (2) | Hirono | |||||
| 1937 | Akira Muraki | Naruo | |||||
| 1936 | Iwaichi Uekashi | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1935 | Jiro Morioka (4) | Naruo | |||||
| 1934 | Jiro Morioka (3) | Naruo | |||||
| 1933 | Toichiro Toda | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1932 | Jiro Morioka (2) | Hirono | |||||
| 1931 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) | Naruo | |||||
| 1930 | Takeo Ishisumi | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1929 | Jiro Morioka | Naruo | |||||
| 1928 | Tomekichi Miyamoto | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1927 | Kazuichi Nakagami | Naruo | |||||
| 1926 | Kakuji Fukui | Ibaraki | |||||
Notes
- Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References
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- "Maeda wins Kansai Open". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 19 July 1976. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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