Tsuruya Open

The Tsuruya Open (つるやオープンゴルフトーナメント, Tsuruya ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was played annually from 1994 to 2014 on the Yamanohara Course at Yamanohara Golf Club, formerly Sports Shinko Country Club, near Kawanishi, Hyōgo.

Tsuruya Open
Tournament information
LocationKawanishi, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1994
Course(s)Yamanohara Golf Club
Par71
Length6,804 yards (6,222 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2014
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Tomohiro Kondo (2011)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Location Map
Yamanohara GC is located in Japan
Yamanohara GC
Yamanohara GC
Location in Japan
Yamanohara GC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Yamanohara GC
Yamanohara GC
Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture

The tournament scoring records of 265 (−19) were set by Tomohiro Kondo in 2011. In its final year in 2014, the purse was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2014Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (3)271−13PlayoffSouth Korea Park Sang-hyun
2013Japan Hideki Matsuyama266−181 strokeUnited States David Oh
2012Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (2)269−154 strokesSouth Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
2011Japan Tomohiro Kondo265−194 strokesSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
Japan Nobuhiro Masuda
2010Japan Hiroyuki Fujita199[lower-alpha 1]−14PlayoffJapan Toru Taniguchi
2009Japan Masaya Tomida198[lower-alpha 1]−152 strokesNew Zealand David Smail
2008South Korea Hur Suk-ho272−121 strokeSouth Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2007Australia Brendan Jones (3)268−162 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Japan Toru Taniguchi
2006Australia Brendan Jones (2)273−112 strokesJapan Mamo Osanai
2005Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2)271−133 strokesJapan Ryoken Kawagishi
Australia Paul Sheehan
2004Australia Brendan Jones275−92 strokesJapan Keiichiro Fukabori
Australia Scott Laycock
Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi
Japan Taichi Teshima
Japan Shinichi Yokota
2003Japan Hirofumi Miyase270−14PlayoffJapan Takashi Kanemoto
Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
2002United States Dean Wilson273−112 strokesJapan Toru Taniguchi
2001Japan Hidemichi Tanaka274−142 strokesJapan Masayuki Kawamura
2000Australia Richard Backwell278−10PlayoffJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
1999Japan Naomichi Ozaki273−152 strokesJapan Toru Suzuki
1998Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto271−171 strokeAustralia Peter McWhinney
1997Japan Mitsuo Harada279−94 strokesJapan Shigeki Maruyama
1996Australia Peter McWhinney276−121 strokeAustralia Peter Senior
1995Japan Satoshi Higashi279−91 strokeJapan Kōki Idoki
Japan Katsunori Kuwabara
Australia Roger Mackay
Japan Kiyoshi Maita
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
1994Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima279−9PlayoffJapan Tsutomu Higa

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.


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