Yomiuri International

The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964,[1] and served as the season finale.

Yomiuri International
Tournament information
LocationTokyo, Japan
Established1962
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Month playedMarch/April
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate278 Peter Thomson (1962)
Final champion
Japan Haruo Yasuda
Location Map
Yomiuri Country Club is located in Japan
Yomiuri Country Club
Yomiuri Country Club
Location in Japan
Yomiuri Country Club is located in Tokyo
Yomiuri Country Club
Yomiuri Country Club
Location in Tokyo

In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper, because of political tensions[2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.[3]

Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding.[4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.[5]

Winners
YearWinnerScore
(total)		Margin
of victory		Runner(s)-upNotes
1971Japan Haruo Yasuda282Playoff[lower-alpha 1]Japan Kosaku Shimada[6]
1970Australia David Graham2863 strokesNew Zealand Walter Godfrey[7]
1969England Guy Wolstenholme2881 strokeJapan Teruo Sugihara[8]
1968Taiwan Chen Ching-Po2832 strokesJapan Tomoo Ishii[9]
1967Japan Mitsutaka Kono2821 strokeJapan Koichi Ono[10]
1966Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle2862 strokesAustralia Ted Ball[11]
1965Australia Frank Phillips2881 strokeTaiwan Chen Ching-Po[12]
1964[lower-alpha 2]Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1963United States Doug Sanders2895 strokesJapan Hideyo Sugimoto[5]
1962Australia Peter Thomson2788 strokesCanada Al Balding[4]
  1. Yasuda won with a bogey on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.
  2. The Yomiuri International was not part of the Far East Circuit in 1964.

References
  1. "Japan out of this year's F-E circuit". The Straits Times. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. "Yomiuri is out". New Nation. 9 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  4. "Thomson's double". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 4.
  5. "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
  6. "Yasuda's title in 3-hole playoff". The Straits Times. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. "Wolstenholme pips Sugihara in Yomiuri". The Straits Times. 14 April 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  9. "Rivals crack up and Chen is the champion". The Straits Times. 8 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. "Yomiuri Open to Japanese". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  11. "Japanese golf to Irishman". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 April 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  12. "Phillips Takes Yomiuri Open". The Age. 5 April 1965. p. 24.
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