Yomiuri Open

The Yomiuri Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1970 as the Wizard Tournament, a 36-hole invitational tournament,[1] it was played at Hashimoto Country Club in Wakayama until 1979 when it moved to Yomiuri Country Club in Hyōgo. With the move, it also became a full 72-hole tour event, having been extended to 54 holes in 1976, and adopted its new name.[2] It remained at Yomiuri every year except for 1996, when it was played at Wakasu Golf Links in Tokyo. In 2007 it merged with the Mizuno Open to form the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic.

Not to be confused with Yomiuri International.
Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open
Tournament information
LocationNishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1970
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Par72
Length7,161 yards (6,548 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJune
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1996)
266 Todd Hamilton (1996)
To par−20 Dinesh Chand (2004)
Final champion
Japan Nobuhiro Masuda
Location Map
Yomiuri CC is located in Japan
Yomiuri CC
Yomiuri CC
Location in Japan
Yomiuri CC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Yomiuri CC
Yomiuri CC
Location in the Hyogo Prefecture

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1979–1995, 1997–2006Yomiuri Country ClubNishinomiya, Hyōgo
1996Wakasu Golf LinksKōtō, Tokyo
1970–1978Hashimoto Country ClubHashimoto, Wakayama

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open
2006Japan Nobuhiro Masuda274−141 strokeSouth Korea Yang Yong-eun
2005Japan Satoru Hirota270−181 strokeJapan Shinichi Akiba
Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2004Fiji Dinesh Chand268−204 strokesJapan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
South Korea Hur Suk-ho
2003Japan Hideto Tanihara200[lower-alpha 1]−163 strokesJapan Nobuhito Sato[3]
Tamanoi Yomiuri Open
2002Japan Toru Taniguchi270−182 strokesJapan Satoru Hirota
Japan Daisuke Maruyama
2001Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa272−16PlayoffJapan Toru Suzuki
2000Japan Yoshi Mizumaki271−173 strokesJapan Hisayuki Sasaki
Super Mario Yomiuri Open
1999South Korea Kim Jong-duck270−183 strokesJapan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
Yomiuri Open
1998United States Brian Watts134[lower-alpha 2]−101 strokeJapan Kaname Yokoo[4]
1997Japan Shigeki Maruyama267−172 strokesJapan Naomichi Ozaki
Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open
1996Japan Kazuhiro Fukunaga266−18PlayoffUnited States Todd Hamilton
1995Colombia Eduardo Herrera272−121 strokeJapan Hiroyuki Fujita
Yomiuri Open
1994Japan Tsukasa Watanabe270−142 strokesAustralia Anthony Gilligan
Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open
1993Japan Katsuji Hasegawa203[lower-alpha 1]−13PlayoffJapan Hajime Meshiai
1992United States David Ishii278−101 strokeAustralia Brian Jones
1991Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)272−163 strokesCanada Rick Gibson
1990Japan Saburo Fujiki (2)205[lower-alpha 1]−111 strokeJapan Taisei Inagaki
1989Japan Hajime Meshiai205[lower-alpha 1]−112 strokesJapan Naomichi Ozaki
1988Japan Masahiro Kuramoto277−114 strokesAustralia Ian Baker-Finch
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
1987Japan Satoshi Higashi280−81 strokeAustralia Graham Marsh
Japan Hajime Meshiai
1986Japan Koichi Suzuki273−192 strokesAustralia Brian Jones
1985Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima275−173 strokesJapan Katsuji Hasegawa
Yomiuri Open
1984Japan Saburo Fujiki281−114 strokesJapan Shinsaku Maeda[5]
1983Australia Graham Marsh (4)280−12PlayoffJapan Tōru Nakamura
1982Australia Terry Gale276−163 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Namio Takasu
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara		[6]
1981Japan Namio Takasu285−7PlayoffTaiwan Hsieh Yung-yo[2]
1980Japan Isao Aoki283−91 strokeJapan Teruo Sugihara[7]
1979Japan Teruo Sugihara (2)287−5PlayoffJapan Masashi Ozaki
Wizard Tournament
1978Japan Tōru Nakamura214−21 strokeJapan Kikuo Arai
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		[1]
1977Australia Graham Marsh (3)220+42 strokesJapan Seiji Kusakabe[8]
1976Australia Graham Marsh (2)212−41 strokeJapan Haruo Yasuda[9]
1975Australia Graham Marsh141−31 strokeTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan[10][11]
1974Japan Teruo Sugihara146+2PlayoffJapan Kosaku Shimada[12]
1973Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1972Japan Masashi Ozaki144EPlayoffAustralia Peter Thomson[13]
1971Australia Peter Thomson143−11 strokeTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan[14][15]
1970Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo146+2[16]

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References
  1. McCormack, Mark (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 386–387. ISBN 0385149409.
  2. McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 237–238, 456. ISBN 0862541018.
  3. "Tanihara on fire". Japan Times. Kyodo News. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. "Watts picks up first victory on Japanese golf tour". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. AP. 22 June 1998. p. E5. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 232, 459–460. ISBN 0862541247.
  6. "Gale storms in to post maiden Japan victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 June 1982. p. 36 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 174, 381–382. ISBN 0862540054.
  8. "Marsh victor for the 3rd time". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 10 May 1977 – via NewspaperArchive.
  9. "Marsh in with a hot finish". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1976. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  10. McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 290–291, 479–480. ISBN 000211996X.
  11. "Marsh darts out of bunch to win title". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 May 1975. p. 26 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  12. "Sugihara wins sudden death playoff". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 May 1974. p. 29 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  13. "Ozaki wins playoff". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 May 1972. p. 29 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  14. "Thomson wins". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 May 1971. p. 23 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  15. "Australian golfer wins Wizard event". Uniontown Evening Standard. Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. 4 May 1971 – via NewspaperArchive.
  16. "Chinese pro Wizard champ". Star News. Pasadena, California. 5 May 1970 – via NewspaperArchive.


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