Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationEniwa, Hokkaido, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Eniwa Country Club
Par71
Length7,219 yards (6,601 m)
Organized byPGA of Japan
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play (1961–)
Match play (1931–1960)
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Shingo Katayama (2008)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Japan Kensei Hirata
Location Map
Eniwa CC is located in Japan
Eniwa CC
Eniwa CC
Location in Japan
Eniwa CC is located in Hokkaido
Eniwa CC
Eniwa CC
Location in the Hokkaidō Prefecture

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon puro gorufu senshuken taikai) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,[1] and is played at a variety of courses throughout the country. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Japan PGA Championship
2023 Japan Kensei Hirata 277 −11 2 strokes Japan Takumi Kanaya
Japan Taiga Semikawa		 Eniwa
2022 Japan Mikumu Horikawa 269 −15 3 strokes Japan Naoyuki Kataoka Grand Fields
2021 South Korea Kim Seong-hyeon 271 −13 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
Japan Yuki Inamori		 Nikko
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 269 −13 Playoff South Korea Hwang Jung-gon Ibusuki
2018 Japan Toru Taniguchi (3) 282 −6 Playoff Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto Boso
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato 276 −12 3 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy Kanehide Kise
2016 Japan Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 Playoff Japan Toshinori Muto Hokkaido Classic
2015 Australia Adam Bland 268 −16 3 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee Taiheiyo Club
Kohnan
2014 Japan Taichi Teshima 279 −9 1 stroke South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
Japan Koumei Oda		 Golden Valley
2013 South Korea Kim Hyung-sung 279 −5 1 stroke Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Hideki Matsuyama		 Sobu
2012 Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Karasuyamajo
2011 Japan Hiroo Kawai 275 −9 2 strokes South Korea Bae Sang-moon Ono Toyo
2010 Japan Toru Taniguchi 270 −10 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka Passage Kinkai Island
2009 Japan Yuta Ikeda 266 −14 7 strokes Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama Eniwa
Japan PGA Championship
2008 Japan Shingo Katayama (2) 265 −23 6 strokes China Liang Wenchong Raysum
2007 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Satoru Hirota Kise
2006 Japan Tomohiro Kondo 278 −10 Playoff Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori Tanigumi
2005 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 272 −10 2 strokes Japan Hideto Tanihara Tamana
2004 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 202 −14 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Kochi Kuroshio
2003 Japan Shingo Katayama 271 −17 1 stroke South Korea Hur Suk-ho Miho
2002 Japan Kenichi Kuboya 279 −9 Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama Koma
2001 United States Dean Wilson 281 −3 4 strokes Japan Hideki Kase Queens Hill
2000 Japan Nobuhito Sato 280 −4 1 stroke Japan Shigemasa Higaki
Japan Satoshi Higashi		 Caledonian
1999 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 283 −5 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Twin Fields
1998 United States Brandt Jobe 280 −8 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki Grandage
1997 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Shusaku Sugimoto Central
West
1996 Japan Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −18 8 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama Sanyo
Yoshii
1995 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Kazuhiro Takami Natsudomari
1994 Japan Hiroshi Gohda 279 −5 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Lake Green
1993 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Sports Shinko
1992 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 281 −7 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Shimoakima
1991 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 273 −15 6 strokes Japan Tsukasa Watanabe Prestige
1990 Japan Hideki Kase 274 −14 5 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto		 Amanosan
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −6 1 stroke Japan Hideki Kase Karasuyamajo
1988 Japan Tateo Ozaki (2) 268 −20 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki Ehime
1987 United States David Ishii 280 −8 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones
Japan Seiichi Kanai		 Hamano
1986 Japan Isao Aoki (3) 272 −16 4 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Nihon Line
West
1985 Japan Tateo Ozaki 288 −4 Playoff Japan Seiichi Kanai Central
East
1984 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 275 −9 2 strokes Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Tōru Nakamura		 MIOS Kikukawa [3]
1983 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Yutaka Hagawa		 Shuun
1982 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 274 −14 4 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Meishin Yokkaichi
1981 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 4 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura Sapporo Korakuen [4]
1980 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 282 −2 1 stroke Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Namio Takasu		 Northern
Akagi 		[5]
1979 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara Asami
1978 Japan Fujio Kobayashi 281 −7 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Otaru
1977 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −11 3 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto		 Nihon Line
West
1976 Japan Seiichi Kanai (2) 273 −7 Playoff Japan Shichiro Enomoto
Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
Japan Haruo Yasuda		 Kuma
1975 Japan Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto Kurashiki
1974 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 274 −14 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki Omotezao Intl.
1973 Japan Isao Aoki 275 −13 8 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda Gifu Seki
1972 Japan Seiichi Kanai 278 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Murasaki
Sumire
1971 Japan Masashi Ozaki 282 1 stroke Japan Hideyo Sugimoto Phoenix
1970 Japan Seiichi Sato 280 1 stroke Japan Akio Kanemoto
Japan Mitsuhiro Kitta		 Mitsukaido
1969 Japan Hiroshi Ishii 277 5 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara Kasugai
1968 Japan Kosaku Shimada 282 1 stroke Japan Teruo Suzumura Narashino
1967 Japan Shozo Miyamoto 276 1 stroke Japan Tomoo Ishii Miyoshi
West
1966 Japan Mitsutaka Kono (2) 271 3 strokes Japan Shigeru Uchida Sobu
1965 Japan Mitsutaka Kono 273 6 strokes Taiwan Chen Ching-Po
Japan Yoshimasa Fujii		 Kawagoe
1964 Japan Tadashi Kitta (2) 281 2 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii Hirakata
1963 Japan Tadashi Kitta 285 3 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii Ryugasaki
1962 Japan Torakichi Nakamura (4) 285 4 strokes Japan Takashi Kitamoto
Japan Teruo Sugihara		 Yokkaichi
1961 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi (4) 286 2 strokes Japan Yoshimasa Fujii Koga
1960 Japan Ryohei Tanaami 1 hole Japan Kenji Hosoishi Oarai
1959 Japan Torakichi Nakamura (3) 5 & 4 Japan Koichi Ono Ibaraki
1958 Japan Torakichi Nakamura (2) 3 & 2 Japan Koshio Kurihara Naruo (Inagawa)
1957 Japan Torakichi Nakamura 2 holes Japan Koshio Kurihara Hodogaya
1956 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi (3) 7 & 6 Japan Tsunekichi Arai Nagoya
1955 Japan Koichi Ono 1 hole Japan Yoshiro Hayashi Sagami
1954 Japan Shigeru Ishii 7 & 5 Japan Koichi Ono Hirono
1953 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui (2) 2 & 1 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi Abiko
1952 Japan Seiji Inoue 5 & 3 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1951 Japan Tetsuo Ishii 3 & 1 Japan Torakichi Nakamura Hirono
1950 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi (2) 9 & 7 Japan Koichi Ono Abiko
1949 Japan Yoshiro Hayashi 293 2 strokes Japan Son Shi Kin Abiko
1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1942 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui 7 & 6 Japan Tokuharu Nobu Koganei
1941: No tournament
1940 Japan Toichiro Toda (4) 6 & 5 Japan Taketo Fujii Fukuoka Ōho
1939 Japan Toichiro Toda (3) 3 & 2 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Kawana Hotel
Fuji
1938 Japan Toichiro Toda (2) 7 & 5 Japan Seiji Inoue Takarazuka
1937 Japan Iwaichi Uekata 1 hole Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Takanodai
1936 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) 4 & 3 Japan Jiro Morioka Nagoya
1935 Japan Toichiro Toda 7 & 5 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1934 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) 3 & 1 Japan Osamu Ishii Hirono
1933 Philippines Larry Montes (2) 6 & 5 Taiwan Rin Man-Puku Fujisawa
1932 Philippines Larry Montes 4 & 3 Japan Jiro Morioka Naruo
Inagawa
1931 Japan Rokuzo Asami (2) 6 & 5 Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui Musashino
Fujigaya
1930 Japan Akira Muraki 304 19 strokes Japan Masakichi Koshimichi
Taiwan Chin Sei-Sui		 Takarazuka
1929 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) 301 11 strokes Japan Kokichi Yasuda Mutsumi
1928 Japan Rokuzo Asami 156 1 stroke Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto[a] Naruo
1927 Japan Kazuichi Nakagami 153 Playoff Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1926 Japan Tomekichi Miyamoto 161 Playoff Japan Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes

  1. ^ Miyamoto defeated Kokichi Yasuda in a playoff for second place.

References

  1. ^ Critchley, Bruce; Ferrier, Bob (1993). Golf and All Its Glory. BBC. p. 62. ISBN 0563364696. Retrieved 10 January 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ 78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 236, 472–473. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241–242, 467–468. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 182–183, 403–404. ISBN 0862541018.

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