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Bridgestone Aso Open

The Bridgestone Aso Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978 to 1993. From 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Bridgestone Aso Open
Tournament information
LocationAso, Kumamoto, Japan
Established1976
Course(s)Aso Golf Club
Par72
Length7,078 yards (6,472 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥70,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year1993
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Craig Parry (1989)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
Japan Shigeru Kawamata
Location map
Aso GC is located in Japan
Aso GC
Aso GC
Location in Japan
Aso GC is located in Kumamoto Prefecture
Aso GC
Aso GC
Location in the Kumamoto Prefecture

Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament was extended to 54 holes in 1981,[1] and then 72 holes from 1982.

Tournament hosts

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Year(s) Host course Location
1981, 1983–1993 Aso Golf Club Aso, Kumamoto
1976–1980, 1982 Aso Kogen Hotel Golf Course Ubuyama, Kumamoto

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Bridgestone Aso Open
1993   Shigeru Kawamata 276 −12 2 strokes   Katsunari Takahashi
1992   Peter Senior 281 −7 1 stroke   Rick Gibson
1991   Kiyoshi Murota 208[a] −8 2 strokes   Taisei Inagaki
1990   Teruo Sugihara 213[b] −3 2 strokes   Nobumitsu Yuhara
1989   Craig Parry 272 −16 6 strokes   Yoshiyuki Isomura
1988   Ian Baker-Finch 282 −6 1 stroke   Tadami Ueno
1987   Norio Mikami 280 −8 4 strokes   David Ishii
  Shuichi Sano
1986   Brian Jones 240[c] −12 1 stroke   Nobumitsu Yuhara
1985   Hsieh Min-Nan 280 −8 Playoff   Masahiro Kuramoto
1984   Hideto Shigenobu 283 −5 Playoff   Katsuji Hasegawa
  Akira Yabe
1983   Fujio Kobayashi 213 −3 Playoff   Tadami Ueno
1982   Tōru Nakamura 283 −5 3 strokes   Shigeru Uchida
Aso National Park Open
1981   Saburo Fujiki 213 −3 1 stroke   Yoshikazu Yokoshima [1]
1980   Masaji Kusakabe 109[d] +1 1 stroke   Yurio Akitomi
  Namio Takasu		 [3]
1979   Takashi Kurihara 149 +5 Playoff   Shinsaku Maeda
  Haruo Yasuda
1978   Tadami Ueno 143 −1 Playoff   Tatsuo Fujima
  Teruo Suzumura
1977   Yukio Noguchi 213 −3 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai
  Seiichi Kanai		 [4]
1976   Norio Suzuki 138 −6 2 strokes   Tomomi Suzuki [5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to heavy rain and thick fog.[2]
  2. ^ Tournament reduced to 54 holes after the first round was cancelled due to rain.
  3. ^ Tournament reduced to 63 holes after play was cancelled on the second day and 27 holes were played on the final day.
  4. ^ Tournament reduced to 27 holes after the final round was cut to 9 holes due to fog.

References

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  1. ^ a b McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 235, 451. ISBN 0862541018.
  2. ^ "Aso Open rained off". The Straits Times. 20 April 1991. p. 31. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 172, 374–375. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1978). The World of Professional Golf 1978. Angus & Robertson. pp. 198–199, 341. ISBN 0207958173.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1977). The World of Professional Golf 1977. Collins. pp. 296, 525. ISBN 0002168790.
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