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The Japan Golf Tour Championship (日本ゴルフツアー選手権, Nihon gorufu tsuā senshuken) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 2000, it is one of the four major championships on the tour.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | Shishido Hills Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,387 yards (6,755 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥150,000,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Nobuhito Sato (2002) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Hiroshi Iwata | |
| Location map | |
  Shishido Hills CC Location in Japan  Shishido Hills CC Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture | |
Tournament hosts
editThe Japan Golf Tour Championship has been played at Shishido Hills Country Club since 2003. From 2000 to 2002, it was played at Horai Country Club.
Prize money
editPrize money was ¥120,000,000 from 2000 to 2005 and has been ¥150,000,000 since 2006, except for 2010 when it was ¥120,000,000. In 2000 the weather shortened the event to 54 holes and the prize money was reduced by 25% from ¥120,000,000 to ¥90,000,000.
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup | |||||
| 2024 | Hiroshi Iwata |
271 | −13 | Playoff | Ryo Ishikawa
|
| 2023 | Takumi Kanaya |
273 | −11 | 2 strokes | Yuki Inamori Hiroshi Iwata
|
| 2022 | Kazuki Higa |
272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Tomoharu Otsuki
|
| Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills | |||||
| 2021 | Ryosuke Kinoshita |
270 | −14 | 5 strokes | Yuki Furuwaka
|
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2019 | Mikumu Horikawa |
269 | −15 | 4 strokes | Shugo Imahira
|
| 2018 | Kodai Ichihara |
272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Ryuko Tokimatsu
|
| 2017 |  Shaun Norris |
271 | −13 | 4 strokes |  Seungsu Han
|
| 2016 | Yosuke Tsukada |
282 | −2 | 1 stroke |  Michael Hendry
|
| 2015 |  Liang Wenchong |
270 | −14 | 5 strokes |  Brad Kennedy Ryutaro Nagano Song Young-han
|
| 2014 | Yoshitaka Takeya |
271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Lee Sang-hee
|
| Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills | |||||
| 2013 | Satoshi Kodaira |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat Hur Suk-ho
|
| Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills | |||||
| 2012 | Yoshinori Fujimoto |
271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Masamichi Uehira
|
| 2011 | Park Jae-bum |
278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Daisuke Maruyama
|
| 2010 | Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) |
279 | −5 | 3 strokes | Hiroyuki Fujita
|
| UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills | |||||
| 2009 | Yuji Igarashi |
276 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Jang Ik-jae David Smail Toru Suzuki
|
| 2008 | Hidemasa Hoshino |
272 | −12 | 5 strokes | Brendan Jones Takao Nogami
|
| 2007 | Shingo Katayama |
271 | −9 | 1 stroke | Naoya Takemoto
|
| 2006 | Tatsuhiko Takahashi |
273 | −7 | 3 strokes | Tetsuji Hiratsuka
|
| Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup | |||||
| 2005 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
273 | −7 | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano David Smail
|
| 2004 | Hur Suk-ho |
279 | −5 | Playoff | Tomohiro Kondo
|
| 2003 | Toshimitsu Izawa (2) |
270 | −14 | 1 stroke | David Smail Tadahiro Takayama
|
| Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup | |||||
| 2002 | Nobuhito Sato |
268 | −20 | 6 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya
|
| 2001 | Katsumasa Miyamoto |
273 | −15 | 7 strokes |  Eduardo Herrera Jeev Milkha Singh
|
| JGTO TPC iiyama Cup | |||||
| 2000 | Toshimitsu Izawa |
203[a] | −13 | 3 strokes | Kaname Yokoo
|
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.