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.

Japan PGA Championship
Tournament information
LocationKani, Gifu, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Fuji Country Kani 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 Yuta Sugiura
Location map
Fuji Country Kani Club is located in Japan
Fuji Country Kani Club
Fuji Country Kani Club
Location in Japan
Fuji Country Kani Club is located in Gifu Prefecture
Fuji Country Kani Club
Fuji Country Kani Club
Location in Gifu

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

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Japan PGA Championship
2024   Yuta Sugiura 268 −18 1 stroke   Yuki Inamori
  Taiga Semikawa
Fuji Country Kani
2023   Kensei Hirata 277 −11 2 strokes   Takumi Kanaya
  Taiga Semikawa
Eniwa
2022   Mikumu Horikawa 269 −15 3 strokes   Naoyuki Kataoka Grand Fields
2021   Kim Seong-hyeon 271 −13 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
  Yuki Inamori
Nikko
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Ryo Ishikawa 269 −13 Playoff   Hwang Jung-gon Ibusuki
2018   Toru Taniguchi (3) 282 −6 Playoff   Yoshinori Fujimoto Boso
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017   Yūsaku Miyazato 276 −12 3 strokes   Brad Kennedy Kanehide Kise
2016   Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 Playoff   Toshinori Muto Hokkaido Classic
2015   Adam Bland 268 −16 3 strokes   Lee Sang-hee Taiheiyo Club
Kohnan
2014   Taichi Teshima 279 −9 1 stroke   Lee Kyoung-hoon
  Koumei Oda
Golden Valley
2013   Kim Hyung-sung 279 −5 1 stroke   Yoshinori Fujimoto
  Hiroyuki Fujita
  Hideki Matsuyama
Sobu
2012   Toru Taniguchi (2) 284 −4 1 stroke   Keiichiro Fukabori Karasuyamajo
2011   Hiroo Kawai 275 −9 2 strokes   Bae Sang-moon Ono Toyo
2010   Toru Taniguchi 270 −10 1 stroke   Tetsuji Hiratsuka Passage Kinkai Island
2009   Yuta Ikeda 266 −14 7 strokes   Mitsuhiro Tateyama Eniwa
Japan PGA Championship
2008   Shingo Katayama (2) 265 −23 6 strokes   Liang Wenchong Raysum
2007   Toshimitsu Izawa 283 −5 1 stroke   Satoru Hirota Kise
2006   Tomohiro Kondo 278 −10 Playoff   Katsuyoshi Tomori Tanigumi
2005   Hur Suk-ho 272 −10 2 strokes   Hideto Tanihara Tamana
2004   Hur Suk-ho 202 −14 1 stroke   Keiichiro Fukabori Kochi Kuroshio
2003   Shingo Katayama 271 −17 1 stroke   Hur Suk-ho Miho
2002   Kenichi Kuboya 279 −9 Playoff   Shingo Katayama Koma
2001   Dean Wilson 281 −3 4 strokes   Hideki Kase Queens Hill
2000   Nobuhito Sato 280 −4 1 stroke   Shigemasa Higaki
  Satoshi Higashi
Caledonian
1999   Naomichi Ozaki 283 −5 2 strokes   Masashi Ozaki Twin Fields
1998   Brandt Jobe 280 −8 Playoff   Masashi Ozaki Grandage
1997   Shigeki Maruyama 272 −16 4 strokes   Shusaku Sugimoto Central
West
1996   Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 −18 8 strokes   Shigeki Maruyama Sanyo
Yoshii
1995   Hisayuki Sasaki 272 −16 4 strokes   Kazuhiro Takami Natsudomari
1994   Hiroshi Gohda 279 −5 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki Lake Green
1993   Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke   Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Sports Shinko
1992   Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 281 −7 Playoff   Tsuneyuki Nakajima Shimoakima
1991   Masashi Ozaki (4) 273 −15 6 strokes   Tsukasa Watanabe Prestige
1990   Hideki Kase 274 −14 5 strokes   Saburo Fujiki
  Masahiro Kuramoto
Amanosan
1989   Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −6 1 stroke   Hideki Kase Karasuyamajo
1988   Tateo Ozaki (2) 268 −20 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki Ehime
1987   David Ishii 280 −8 1 stroke   Brian Jones
  Seiichi Kanai
Hamano
1986   Isao Aoki (3) 272 −16 4 strokes   Masashi Ozaki Nihon Line
West
1985   Tateo Ozaki 288 −4 Playoff   Seiichi Kanai Central
East
1984   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 275 −9 2 strokes   Seiichi Kanai
  Shinsaku Maeda
  Tōru Nakamura
MIOS Kikukawa [3]
1983   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 279 −9 2 strokes   Isao Aoki
  Yutaka Hagawa
Shuun
1982   Masahiro Kuramoto 274 −14 4 strokes   Hsieh Min-Nan Meishin Yokkaichi
1981   Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 4 strokes   Tōru Nakamura Sapporo Korakuen [4]
1980   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 282 −2 1 stroke   Seiichi Kanai
  Namio Takasu
Northern
Akagi
[5]
1979   Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −16 1 stroke   Teruo Sugihara Asami
1978   Fujio Kobayashi 281 −7 Playoff   Tsuneyuki Nakajima Otaru
1977   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 −11 3 strokes   Teruo Sugihara
  Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Nihon Line
West
1976   Seiichi Kanai (2) 273 −7 Playoff   Shichiro Enomoto
  Hsieh Min-Nan
  Haruo Yasuda
Kuma
1975   Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff   Yoshitaka Yamamoto Kurashiki
1974   Masashi Ozaki (2) 274 −14 4 strokes   Isao Aoki Omotezao Intl.
1973   Isao Aoki 275 −13 8 strokes   Haruo Yasuda Gifu Seki
1972   Seiichi Kanai 278 2 strokes   Masashi Ozaki Murasaki
Sumire
1971   Masashi Ozaki 282 1 stroke   Hideyo Sugimoto Phoenix
1970   Seiichi Sato 280 1 stroke   Akio Kanemoto
  Mitsuhiro Kitta
Mitsukaido
1969   Hiroshi Ishii 277 5 strokes   Teruo Sugihara Kasugai
1968   Kosaku Shimada 282 1 stroke   Teruo Suzumura Narashino
1967   Shozo Miyamoto 276 1 stroke   Tomoo Ishii Miyoshi
West
1966   Mitsutaka Kono (2) 271 3 strokes   Shigeru Uchida Sobu
1965   Mitsutaka Kono 273 6 strokes   Chen Ching-Po
  Yoshimasa Fujii
Kawagoe
1964   Tadashi Kitta (2) 281 2 strokes   Tomoo Ishii Hirakata
1963   Tadashi Kitta 285 3 strokes   Tomoo Ishii Ryugasaki
1962   Torakichi Nakamura (4) 285 4 strokes   Takashi Kitamoto
  Teruo Sugihara
Yokkaichi
1961   Yoshiro Hayashi (4) 286 2 strokes   Yoshimasa Fujii Koga
1960   Ryohei Tanaami 1 hole   Kenji Hosoishi Oarai
1959   Torakichi Nakamura (3) 5 & 4   Koichi Ono Ibaraki
1958   Torakichi Nakamura (2) 3 & 2   Koshio Kurihara Naruo (Inagawa)
1957   Torakichi Nakamura 2 holes   Koshio Kurihara Hodogaya
1956   Yoshiro Hayashi (3) 7 & 6   Tsunekichi Arai Nagoya
1955   Koichi Ono 1 hole   Yoshiro Hayashi Sagami
1954   Shigeru Ishii 7 & 5   Koichi Ono Hirono
1953   Chin Sei-Sui (2) 2 & 1   Yoshiro Hayashi Abiko
1952   Seiji Inoue 5 & 3   Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1951   Tetsuo Ishii 3 & 1   Torakichi Nakamura Hirono
1950   Yoshiro Hayashi (2) 9 & 7   Koichi Ono Abiko
1949   Yoshiro Hayashi 293 2 strokes   Son Shi Kin Abiko
1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1942   Chin Sei-Sui 7 & 6   Tokuharu Nobu Koganei
1941: No tournament
1940   Toichiro Toda (4) 6 & 5   Taketo Fujii Fukuoka Ōho
1939   Toichiro Toda (3) 3 & 2   Tomekichi Miyamoto Kawana Hotel
Fuji
1938   Toichiro Toda (2) 7 & 5   Seiji Inoue Takarazuka
1937   Iwaichi Uekata 1 hole   Chin Sei-Sui Takanodai
1936   Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) 4 & 3   Jiro Morioka Nagoya
1935   Toichiro Toda 7 & 5   Chin Sei-Sui Sagami
1934   Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) 3 & 1   Osamu Ishii Hirono
1933   Larry Montes (2) 6 & 5   Rin Man-Puku Fujisawa
1932   Larry Montes 4 & 3   Jiro Morioka Naruo
Inagawa
1931   Rokuzo Asami (2) 6 & 5   Chin Sei-Sui Musashino
Fujigaya
1930   Akira Muraki 304 19 strokes   Masakichi Koshimichi
  Chin Sei-Sui
Takarazuka
1929   Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) 301 11 strokes   Kokichi Yasuda Mutsumi
1928   Rokuzo Asami 156 1 stroke   Tomekichi Miyamoto[a] Naruo
1927   Kazuichi Nakagami 153 Playoff   Tomekichi Miyamoto Ibaraki
1926   Tomekichi Miyamoto 161 Playoff   Kakuji Fukui Ibaraki

Notes

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

References

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  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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