The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.

Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
Tournament information
LocationShibata, Niigata, Japan
Established1979
Course(s)Forest Golf Club
Par71
Length7,000 yards (6,400 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2004
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Kim Jong-duck (2004)
To par−24 Go Higaki (2001)
Final champion
South Korea Kim Jong-duck
Location map
Forest GC is located in Japan
Forest GC
Forest GC
Location in Japan
Forest GC is located in Niigata Prefecture
Forest GC
Forest GC
Location in the Niigata Prefecture

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
2004   Kim Jong-duck 263 −21 5 strokes   Kazuhiro Kinjo
2003   Katsumasa Miyamoto 271 −17 1 stroke   Gregory Meyer
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2002   Yasuharu Imano 270 −18 4 strokes   Katsumasa Miyamoto
NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2001   Go Higaki 264 −24 6 strokes   Scott Laycock
2000   Hidezumi Shirakata 269 −19 4 strokes   Kiyoshi Murota
1999   Toshimitsu Izawa 269 −19 6 strokes   Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998   Masayuki Kawamura 268 −20 8 strokes   Shingo Katayama
  Kiyoshi Murota
1997   Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke   Hisayuki Sasaki
1996   Masatoshi Horikawa 268 −20 1 stroke   Masayuki Kawamura
1995   Tomohiro Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes   Hidemichi Tanaka
NST Niigata Open
1994   Pete Izumikawa 276 −12 2 strokes   Kiyoshi Murota
1993   Kōki Idoki 275 −13 3 strokes   Samson Gimson
  Hiroya Kamide
  Yoshinori Kaneko
  Hajime Meshiai
1992   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 2 strokes   Shigenori Mori
1991   Akihito Yokoyama 278 −10 2 strokes   Hideki Kase
  Koichi Suzuki
1990   Seiichi Kanai 278 −10 1 stroke   Yukio Noguchi
1989   Katsuyoshi Tomori 288 E 1 stroke   Tomohiro Maruyama
1988   Naomichi Ozaki 277 −11 3 strokes   David Ishii
1987   Tadao Nakamura 276 −8 1 stroke   Hsieh Chin-sheng
  David Ishii
  Brian Jones
  Kazuo Yoshikawa
1986   David Ishii 276 −12 1 stroke   Tateo Ozaki
1985   Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −12 Playoff   Yoshihisa Iwashita
1984   Saburo Fujiki 271 −13 1 stroke   Haruo Yasuda
Niigata Open
1983   Hideto Shigenobu 136 −8 Playoff   Isao Aoki
  Katsunari Takahashi
1982   Yoshitaka Yamamoto 138 −6 Playoff   Hsieh Min-Nan
1981   Takahiro Takeyasu 139 −5  
1980   Hideo Ishii   [1]
1979   Koichi Uehara 106[a]   [2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tournament contested over 27 holes.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. p. 178. ISBN 0862540054.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. p. 224. ISBN 0905947835.
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