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The Panasonic Open (パナソニックオープン, panasonikku ōpun) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2008 to 2020. Hosted by Panasonic, the event took place for the first time in September 2008 at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan |
| Established | 2008 |
| Course(s) | Arima Royal Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,967 yards (6,371 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥100,000,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Toshinori Muto (2019) 263 Kensei Hirata (2024) |
| To par | −25 Kensei Hirata (2024) |
| Current champion | |
 Kensei Hirata | |
| Location map | |
  Arima Royal GC Location in Japan  Arima Royal GC Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture | |
Winners
edit| Year | Tour(s)[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse (¥) | Winner's share (¥) |
Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panasonic Open Golf Championship | |||||||||
| 2024 | JPN | Kensei Hirata |
263 | −25 | 3 strokes | Taisei Shimizu |
100,000,000 | 20,000,000 | Arima Royal |
| 2023 | JPN | Tomoharu Otsuki |
268 | −20 | 3 strokes |  Song Young-han Ren Yonezawa |
100,000,000 | 20,000,000 | Onotoyo |
| 2022 | JPN | Taiga Semikawa (a) |
266 | −22 | 1 stroke | Aguri Iwasaki |
100,000,000 | 20,000,000 | Onotoyo |
| Panasonic Open | |||||||||
| 2021 | JPN | Keita Nakajima (a) |
270 | −18 | Playoff | Ryutaro Nagano |
100,000,000 | 20,000,000 | Joyo |
| Panasonic Open Golf Championship | |||||||||
| 2020 | ASA, JPN | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1] | |||||||
| 2019 | ASA, JPN | Toshinori Muto |
263 | −21 | 4 strokes | Shugo Imahira |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Higashi Hirono |
| 2018 | ASA, JPN |  Rahil Gangjee |
270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Hwang Jung-gon Kim Hyung-sung |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Chiba (Umesato) |
| 2017 | ASA, JPN | Kenichi Kuboya |
273 | −11 | Playoff | Katsumasa Miyamoto |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Chiba (Umesato) |
| 2016 | ASA, JPN | Yuta Ikeda |
271 | −13 | 3 strokes |  Marcus Fraser Kim Kyung-tae |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Chiba (Umesato) |
| 2014–15: No tournament | |||||||||
| Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open | |||||||||
| 2013 | ASA, JPN | Masahiro Kawamura |
275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Park Sung-joon |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
| 2012 | ASA, JPN | Masanori Kobayashi |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Koumei Oda |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Higashi Hirono |
| 2011 | ASA, JPN | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
276 | −8 | 3 strokes | Hur Suk-ho Kim Do-hoon |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Biwako (Ritto & Mikami) |
| 2010 | ASA, JPN | Brendan Jones |
207[b] | −6 | 1 stroke | Ryuichi Oda |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Rokko Kokusai (East) |
| 2009 | ASA, JPN | Daisuke Maruyama |
276 | −8 | 4 strokes | Yuta Ikeda Kim Kyung-tae Liang Wenchong |
150,000,000 | 30,000,000 | Joyo |
| 2008 | ASA, JPN | Hideto Tanihara |
264 | −16 | 1 stroke | Azuma Yano |
200,000,000 | 40,000,000 | Ibaraki (West) |
Notes
edit- ^ ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References
edit- ^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.