The ANA Open (ANAオープンゴルフトーナメント, Ei-enu-ei ōpun golufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded as the Sapporo Open, it has been sponsored by All Nippon Airways since 1973, initially as the ANA Sapporo Open.[1] It is usually held in September each year at the Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.

ANA Open
Tournament information
LocationKitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Sapporo Golf Club
(Wattsu Course)
Par72
Length7,063 yards (6,458 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Masashi Ozaki (1994)
268 Aguri Iwasaki (2024)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Japan Aguri Iwasaki
Location map
Sapporo Golf Club is located in Japan
Sapporo Golf Club
Sapporo Golf Club
Location in Japan
Sapporo Golf Club is located in Hokkaido
Sapporo Golf Club
Sapporo Golf Club
Location in Hokkaido

Sapporo's Wattsu and Yuni courses have both played host to the tournament. The tournament scoring record is 268 (20 under par), set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994. Ozaki also holds the all-time record of wins at the tournament with eight. The 2021 purse was ¥110,000,000, of which the winner's share was ¥20,000,000.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
ANA Open
2024   Aguri Iwasaki 268 −20 2 strokes   Kota Kaneko
  Ryutaro Nagano
2023   Hideto Tanihara 270 −18 1 stroke   Koshiro Maeda
  Song Young-han
2022   Tomoharu Otsuki 269 −19 Playoff   Ryo Ishikawa
2021   Scott Vincent 270 −18 3 strokes   Tomoharu Otsuki
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Yosuke Asaji 272 −16 Playoff   Seungsu Han
  Terumichi Kakazu
  Shaun Norris
  Ryuko Tokimatsu
2018 Cancelled due to the earthquake in Hokkaido[2]
2017   Yuta Ikeda (2) 275 −13 Playoff   Shugo Imahira
  Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016   Brendan Jones 270 −18 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
2015   Ryo Ishikawa 272 −16 2 strokes   Yūsaku Miyazato
2014   Katsumasa Miyamoto 270 −18 Playoff   Hideto Tanihara
2013   Koumei Oda 273 −15 4 strokes   Shingo Katayama
  Lee Kyoung-hoon
2012   Hiroyuki Fujita 272 −16 1 stroke   Kurt Barnes
  Yuta Ikeda
  Kim Hyung-sung
  Liang Wenchong
2011   Kurt Barnes 275 −13 1 stroke   Shingo Katayama
  Tomohiro Kondo
  Koumei Oda
2010   Yuta Ikeda 274 −14 1 stroke   Jay Choi
  Kim Do-hoon
2009   Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 4 strokes   Kim Kyung-tae
  Tsuneyuki Nakajima
  Kazuhiro Yamashita
2008   Azuma Yano 273 −15 4 strokes   Toshinori Muto
  Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2007   Norio Shinozaki 277 −7 Playoff   Yasuharu Imano
  Chawalit Plaphol
2006   Tomohiro Kondo 274 −10 1 stroke   Kiyoshi Maita
  Kaname Yokoo
2005   Keiichiro Fukabori (2) 274 −14 Playoff   Yasuharu Imano
2004   Chawalit Plaphol 271 −17 1 stroke   Yang Yong-eun
2003   Yeh Wei-tze 277 −11 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
  Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002   Masashi Ozaki (8) 271 −17 1 stroke   Hiroyuki Fujita
2001   Lin Keng-chi 273 −15 2 strokes   Kazuhiro Kinjo
  Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000   Nobuhito Sato 282 −6 1 stroke   Christian Peña
1999   Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke   Naomichi Ozaki
  Katsuyoshi Tomori
1998   Keiichiro Fukabori 279 −9 2 strokes   Lee Janzen
  Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997   Shinichi Yokota 273 −15 3 strokes   Zaw Moe
  Tateo Ozaki
1996   Carlos Franco 282 −6 1 stroke   Masahiro Kuramoto
1995   Masashi Ozaki (7) 279 −9 3 strokes   Ernie Els
1994   Masashi Ozaki (6) 268 −20 9 strokes   Kiyoshi Murota
1993   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4) 274 −14 4 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
  Peter Senior
  Katsunari Takahashi
1992   Masashi Ozaki (5) 280 −8 4 strokes   Ryoken Kawagishi
1991   Akiyoshi Ohmachi 282 −6 2 strokes   Ryoken Kawagishi
1990   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 277 −11 3 strokes   Masashi Ozaki
1989   Masashi Ozaki (4) 280 −8 6 strokes   Ian Woosnam
1988   Naomichi Ozaki 278 −10 Playoff   Brian Jones
1987   Isao Aoki 282 −6 1 stroke   Tsukasa Watanabe
1986   Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 281 −7 2 strokes   Isao Aoki
1985   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 277 −11 2 strokes   Masahiro Kuramoto
ANA Sapporo Open
1984   Pete Izumikawa 280 −8 Playoff   Satsuki Takahashi [3]
1983   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 282 −6 5 strokes   Isao Aoki
1982   Norio Suzuki 278 −10 1 stroke   Isao Aoki
1981   Masahiro Kuramoto 282 −6 3 strokes   Kikuo Arai [4]
1980   Teruo Sugihara (3) 283 −5 1 stroke   Kikuo Arai [5]
1979   Graham Marsh 284 −4 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai
1978   Teruo Sugihara (2) 284 −4 1 stroke   Fujio Kobayashi [6]
1977   Teruo Sugihara 287 −1 1 stroke   Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976   Takashi Murakami 285 −3 3 strokes   Masashi Ozaki [7]
1975   Hsieh Yung-yo 277 −11 2 strokes   Takashi Murakami
1974   Masashi Ozaki (3) 282 −6 Playoff   Isao Aoki
1973   Masashi Ozaki (2) 283 −5 2 strokes   Hsieh Min-Nan [8]
Sapporo Open
1972   Masashi Ozaki 282 −6 4 strokes   Kosaku Shimada
  Hideyo Sugimoto
[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "「平成30年北海道胆振東部地震」の影響によりANAオープンが開催中止" [ANA Open is halted due to the effects of the 30-year-east earthquake in Hokkaido] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239–240, 482–483. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246, 479–480. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 180, 397–398. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ "Sugihara takes 34th golf title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas, US. AP. 3 July 1978. p. 5d. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Murakami wins Sapporo golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. 5 July 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 323, 543. ISBN 0002119544.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 522. ISBN 0002119463.
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