The Tokai Classic (東海クラシック, Tōkai kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Vantelin Tokai Classic
Tournament information
LocationMiyoshi, Aichi, Japan
Established1970
Course(s)Miyoshi Country Club
(West Course)
Par71
Length7,300 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Takahiro Hataji (2024)
To par−18 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
Current champion
Japan Takahiro Hataji
Location map
Miyoshi CC is located in Japan
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in Japan
Miyoshi CC is located in Aichi Prefecture
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in the Aichi Prefecture

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2024   Takahiro Hataji 267 −17 1 stroke   Takumi Kanaya
2023   Yuta Kinoshita 269 −15 1 stroke   Rikuya Hoshino
2022   Riki Kawamoto 271 −13 1 stroke   Yuto Katsuragawa
2021   Chan Kim 270 −14 2 strokes   Yuta Ikeda
  Jinichiro Kozuma
  Tomoharu Otsuki
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokai Classic
2019   Shaun Norris 275 −9 1 stroke   Shota Akiyoshi
  Ryuko Tokimatsu
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2018   Angelo Que 271 −17 2 strokes   Won Joon Lee
  Yang Yong-eun
2017   Satoshi Kodaira 274 −14 1 stroke   Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016   Daisuke Kataoka 272 −16 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
2015   Kim Hyung-sung 276 −12 Playoff   Shingo Katayama
2014   Kim Seung-hyuk 281 −7 1 stroke   Hwang Jung-gon
  Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013   Shingo Katayama 281 −7 Playoff   Hidemasa Hoshino
  Satoshi Tomiyama
2012   Ryu Hyun-woo 282 −6 Playoff   Shingo Katayama
2011   Bae Sang-moon 281 −7 1 stroke   Tadahiro Takayama
2010   Michio Matsumura 280 −8 Playoff   Takashi Kanemoto
  Hiroyuki Fujita
2009   Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 1 stroke   Takeshi Kajikawa
2008   Toshinori Muto 277 −11 2 strokes   Yuta Ikeda
2007   Camilo Villegas 282 −2 Playoff   Toyokazu Fujishima
2006   Hidemasa Hoshino 282 −2 2 strokes   Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005   Yang Yong-eun 270 −18 4 strokes   Taichi Teshima
2004   Katsumune Imai 210[a] −6 Playoff   Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003   Nozomi Kawahara 275 −13 1 stroke   Shingo Katayama
  Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002   Toru Taniguchi 278 −10 2 strokes   Nozomi Kawahara
  Zaw Moe
2001   Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 272 −16 2 strokes   Tomohiro Kondo
  Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000   Hirofumi Miyase 276 −12 1 stroke   Toru Taniguchi
1999   Kaname Yokoo 274 −14 1 stroke   Vijay Singh
1998   Toshimitsu Izawa 277 −11 3 strokes   Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997   Brandt Jobe 278 −10 Playoff   Brian Watts
1996   Masanobu Kimura 280 −8 1 stroke   Kazuhiko Hosokawa
  Steve Jones
  Shigeki Maruyama
1995   Masayuki Kawamura 285 −3 1 stroke   Hideki Kase
1994   Corey Pavin 277 −11 1 stroke   Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993   Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 4 strokes   Hajime Meshiai
1992   Mark O'Meara 277 −11 1 stroke   Tom Kite
1991   Eiichi Itai 279 −9 4 strokes   Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990   Graham Marsh (2) 206[a] −10 2 strokes   Tadami Ueno
  Saburo Fujiki
1989   Isao Aoki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes   Pete Izumikawa
1988   Brian Jones 274 −14 3 strokes   Koichi Suzuki
1987   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 282 −6 1 stroke   Masashi Ozaki
1986   Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 9 strokes   Shinsaku Maeda
1985   Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke   Isao Aoki
1984   Yoshihisa Iwashita 276 −12 2 strokes   Masahiro Kuramoto
1983   Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 276 −12 2 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
1982   Hsieh Min-Nan 274 −14 5 strokes   Larry Nelson
1981   Masahiro Kuramoto 209[a] −7 Playoff   Tōru Nakamura
  Hideto Shigenobu
  Fujio Kobayashi
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1980   Larry Nelson 274 −14 1 stroke   Yutaka Hagawa
1979   Tsutomu Irie 275 −13 5 strokes   Hsieh Min-Nan
  Masaji Kusakabe
1978   Masaji Kusakabe 282 −6 2 strokes   Kosaku Shimada
1977   Masashi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 1 stroke   Kosaku Shimada [2]
1976   Isao Aoki 283 −5 Playoff   Teruo Sugihara
  Shigeru Uchida
1975   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 280 −8 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai
  Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974   Kosaku Shimada 276 −12 2 strokes   Teruo Sugihara [3]
1973   Masashi Ozaki 277 −11 1 stroke   Isao Aoki [4]
1972   Kikuo Arai 275 −13 1 stroke   Takaaki Kono [5]
1971   Shigeru Uchida 283 3 strokes   Billy Casper [6]
1970   Fujio Ishii 275 Playoff   Hsieh Min-Nan [7]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ "Kuramoto wins Tokai Classic". The Straits Times. Singapore. 12 October 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ "It's Ozaki's title as Watson falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ "Shimada gets golf victory". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. AP. 28 October 1974. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sport talk | Golf". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 30 October 1973. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Thomson wins Qantas playoff". St Louis Post-Dispatch. St Louis, Missouri. 30 October 1972. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Uchida open winner; Bill Casper second". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. AP. 1 November 1971. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sandra Palmer wins in Japan". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 2 November 1970. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
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