Asia Japan Okinawa Open
Tournament information
LocationYaese, Okinawa, Japan
Established2002
Course(s)Naha Golf Club
Par71
Length6,789 yards (6,208 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$830,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2005
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Kiyoshi Miyazato (2004)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Japan Tadahiro Takayama
Location Map
Naha GC is located in Japan
Naha GC
Naha GC
Location in Japan
Naha GC is located in Okinawa Prefecture
Naha GC
Naha GC
Location in the Okinawa Prefecture

The Asia Japan Okinawa Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was played each December from 2002 to 2005 and counted as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season. The prize fund was US$830,000 each of the first two years.

Tournament hosts

YearsVenueLocation
2005–2006Naha Golf ClubYaese, Okinawa
2003–2004The Southern Links Golf ClubYaese, Okinawa

Winners

YearTours[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Asia Japan Okinawa Open
2005ASA, JPNJapan Tadahiro Takayama276−8PlayoffJapan Kiyoshi Miyazato
2004ASA, JPNJapan Kiyoshi Miyazato270−141 strokeAustralia Scott Barr
Japan Hideki Kase
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Mamo Osanai
India Jeev Milkha Singh
South Korea Charlie Wi
2003ASA, JPNJapan Hideto Tanihara279−93 strokesSouth Korea Chung Joon
Japan Hiroshi Gohda
Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
South Korea Ted Oh
South Korea Charlie Wi
Scotland Simon Yates
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002ASA, JPNJapan Hiroyuki Fujita202[lower-alpha 2]−143 strokesJapan Yūsaku Miyazato
United States Ted Purdy

Earlier tournament

An earlier Okinawa Open was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972.[1]

Notes

  1. JPN − Japan Golf Tour; ASA − Asian Tour.
  2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. "12th Okinawa Open". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 29 October 1972. p. 18.


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