Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Tournament information
LocationGotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Taiheiyo Club
(Gotemba Course)
Par70
Length7,262 yards (6,640 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Japan Shugo Imahira
Location Map
Taiheiyo Club is located in Japan
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in Japan
Taiheiyo Club is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友Visa太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000.[1] It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.

The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.

The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.[2]

Tournament hosts

YearsVenueLocation
1977–presentTaiheiyo Club, Gotemba CourseGotemba, Shizuoka
1972–1976Sobu Country ClubInzai, Chiba

Winners

YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2023JPNJapan Shugo Imahira268−121 strokeJapan Taiki Yoshida
2022JPNJapan Ryo Ishikawa (3)272−8PlayoffJapan Rikuya Hoshino
2021JPNJapan Hideto Tanihara (2)274−61 strokeJapan Takumi Kanaya
2020JPNJapan Jinichiro Kozuma272−81 strokeJapan Ryosuke Kinoshita
2019JPNJapan Takumi Kanaya (a)267−131 strokeSouth Africa Shaun Norris
2018JPNJapan Tatsunori Nukaga201[lower-alpha 2]−92 strokesSouth Korea Kim Seung-hyuk
2017JPNJapan Satoshi Kodaira270−183 strokesJapan Yūsaku Miyazato
2016JPNJapan Hideki Matsuyama (2)265−237 strokesSouth Korea Song Young-han
2015JPNJapan Shingo Katayama (2)202[lower-alpha 2]−141 strokeThailand Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014JPNUnited States David Oh276−121 strokeJapan Toshinori Muto
2013JPNJapan Hideto Tanihara275−131 strokeJapan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Masahiro Kawamura
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2012JPNJapan Ryo Ishikawa (2)273−151 strokeJapan Michio Matsumura
2011JPNJapan Hideki Matsuyama (a)203[lower-alpha 2]−132 strokesJapan Toru Taniguchi
2010JPNJapan Ryo Ishikawa274−142 strokesAustralia Brendan Jones
2009JPNJapan Yasuharu Imano275–132 strokesJapan Kenichi Kuboya
United States Han Lee
2008JPNJapan Shingo Katayama272−16PlayoffJapan Yasuharu Imano
2007JPNAustralia Brendan Jones274−141 strokeJapan Toru Taniguchi
2006JPNJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima275−131 strokeJapan Toru Taniguchi
2005JPNNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke (2)270−182 strokesJapan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004JPNNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke266−226 strokesJapan Nozomi Kawahara
England Lee Westwood
2003JPNJapan Kiyoshi Murota272−166 strokesUnited States Ben Curtis
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
South Korea Kim Jong-duck
2002JPNJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima272−161 strokeJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
2001JPNJapan Toshimitsu Izawa270−182 strokesJapan Yūsaku Miyazato (a)
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000JPNJapan Toshimitsu Izawa274−141 strokeJapan Keiichiro Fukabori
1999JPNJapan Hirofumi Miyase274−14PlayoffNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
1998JPNEngland Lee Westwood (3)275−132 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1997JPNEngland Lee Westwood (2)272−161 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1996JPNEngland Lee Westwood206[lower-alpha 2]−10PlayoffItaly Costantino Rocca
United States Jeff Sluman
1995JPNJapan Satoshi Higashi274−144 strokesJapan Shigeki Maruyama
1994JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki270−185 strokesUnited States Bob Estes
1993JPNAustralia Greg Norman272−161 strokeJapan Yoshi Mizumaki
Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters
1992JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki276−121 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
Germany Bernhard Langer
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1991JPNAustralia Roger Mackay272−162 strokesUnited States Yoshinori Kaneko
1990JPNSpain José María Olazábal (2)270−185 strokesGermany Bernhard Langer
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1989JPNSpain José María Olazábal203[lower-alpha 2]−133 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1988JPNSpain Seve Ballesteros281−73 strokesJapan Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987JPNAustralia Graham Marsh276−121 strokeUnited States Tom Watson
1986JPNJapan Yasuhiro Funatogawa274−142 strokesUnited States Larry Nelson
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1985JPNJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima280−8PlayoffAustralia David Graham
1984JPNJapan Shinsaku Maeda275−131 strokeJapan Kikuo Arai
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1983: No tournament
1982JPNUnited States Scott Hoch278−103 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters
1981JPNUnited States Danny Edwards276−123 strokesUnited States Jerry Pate
United States Tom Watson
1980JPNJapan Norio Suzuki (2)282−6PlayoffJapan Masashi Ozaki
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1979JPNJapan Norio Suzuki280−82 strokesUnited States Rod Curl
United States Bill Rogers
United States Tom Watson
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1978JPNUnited States Gil Morgan273−113 strokesUnited States Jerry Pate
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1977JPNUnited States Bill Rogers275−91 strokeUnited States Mike Morley
Japan Teruo Sugihara
1976JPNUnited States Jerry Pate279−52 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
1975JPNUnited States Gene Littler (2)278−61 strokeUnited States Lee Elder
United States Hubert Green
United States Allen Miller
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1974United States Gene Littler279−55 strokesUnited States Bert Yancey
1973JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki278−6PlayoffUnited States Bert Yancey
1972United States Gay Brewer276−8PlayoffAustralia David Graham

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records
Sources:[3][4]

Notes

  1. JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 255. ISBN 0002119552.
  2. Mozley, Dana (27 August 1976). "Bohen Snares Met Open Title After 3-Way, 3-Hole Playoff". Daily News. p. 77. Retrieved 19 March 2021 via newspapers.com.
  3. 歴代優勝者 - 2015三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ
  4. Past Champions
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