Suntory Open
Tournament information
LocationInzai, Chiba, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Sobu Country Club
Par70
Length7,143 yards (6,532 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Yang Yong-eun (2006)
To par−20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975)
Final champion
Japan Hideto Tanihara
Location Map
Sobu CC is located in Japan
Sobu CC
Sobu CC
Location in Japan
Sobu CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Sobu CC
Sobu CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club.[1] The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1998–2007Sobu Country ClubInzai, Chiba
1974–1997Narashino Country ClubInzai, Chiba
1973Ashitaka 600 ClubNumazu, Shizuoka

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
2007Japan Hideto Tanihara202[lower-alpha 1]−82 strokesJapan Toru Taniguchi[2]
2006South Korea Yang Yong-eun266−146 strokesJapan Hidemasa Hoshino
Japan Toru Taniguchi
2005Japan Yasuharu Imano267−132 strokesJapan Mamo Osanai
2004Japan Hideki Kase267−133 strokesJapan Tomohiro Kondo
Japan Katsuya Nakagawa
Japan Toru Taniguchi
2003India Jyoti Randhawa276−82 strokesAustralia Paul Sheehan
2002Japan Shingo Katayama (2)269−154 strokesJapan Kōki Idoki
Japan Yasuharu Imano
2001Japan Shingo Katayama268−163 strokesNorthern Ireland Darren Clarke
Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
2000Japan Kiyoshi Maita273−111 strokeJapan Yasuharu Imano
1999Zimbabwe Nick Price276−81 strokeJapan Shigeki Maruyama
1998Japan Mamo Osanai274−103 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1997Japan Hiroyuki Fujita274−143 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1996Japan Hajime Meshiai272−163 strokesJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
1995Japan Masahiro Kuramoto273−153 strokesJapan Takaaki Fukuzawa
Japan Satoshi Higashi
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1994United States David Ishii277−11PlayoffJapan Hisayuki Sasaki
1993Japan Eiichi Itai282−61 strokeTaiwan Chen Tze-chung
1992Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2)279−92 strokesAustralia Wayne Grady
Japan Tateo Ozaki
Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1991Japan Naomichi Ozaki276−122 strokesTaiwan Chen Tze-chung
1990Japan Tōru Nakamura271−171 strokeAustralia Graham Marsh[3]
1989United States Larry Nelson276−12PlayoffJapan Saburo Fujiki
1988Japan Tateo Ozaki (2)274−143 strokesJapan Tadami Ueno
1987Japan Noboru Sugai278−103 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
United States Larry Nelson
1986Australia Graham Marsh (2)275−13PlayoffJapan Isao Aoki
1985Japan Tateo Ozaki275−13PlayoffUnited States Larry Nelson
1984Japan Takashi Kurihara271−172 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[4]
1983Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima274−141 strokeJapan Saburo Fujiki[5]
1982Japan Pete Izumikawa207[lower-alpha 1]−92 strokesUnited States Bill Rogers[6]
1981United States Bill Rogers (2)270−182 strokesJapan Norio Suzuki[7]
1980United States Bill Rogers278−102 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh[8]
1979Japan Masaji Kusakabe (2)277−111 strokeTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan[9]
1978Japan Akio Kanemoto281−71 strokeJapan Isao Aoki[10]
1977Japan Masaji Kusakabe279−93 strokesJapan Fujio Kobayashi[11]
1976Australia Graham Marsh273−153 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[12]
1975Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto268−202 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki[13]
1974Japan Masashi Ozaki272−163 strokesJapan Kosaku Shimada[14]
1973Japan Hideyo Sugimoto270−141 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki[15]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  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. ↑ "Taniguchi takes 3-stroke lead". The Japan Times. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Aussies make amends for Norman's fall". The Canberra Times. 11 September 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239, 481–482. ISBN 0862541247.
  5. ↑ "In Brief: First loss for New Zealand schoolboys". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rain plays havoc on two tourneys". The Straits Times. 13 September 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ↑ "In Brief: Bill Rogers wins Suntory Open". The Canberra Times. 14 September 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179–180, 396–397. ISBN 0862540054.
  9. ↑ "Suntory Open to Kusakabe". The Straits Times. 11 September 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. ↑ "Winner in late charge". The Canberra Times. 12 September 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "People in sport". The Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 12 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ↑ "Marsh wins Suntory". The Straits Times. 13 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  13. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 492. ISBN 000211996X.
  14. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 438. ISBN 0002119552.
  15. ↑ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 547–548. ISBN 0002119544.


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