Kansai Open

The Kansai Open Golf Championship (関西オープンゴルフ選手権競技, Kansai ōpun gorufu sensyuken kyōgi) is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan.[1] It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991 and has been back on the tour schedule since 2009. The 2019 event was the 85th edition.

Kansai Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationNishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1926
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Par71
Length7,180 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hiroyuki Fujita (2009)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Kazuki Higa
Location Map
Yomiuri CC
Location in Japan
Yomiuri CC
Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upPurse (¥)Winner's
share (¥)		VenueRef.
2022 Kazuki Higa270−141 stroke Rikuya Hoshino80,000,00016,000,000Yomiuri
2021 Rikuya Hoshino270−142 strokes Chan Kim60,000,00012,000,000Arima Royal
(Royal)
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic70,000,00014,000,000Arima Royal
(Royal)
2019 Tomoharu Otsuki269−19Playoff Rikuya Hoshino70,000,00014,000,000Koma
2018 Ryuko Tokimatsu278−101 stroke Shugo Imahira
Kunihiro Kamii		70,000,00014,000,000Ono Toyo
2017 Shugo Imahira275−96 strokes Daisuke Kataoka70,000,00014,000,000Joyo
2016 Cho Byung-min278−61 stroke Tomohiro Kondo
Scott Strange		70,000,00014,000,000Hashimoto
2015 Daisuke Kataoka267−173 strokes Brad Kennedy70,000,00014,000,000Meishin Youkaichi
2014 Koumei Oda273−152 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto60,000,00012,000,000Rokko
2013 Brad Kennedy206[lower-alpha 1]−101 stroke Park Sung-joon60,000,00012,000,000Olympic
2012 Toshinori Muto266−181 stroke Kim Hyung-sung60,000,00012,000,000Izumigaoka
2011 Cho Min-gyu270−144 strokes Yoshikazu Haku50,000,00010,000,000Ono
2010 Shigeru Nonaka269−113 strokes Azuma Yano50,000,00010,000,000Tanabe
2009 Hiroyuki Fujita264−202 strokes Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Tomohiro Kondo		50,000,00010,000,000Takarazuka
(New)
2008 Ryo Ishikawa276−124 strokes Yuta IkedaShiga [2]
2007 Koji YamamotoKakogawa
2006 Ryuichi TayasuSumoto
2005 Kazuhiko YamashitaHigashijoyo
2004 Tadahisa InoueBiwako
2003 Satoshi OideHigashihirono
2002 Yuya KamideNara International
2001 Hidemasa HoshinoMiki
2000 Osamu YamaguchiIkeda
1999 Takenori Hiraishi (2)Ono Grand
1998 Shusaku SugimotoShiga
1997 Tatsuo TakasakiCentury Yoshikawa
1996 Takenori HiraishiGrandeji
1995 Asahiko MakazawaOtaninishiki
1994 Kazuo KanayamaAsahi International Tojo
1993 Kotobuki NakaseMinagi
1992 Masanobu Kimura (2)Manju
1991 Toshikazu Sugihara283−51 stroke Teruo Sugihara20,000,0005,000,000Lions
1990 Teruo Sugihara (9)282−61 stroke Yuzo Oyama20,000,0005,000,000Pine Lake
1989 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2)211[lower-alpha 1]−51 stroke Kazuo Kanayama
Toshiaki Nakagawa
Tōru Nakamura		20,000,0003,750,000Hanayashiki
(Hirono)
1988 Yasuo Sone286−23 strokes Shinsaku Maeda20,000,0005,000,000Kitarokko
(East)
1987 Masanobu Kimura292+42 strokes Tōru Nakamura20,000,0005,000,000Asahikokusai Tojyo
1986 Yoshiyuki Isomura284−43 strokes Yoshio Ichikawa
Shinsaku Maeda
Kazuo Yoshikawa		20,000,0005,000,000Rokko Kokusai
1985 Tsutomu Irie280−83 strokes Hisao Inoue
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		Arima Royal
1984 Tōru Nakamura281−72 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto20,000,0005,000,000Hino [3]
1983 Susumu Wakita284−4Arima Royal
1982 Teruo Sugihara (8)285−3Rokko Kokusai
1981 Akio Kanemoto (2)278−102 strokes Toshimitsu Kai
Ichiro Teramoto		15,000,0004,000,000Meishin Yokaichi [4]
1980 Takemitsu Uranishi284−46 strokes Tōru Nakamura
Kosaku Shimada		15,000,0004,000,000Hanayashiki
(Yokawa)		 [5]
1979 Yasuhiro Miyamoto283−5Rokko Kokusai
1978 Akio Kanemoto284−4Playoff Yasuhiro MiyamotoOmi
1977 Yoshitaka Yamamoto285−3Hino
1976 Shinsaku Maeda273−151 stroke Akio KanemotoBiwako [6]
1975 Teruo Sugihara (7)279−96 strokes Yoshitaka Yamamoto5,000,0001,800,000Ono [7]
1974 Teruo Sugihara (6)287−1Nara Kokusai
1973 Teruo Sugihara (5)273−15Nishinomiya
1972 Kazuo YoshikawaHirono
1971 Teruo Sugihara (4)Ibaraki
1970 Kosaku ShimadaNaruo
1969 Shigeru UchidaHirono
1968 Teruo Sugihara (3)Shimonoseki
1967 Teruo SuzumuraYokkaichi
1966 Shozo MiyamotoIbaraki
1965 Teruo Sugihara (2)Naruo
1964 Teruo SugiharaKoga
1963 Tadashi Kitta (3)Hirono
1962 Tadashi Kitta (2)Nishinomiya
1961 Tetsuo Ishii (2)Nagoya
1960 Susumu AraiNara International
1959 Michio Ishii (3)Aichi
1958 Tadashi KittaNaruo
1957 Yousei ShimamuraIbaraki
1956 Tetsuo IshiiTakarazuka
1955 Michio Ishii (2)Hirono
1954 Mitsuji KimotoNaruo
1953 Michio IshiiIbaraki
1952 Yasuke YamadaHirono
1951 Tomekichi Miyamoto (4)Takarazuka
1950 Tomekichi Miyamoto (3)Naruo
1949 Toichiro Toda (4)Takarazuka
1940–1948: No tournament due to World War II
1939 Toichiro Toda (3)Hirono
1938 Toichiro Toda (2)Hirono
1937 Akira MurakiNaruo
1936 Iwaichi UekashiIbaraki
1935 Jiro Morioka (4)Naruo
1934 Jiro Morioka (3)Naruo
1933 Toichiro TodaIbaraki
1932 Jiro Morioka (2)Hirono
1931 Tomekichi Miyamoto (2)Naruo
1930 Takeo IshisumiIbaraki
1929 Jiro MoriokaNaruo
1928 Tomekichi MiyamotoIbaraki
1927 Kazuichi NakagamiNaruo
1926 Kakuji FukuiIbaraki
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References
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  3. McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 238, 478. ISBN 0862541247.
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