Kirin Open

Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
Tournament information
LocationIbaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1972
CourseIbaraki Golf Club
Par71
Length7,049 yards (6,446 m)
ToursAsia Golf Circuit
Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Japan Shingo Katayama
Location map
Ibaraki GC is located in Japan
Ibaraki GC
Ibaraki GC
Location in Japan
Ibaraki GC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki GC
Ibaraki GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event. It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

Winners

YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
2001JPNJapan Shingo Katayama (2)271−136 strokesJapan Hajime Meshiai
2000JPNJapan Shingo Katayama280−42 strokesTaiwan Lin Keng-chi
Australia Peter Senior
Australia Andre Stolz
Kirin Open
1999AGC, JPNSouth Korea K. J. Choi204−9PlayoffIndia Jeev Milkha Singh
1998AGC, JPNPhilippines Frankie Miñoza (2)279−51 strokeJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
United States Brian Watts
1997AGC, JPNSouth Korea Kim Jong-duck278−102 strokesJapan Shigeki Maruyama
Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Japan Tateo Ozaki
United States Brian Watts
1996AGC, JPNJapan Yoshinori Kaneko278−101 strokeJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
Dunlop Open
1995AGC, JPNAustralia Peter Senior279−95 strokesUnited States Brian Watts
1994AGC, JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki (4)274−141 strokeTaiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993AGC, JPNJapan Hajime Meshiai275−132 strokesJapan Katsunari Takahashi
United States Kevin Wentworth
1992AGC, JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki (3)286−2PlayoffCanada Brent Franklin
1991AGC, JPNAustralia Roger Mackay272−162 strokesJapan Teruo Sugihara
1990AGC, JPNPhilippines Frankie Miñoza205−11PlayoffJapan Teruo Sugihara
1989AGC, JPNAustralia Terry Gale284−41 strokeTaiwan Chen Tze-ming
Australia Peter Senior
1988AGC, JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki (2)278−103 strokesUnited States David Ishii
Dunlop International Open
1987AGC, JPNJapan Isao Aoki277−111 strokeJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1986AGC, JPNJapan Hideto Shigenobu281−72 strokesUnited States David Ishii
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1985AGC, JPNTaiwan Chen Tze-chung277−111 strokeJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1984AGC, JPNUnited States John Jacobs283−52 strokesJapan Tateo Ozaki
1983AGC, JPNUnited States Larry Nelson201−151 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1982AGC, JPNJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima276−125 strokesJapan Saburo Fujiki
1981AGC, JPNJapan Kosaku Shimada286−22 strokesUnited States Payne Stewart
Japan Koichi Uehara
Japan Akira Yabe
1980AGC, JPNJapan Masashi Ozaki277−115 strokesTaiwan Ho Ming-chung
Australia Graham Marsh
1979AGC, JPNJapan Hiroshi Ishii278−103 strokesJapan Seiji Ebihara
Japan Tateo Ozaki
Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1978AGC, JPNTaiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung265−2311 strokesUnited States Bob Byman
1977AGC, JPNPhilippines Ben Arda (2)282−62 strokesNew Zealand Terry Kendall
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Sobu International Open
1976AGC, JPNPhilippines Ben Arda277−114 strokesTaiwan Chen Chien-chung
1975AGC, JPNJapan Teruo Sugihara282−62 strokesAustralia Ted Ball
Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san
Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1974AGC, JPNTaiwan Lu Liang-Huan280−84 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Fumio Tanaka
1973AGCJapan Shigeru Uchida279−9PlayoffJapan Masashi Ozaki
1972AGCTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan279−92 strokesPhilippines Ben Arda

Notes

  1. ↑ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. ↑ Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  4. ↑ Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  5. ↑ Miñoza won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
  6. ↑ Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

References

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  25. ↑ "Veteran Sugihara storms way to Sobhu title, but Hsieh again takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  26. ↑ "Lu cards a 70 to win Sobu Open". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 April 1974. p. 27. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
  27. ↑ "Uchida beats Ozaki". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1973. p. 23. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
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