PGA Philanthropy Tournament

PGA Philanthropy Tournament
Tournament information
LocationNara, Nara, Japan
Established1991
Course(s)Nara Wakakusa Country Club
Par71
Length6,635 yards (6,067 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥50,000,000
Month playedJune
Final year2000
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Shigeki Maruyama (1998)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Japan Masashi Shimada
Location map
Nara Wakakusa CC is located in Japan
Nara Wakakusa CC
Nara Wakakusa CC
Location in Japan
Nara Wakakusa CC is located in Nara Prefecture
Nara Wakakusa CC
Nara Wakakusa CC
Location in the Nara Prefecture

The PGA Philanthropy Tournament was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1991 to 2000. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at several different courses throughout Japan.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
2000 Japan Masashi Shimada 201[a] −12 Playoff Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi
Japan Tatsuhiko Takahashi
Nara Wakakusa
1999: No tournament
1998 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 264 −20 1 stroke Japan Satoshi Higashi Shiromizu
1997 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 267 −17 9 strokes Japan Eiji Mizoguchi
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Maple Point
1996 United States Todd Hamilton (2) 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Kazuhiro Takami Oakmont
1995 Japan Kazuhiro Takami 277 −11 Playoff Japan Katsunari Takahashi
United States Brian Watts
Twin Fields
1994 United States Todd Hamilton 278 −10 Playoff Japan Eiji Mizoguchi Golden Valley
1993 Australia Roger Mackay 278 −10 1 stroke United States Brian Watts Ahlex
1992 Japan Masashi Ozaki 270 −14 3 stroke Japan Saburo Fujiki Caledonian
1991 Japan Harumitsu Hamano 273 −15 4 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki Glenmoor

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References