Woodone Open Hiroshima

Woodone Open Hiroshima
Tournament information
LocationHigashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Hiroshima Country Club
Par71
Length6,942 yards (6,348 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Tetsuji Hiratsuka (2006)
To par−22 Shingo Katayama (2004)
Final champion
Japan Toru Taniguchi
Location map
Hiroshima CC is located in Japan
Hiroshima CC
Hiroshima CC
Location in Japan
Hiroshima CC is located in Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima CC
Hiroshima CC
Location in the Hiroshima Prefecture

The Woodone Open Hiroshima was a professional golf tournament in Japan. Founded in 1972 as the Hiroshima Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 2007. Except for the 1997 tournament, which was held at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture, and the 1980 tournament, which was held at Kam Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba, it was played at Hiroshima Country Club near Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Woodone Open Hiroshima
2007 Japan Toru Taniguchi 269 −15 Playoff[a] Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
2006 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 265 −19 2 strokes South Korea Hur Suk-ho
Japan Shingo Katayama
2005 Japan Takao Nogami 270 −14 1 stroke Fiji Dinesh Chand
2004 Japan Shingo Katayama 266 −22 5 strokes Japan Ryuichi Oda
2003 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 275 −13 Playoff[b] Japan Kiyoshi Murota
Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima
2002 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 274 −14 3 strokes Japan Mamo Osanai
2001 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori (2) 203[c] −13 Playoff[d] Japan Masashi Ozaki
2000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
Yonex Open Hiroshima
1999 Japan Masashi Ozaki (9) 273 −15 Playoff[e] Japan Shigemasa Higaki
1998 Japan Masashi Ozaki (8) 270 −18 1 stroke Australia Peter McWhinney
1997 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
1996 Japan Hideyuki Sato 273 −15 4 strokes Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
1995 Japan Masashi Ozaki (7) 207[c] −9 1 stroke Japan Satoshi Higashi
1994 Japan Masashi Ozaki (6) 274 −14 3 strokes Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1993 Japan Toshiaki Odate 275 −9 Playoff[f] United States Wayne Levi
1992 Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara 275 −9 1 stroke Japan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Satoshi Higashi
Japan Kiyoshi Murota
1991 Japan Eiichi Itai 272 −12 2 strokes Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 270 −18 6 strokes Japan Seiji Ebihara
Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1988 Japan Hajime Matsui 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
Hiroshima Open
1987 Japan Hajime Meshiai 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura
Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
Japan Tadao Nakamura
1986 Japan Tōru Nakamura (2) 272 −16 Playoff Japan Saburo Fujiki
1985 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1984 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 269 −15 3 strokes Japan Masaji Kusakabe [1]
1983 Japan Katsunari Takahashi 273 −15 Playoff[g] Japan Tateo Ozaki [2]
1982 Japan Takashi Kurihara 272 −12 4 strokes Japan Yutaka Hagawa
1981 Japan Seiichi Kanai 202[c] −14 Playoff[h] Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen [3]
1980 Japan Norio Suzuki 276 −12 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Taiwan Chen Tze-ming
Japan Haruo Yasuda
[4]
1979 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 270 −18 8 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda
Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
[5]
1978 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1977 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki [6]
1976 Japan Masashi Ozaki 200[c] −13 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara [7]
1975 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan (2) 275 −13 Playoff[i] Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Kosaku Shimada
[8]
1974 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Takashi Murakami [9]
1973 Japan Tōru Nakamura 269 −19 1 stroke Philippines Iraneo Legaspi [10]
1972 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo 202 −14 2 strokes Japan Takashi Murakami [11]

Source:[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Taniguchi won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ Izawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  4. ^ Fukabori won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Ozaki won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  6. ^ Odate won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  7. ^ Takahashi won with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  8. ^ Kanai won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  9. ^ Lu won a two-hole playoff by two strokes; Lu (E), Nakamura (+2), Shimada (+2).

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 243, 489–490. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Takahashi wins Hiroshima Open". Singapore Monitor. 26 September 1983. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246–247, 480–481. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 181, 398–399. ISBN 0862540054.
  5. ^ "Hinkle chalks up third win". The Straits Times. 10 September 1979. p. 25. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  6. ^ "Red hot Cole wins by one stroke". New Nation. 5 September 1977. p. 21. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "Ozaki wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. 6 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 295, 477–502. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 437–438. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 549–550. ISBN 0002119544.
  11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 526. ISBN 0002119463.
  12. ^ "大会の歴史" [Tournament history] (in Japanese). Hiroshima TV. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2021.