Yomiuri International

Yomiuri International
Tournament information
LocationTokyo, Japan
Established1962
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Month playedMarch/April
Final year1971
Tournament record score
Aggregate278 Peter Thomson (1962)
To par−10 as above
Final champion
Japan Haruo Yasuda
Location map
Yomiuri Country Club is located in Japan
Yomiuri Country Club
Yomiuri Country Club
Location in Japan
Yomiuri Country Club is located in Tokyo
Yomiuri Country Club
Yomiuri Country Club
Location in Tokyo

The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964,[1] and served as the season finale.

In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, because of political tensions[2] and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.[3]

Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding.[4] The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.[5]

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Ref.
1971 AGC Japan Haruo Yasuda 282 −6 Playoff[b] Japan Kosaku Shimada [6]
1970 AGC Australia David Graham 286 −2 3 strokes New Zealand Walter Godfrey [7]
1969 AGC England Guy Wolstenholme 288 E 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara [8]
1968 AGC Taiwan Chen Ching-Po 283 −5 2 strokes Japan Tomoo Ishii [9]
1967 FEC Japan Mitsutaka Kono 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Koichi Ono [10]
1966 FEC Republic of Ireland Hugh Boyle 286 −2 2 strokes Australia Ted Ball [11]
1965 FEC Australia Frank Phillips 288 E 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Ching-Po [12]
1964 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1963 FEC United States Doug Sanders 289 +1 5 strokes Japan Hideyo Sugimoto [5]
1962 FEC Australia Peter Thomson 278 −10 8 strokes Canada Al Balding [4]

Notes

  1. ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit.
  2. ^ Yasuda won with a bogey on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "Japan out of this year's F-E circuit". The Straits Times. 25 January 1964. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ "Yomiuri is out". New Nation. 9 February 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ "Asian golf circuit gets underway". New Nation. 24 February 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  4. ^ a b "Thomson's double". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1962. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Yasuda's title in 3-hole playoff". The Straits Times. 26 April 1971. p. 25. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  7. ^ "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ "Wolstenholme pips Sugihara in Yomiuri". The Straits Times. 14 April 1969. p. 19. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  9. ^ "Rivals crack up and Chen is the champion". The Straits Times. 8 April 1968. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  10. ^ "Yomiuri Open to Japanese". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Japanese golf to Irishman". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 April 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 31 January 2020 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "Phillips Takes Yomiuri Open". The Age. 5 April 1965. p. 24.