Aiful Cup
Encyclopedia
The Aiful Cup was a golf
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
from 1998 to 2006. It was played at a variety of courses throughout Japan
. The purse for the 2006 event was ¥
120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.
Aiful Cup
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
from 1998 to 2006. It was played at a variety of courses throughout Japan
Japan
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. The purse for the 2006 event was ¥
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.
Winners
The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki- 2006 Toru TaniguchiToru Taniguchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Taniguchi was born in Nara. He has won 17 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour , topped the money list in 2002 and 2007, and is fifth on the career money list...
Aiful Cup
- 2005 Tatsuhiko TakahashiTatsuhiko Takahashiis a Japanese professional golfer.Takahashi plays on the Japan Golf Tour, and has won twice.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*2005 Aiful Cup*2006 UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills-Other wins:...
- 2004 Takuya TaniguchiTakuya Taniguchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Taniguchi plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has won twice on tour and once on the Japan Challenge Tour.-External links:...
- 2003 Taichi TeshimaTaichi TeshimaTaichi Teshima is a Japanese professional golfer.Teshima was born in Fukuoka. He has won six tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
- 2002 Yasuharu ImanoYasuharu ImanoYasuharu Imano is a Japanese professional golfer.Imano was born in Gifu Prefecture. He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won seven times between 1999 and 2009.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1999 The Crowns...
- 2001 Lin Keng-chiLin Keng-chiLin Keng-chi is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Lin has won five tournaments on the Asian Tour and topped the Tour's money list in 1995. He has also played extensively on the Japan Golf Tour, where he had won three titles. In 2001 he reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
- 2000 Dean WilsonDean WilsonDean Hiroshi Wilson is an American professional golfer.Wilson was born in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He turned professional in 1992 after graduating from Brigham Young University and has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour and once on the PGA Tour. After a poor 2009 season Wilson lost his PGA Tour playing...
- 1999 Toshimitsu IzawaToshimitsu IzawaToshimitsu Izawa is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside of Japan as Toshi Izawa.Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989....
- 1998 Hidemichi TanakaHidemichi Tanakais a Japanese professional golfer.Tanaka was born in Hiroshima. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001...
External links
- Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site - in English