Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Encyclopedia
The Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic was a golf
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of two long-standing JGT events, the Mizuno Open
and the Yomiuri Open
. It is played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
. The purse for the 2010 event was ¥
130,000,000, with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. In 2011, the name reverted to the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open.
As with the Mizuno Open
, the top four finishers, who were not already exempt regarding The Open Championship
, receive exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and including the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic that earn an exemption to The Open. This gives the event its unique name.
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...
. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of two long-standing JGT events, the Mizuno Open
Mizuno Open
The is a golf tournament played in Japan since 1971. It has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Beginning in 1998, the top four finishers in the Mizuno Open that were not already exempt into The Open Championship received exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and...
and the Yomiuri Open
Yomiuri Open
The Yomiuri Open was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from at least 1979 to 2006. In 2007 it merged with the Mizuno Open to form the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic...
. It is played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...
. The purse for the 2010 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...
130,000,000, with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. In 2011, the name reverted to the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open.
As with the Mizuno Open
Mizuno Open
The is a golf tournament played in Japan since 1971. It has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Beginning in 1998, the top four finishers in the Mizuno Open that were not already exempt into The Open Championship received exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and...
, the top four finishers, who were not already exempt regarding The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
, receive exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and including the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic that earn an exemption to The Open. This gives the event its unique name.
Winners
- 2010 Shunsuke SonodaShunsuke Sonodais a Japanese professional golfer.Sonoda was born in Tokyo. He was first trained by his father. After that he has been taught by golf teaching pro, Todd Baker, since he was 10 years old. When Sonoda visited Gold Coast, Australia with his family at age 13, he decided to study in Gold Coast because...
- 2009 Ryo IshikawaRyo Ishikawa, also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" , is a Japanese professional golfer.On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it...
- 2008 Prayad MarksaengPrayad MarksaengPrayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one...
- 2007 Lee Dong-hwanLee Dong-hwanLee Dong-hwan is a South Korean professional golfer.Lee plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won twice.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*2007 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic*2011 Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood...
External links
- Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site - in English