Kanto Open
Encyclopedia
The Kanto Open is a golf
tournament in Japan
. It was played as early as 1955 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour
from 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in Japan.
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 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was played as early as 1955 and was an event 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 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in Japan.
Winners
this list is incomplete- 1999 Hisayuki SasakiHisayuki SasakiHisayuki Sasaki is a Japanese professional golfer.Sasaki has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings....
- 1998
- 1997 Akihito YokoyamaAkihito Yokoyamais a Japanese professional golfer.Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1988 Kanto Open*1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open*1991 NST Niigata Open-External links:...
- 1996 Keiichiro FukaboriKeiichiro Fukaboriis a Japanese professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has eight wins on the Tour, and had his best year during the 2000 season.Fukabori was born in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1995....
- 1995 Yutaka HagawaYutaka Hagawais a Japanese professional golfer. Hagawa is left-handed golfer.Hagawa played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1981 Japan Open, Nippon Series*1983 Tohoku Classic*1991 Imperial Open, Dydo Shizuoka Open-External links:...
- 1994 Hisayuki SasakiHisayuki SasakiHisayuki Sasaki is a Japanese professional golfer.Sasaki has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings....
- 1993 Takaaki Fukuzawa
- 1992 Tatsuya Shiraishi
- 1991 Yoshinori KanekoYoshinori KanekoYoshinori Kaneko is a Japanese professional golfer.Kaneko played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1991 Kanto Open*1992 Descente Classic*1996 Token Corporation Cup, Kirin Open, Mizuno Open...
- 1990 Ryoken KawagishiRyoken KawagishiRyoken Kawagishi is a Japanese professional golfer.Kawagishi was born in Ishikawa Prefecture.As an amateur, he won two events in the United States in 1989, the Eastern Amateur and the Monroe Invitational....
- 1989 Yoshi MizumakiYoshi MizumakiYoshi Mizumaki is a Japanese professional golfer.Mizumaki played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. He also played on the PGA Tour in 1994 and 1995...
- 1988 Akihito YokoyamaAkihito Yokoyamais a Japanese professional golfer.Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1988 Kanto Open*1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open*1991 NST Niigata Open-External links:...
- 1987 Yoshikazu YokoshimaYoshikazu YokoshimaYoshikazu Yokoshima is a Japanese professional golfer.Yokoshima played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1976 Dunlop Tournament*1980 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament*1987 Kanto Open...
- 1986 Isao AokiIsao Aokiis one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...
- 1985 Seiichi KanaiSeiichi KanaiSeiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer.Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 18th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1976 Japan PGA Championship*1978 Kanto Open...
- 1984 Tsuneyuki NakajimaTsuneyuki NakajimaTsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years:...
- 1983 Saburo FujikiSaburo Fujikiis a Japanese professional golfer.Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 13th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1981 ASO National Park Open, Hakkoku Open*1983 KBC Augusta, Kanto Open...
- 1982 Masashi OzakiMasashi Ozakiis a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...
- 1981 Nobumitsu YuharaNobumitsu Yuharais a Japanese professional golfer.Yuhara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1981 Kanto Open, Jun Classic*1983 Fujisankei Classic*1990 Pocari Sweat Open*1992 Sapporo Tokyu Open, Yonex Open Hiroshima...
- 1980 Isao AokiIsao Aokiis one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...
- 1979 Masaru AmonoMasaru AmonoMasaru Amono , also known as Masaru Amano, was a Japanese professional golfer.Amono played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. As a senior golfer, he won the 1995 Senior PGA Tour qualifying school in the United States and played on the tour in 1996...
- 1978 Seiichi KanaiSeiichi KanaiSeiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer.Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 18th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1976 Japan PGA Championship*1978 Kanto Open...
- 1977 Masashi OzakiMasashi Ozakiis a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...
- 1976 Masashi OzakiMasashi Ozakiis a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...
- 1975 Isao AokiIsao Aokiis one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...
- 1974 Isao AokiIsao Aokiis one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...
- 1973 Takashi KuriharaTakashi KuriharaTakashi Kurihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Kurihara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1973 Kanto Open*1974 Shizuoka Open*1979 ASO National Park Open*1982 Hiroshima Open...
- 1972 Masashi OzakiMasashi Ozakiis a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...
- 1971
- 1970
- 1969 Haruo YasudaHaruo YasudaHaruo Yasuda is a Japanese professional golfer.Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-Tour events in Japan and Southeast Asia.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1974 Tokyo Charity Classic...
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- 1962 Chen Ching-Po
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- 1960 Yoshiro Hayashi
- 1959
- 1958
- 1957 Torakichi NakamuraTorakichi Nakamurawas a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan.Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddy at the age of 14. He became a...
- 1956
- 1955 Yoshiro Hayashi
- 1954
- 1953 Torakichi NakamuraTorakichi Nakamurawas a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan.Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddy at the age of 14. He became a...
- 1952 Torakichi NakamuraTorakichi Nakamurawas a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan.Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddy at the age of 14. He became a...
- 1951 Torakichi NakamuraTorakichi Nakamurawas a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan.Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddy at the age of 14. He became a...
- 1950 Torakichi NakamuraTorakichi Nakamurawas a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan.Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddy at the age of 14. He became a...
External links
- Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site - in English