Shizuoka Open

Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Tournament information
Location	Omaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Established	1972
Course(s)	Shizuoka Country Club; (Hamaoka Course)
Par	72
Length	6,918 yards (6,326 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	March
Final year	2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate	274 Hisayuki Sasaki (1997); 274 Hidemichi Tanaka (2000)
To par	−14 as above
Final champion
	Kiyoshi Murota
Location map
	Shizuoka CC Location in Japan Shizuoka CC Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Shizuoka Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1972, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974. It was last played in 2002 having been dropped from the 2003 tour schedule for economic reasons.^[1] It was played over the Hamaoka Course at Shizuoka Country Club near Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture.^[2]

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
2002	Kiyoshi Murota	276	−12	2 strokes	Kim Jong-duck Masashi Ozaki
2001	Eiji Mizoguchi	279	−9	Playoff	Frankie Miñoza
2000	Hidemichi Tanaka	274	−14	2 strokes	Eiji Mizoguchi
1999	Kim Jong-duck	277	−11	1 stroke	Shusaku Sugimoto
1998	Eduardo Herrera	203^[a]	−13	1 stroke	Kaname Yokoo
1997	Hisayuki Sasaki	274	−14	3 strokes	Carlos Franco
1996	Yoshikazu Sakamoto	211^[a]	−5	Playoff	Carlos Franco Nobuo Serizawa
1995	Brian Watts	280	−8	2 strokes	Shigeki Maruyama
Dydo Shizuoka Open
1994	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	280	−8	Playoff	Tōru Nakamura
1993	David Ishii	275	−13	3 strokes	Hajime Meshiai
1992	Hiroshi Makino	276	−12	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
1991	Yutaka Hagawa	278	−10	1 stroke	Noburo Sugai
Shizuoka Open
1990	Ryoken Kawagishi	280	−8	2 strokes	Hiroshi Makino
1989	Koichi Suzuki	285	−3	1 stroke	Naomichi Ozaki Nobumitsu Yuhara
1988	Toshimitsu Kai	283	−5	Playoff	Tomohiro Maruyama
1987	Lu Liang-Huan (2)	280	−8	2 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1986	Akiyoshi Ohmachi	254^[b]	+2	Playoff	Teruo Sugihara
1985	Seiichi Kanai	284	−4	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Tomishege Ikeda Tōru Nakamura
1984	Naomichi Ozaki	286	−2	5 strokes	Eitaro Deguchi Yoshitaka Yamamoto	^[3]
1983	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	283	−5	4 strokes	Takashi Kurihara Masaji Kusakabe
1982	Eitaro Deguchi	280	−6	2 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara	^[4]
1981	Isao Aoki	279	−9	Playoff	Akira Yabe	^[5]
1980	Katsuji Hasegawa	283	−5	1 stroke	Shinsaku Maeda	^[6]
1979	Akira Yabe	217^[a]	+1	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai Shigeru Nonaka
1978	Hsieh Min-Nan	280	−8	3 strokes	Isao Aoki	^[7]
1977	Lu Liang-Huan	283	−5	Playoff	Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976	Norio Suzuki	277	−11	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan	^[8]
1975	Mya Aye	276	−12	2 strokes	Kenji Mori	^[9]
1974	Takashi Kurihara	287	−1	7 strokes	Seiichi Kanai unknown unknown unknown	^[10]
1973	Sadao Sakashita
1972	Haruo Yasuda

Source:^[2]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
^ Shortened to 63 holes due to weather.

References[edit]

^ "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Past winners". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.
^ "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.
^ "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
^ "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.
^ "Shizuoka Open to Kurihara". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 25 November 1974. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site

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[54weather-3] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[63weather-4] Shortened to 63 holes due to weather.

[1] "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[winners-2] "Past winners". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[5] McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.

[6] "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.

[8] McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.

[9] "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

[10] "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[11] McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.

[12] "Shizuoka Open to Kurihara". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. AP. 25 November 1974. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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