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]

Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Tournament information
LocationOmaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Shizuoka Country Club
(Hamaoka Course)
Par72
Length6,918 yards (6,326 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Hisayuki Sasaki (1997)
274 Hidemichi Tanaka (2000)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Japan Kiyoshi Murota
Location map
Shizuoka CC is located in Japan
Shizuoka CC
Shizuoka CC
Location in Japan
Shizuoka CC is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka CC
Shizuoka CC
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

Winners

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "JGTO tournament bites the dust". Japan Times. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Past winners". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 224, 441–442. ISBN 0862541247.
  4. ^ "Sun daily briefs | Golf". Beatrice Daily. Beatrice, Nebraska. AP. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 449–450. ISBN 0862541018.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 171, 373–374. ISBN 0862540054.
  7. ^ "Hsieh's title". The Straits Times. Reuter. 27 June 1978. p. 25. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  8. ^ "Suzuki wins Shizuoka Open". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. AP. 26 July 1976. p. C-3. Retrieved 31 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 171, 493–494. ISBN 000211996X.
  10. ^ "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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