# Aiful Cup

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The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki Tournament information Location Omaezaki, Shizuoka, Japan Established 1998 Course(s) Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course & Hotel Par 71 Length 6,922 yards (6,329 m) Tour Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥120,000,000 Month played July Final year 2006 Tournament record score Aggregate 268 Yasuharu Imano (2002) 268 Tatsuhiko Takahashi (2005) To par −20 Yasuharu Imano (2002) Final champion Toru Taniguchi Location map Shizuoka Country Hamaoka CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Shizuoka Country Hamaoka CC Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture Show map of Shizuoka Prefecture

The **Aiful Cup** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament held in Japan from 1998 to 2006. It was an event on the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour) and was played at a variety of courses throughout [Japan](/source/Japan). The final event in 2006 was titled **The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki** with a purse of [¥](/source/Japanese_yen)120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.

## Overview

The tournament was originally planned to be held as the "Aiful Cup Golf Tournament" under the special sponsorship of Aiful, a major consumer finance company.

However, Aiful's violations of the Money Lending Business Control and Regulation Law, including aggressive sales activities, severe collections, and illegal interest rates, were discovered and became a social problem. The 2006 tournament was held under the same name as the original agreement (120 million yen prize money, 24 million yen prize money for the winner, etc.).[1] However, the tournament was abandoned after 2007 due to "various circumstances surrounding the consumer finance industry" (for the same reason, the "ACOM International" and the "LPGA Takefuji Classic" were also abandoned).[2]

The Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course, the venue of the tournament, used to be the site of the "DAIDOH DRINKO Shizuoka Open" (sponsored by Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting) held every year in late March.

## Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location 2006 Shizuoka Country Hamaoka Course & Hotel Omaezaki, Shizuoka 2004–2005 Daisen Ark Country Club Hōki, Tottori 2002–2003 Golf Club Twin Fields (Gold Course) Komatsu, Ishikawa 1999–2002 Ajigasawa Kogen Golf Course Ajigasawa, Aomori 1998 Aomori Country Club Aomori, Aomori

## Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki 2006 Toru Taniguchi 273 −11 Playoff Tomohiro Kondo Hur Suk-ho Aiful Cup 2005 Tatsuhiko Takahashi 268 −16 1 stroke Yasuaki Takashima 2004 Takuya Taniguchi 270 −14 2 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto 2003 Taichi Teshima 269 −19 Playoff Katsumasa Miyamoto 2002 Yasuharu Imano 268 −20 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa 2001 Lin Keng-chi 270 −18 Playoff Toru Suzuki 2000 Dean Wilson 271 −17 1 stroke Eiji Mizoguchi 1999 Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi 1998 Hidemichi Tanaka 273 −15 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa Tatsuo Takasaki

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** 『産経新聞』2006年5月14日付大阪本社朝刊22面。

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 「ゴルフツアー来季4戦以上消える 男の出番激減 止まらぬスポンサー撤退 賞金30億割れも」『日刊スポーツ』2006年（平成18年）11月9日付10面。

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["大会ヒストリー"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060208175822/http://www.aifulcup.jp/history.html) [Tournament history]. *Aiful Cup* (in Japanese). Archived from [the original](http://www.aifulcup.jp/history.html) on 8 February 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

## External links

- [Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2006&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=18)

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