Kirin Open

{{infobox golf tournament | name = Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open | image = | caption = | location = [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki]], Japan | establishment = 1972 | course = Ibaraki Golf Club | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|7049|yd|m}} | lang =  | org = | tour = [[Asia Golf Circuit]] [[Japan Golf Tour]] | format = [[Stroke play]] | purse = {{currency|100,000,000|JPY}} | month_played = April | final_year = 2001 | defunct =  | aggregate = 265 [[Kuo Chie-Hsiung]] (1978) | to-par = −23 ''as above'' | score =  | current_champion =  | final_champion = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]] | current =  | map = Japan#Japan Ibaraki Prefecture | map_label = Ibaraki GC | map_caption = Location in [[Japan]]##Location in the [[Ibaraki Prefecture]] | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | coordinates = {{coord|36.003|140.053}} }} The '''Kirin Open''' was a [[golf]] tournament in [[Japan]]. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the [[Asia Golf Circuit]], replacing the [[Yomiuri International]] which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/newnation19720224-1.2.89 |title=Asian golf circuit gets underway |newspaper=New Nation |date=24 February 1972 |page=14 |via=National Library Board (Singapore) |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newnation19720209-1.1.19 |title=Yomiuri is out |newspaper=New Nation |date=9 February 1972 |page=19 |via=National Library Board (Singapore) |access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref> It was also a fixture on the [[Japan Golf Tour]] from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in [[Inzai]] until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]].

==Winners== {|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%" |- !Year!!Tour(s){{efn|AGC − [[Asia Golf Circuit]]; JPN − [[Japan Golf Tour]].}}!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of victory!!Runner(s)-up!!Ref. |- ! colspan=9|Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open |- | 2001 || [[2001 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]]|| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]] (2) || align=center|271 || align=center|−13 || 6 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hajime Meshiai]] || |- | 2000 || [[2000 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]]|| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]] || align=center|280 || align=center|−4 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Lin Keng-chi]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Senior]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Andre Stolz]] || |- ! colspan=9|Kirin Open |- | 1999 || AGC, [[1999 Japan Golf Tour|JPN]]|| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[K. J. Choi]] || align=center|204{{efn|name=54rain|Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.}} || align=center|−9 || Playoff{{efn|Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.}} || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeev Milkha Singh]] || <ref name=choi99>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44751319/ |title=Kirin Open |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |date=26 April 1999 |page=36 |access-date=21 February 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 1998 || [[1997–98 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1998 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|PHL}} [[Frankie Miñoza]] (2) || align=center|279 || align=center|−5 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hidemichi Tanaka]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsukasa Watanabe]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]] || |- | 1997 || [[1996–97 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1997 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Kim Jong-duck]] || align=center|278 || align=center|−10 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hirofumi Miyase]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tateo Ozaki]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]] || |- | 1996 || [[1995–96 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1996 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Yoshinori Kaneko]] || align=center|278 || align=center|−10 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Nobuo Serizawa]] || |- ! colspan=9|Dunlop Open |- | 1995 || [[1995 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1995 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Senior]] || align=center|279 || align=center|−9 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Watts]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130545646 |title=International Results – Golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 April 1995 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=25 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1994 || [[1994 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1994 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] (4) || align=center|274 || align=center|−14 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsieh Chin-sheng]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118115501 |title=International Results – Golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=25 April 1994 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=21 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1993 || [[1993 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1993 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hajime Meshiai]] || align=center|275 || align=center|−13 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Katsunari Takahashi]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Wentworth]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126984809 |title=International Results – Golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=26 April 1993 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=22 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1992 || [[1992 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1992 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] (3) || align=center|286 || align=center|−2 || Playoff{{efn|Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.}} || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Brent Franklin]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122412683 |title=International Results – Golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 April 1992 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=18 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1991 || [[1991 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1991 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Roger Mackay]] || align=center|272 || align=center|−16 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Teruo Sugihara]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122353806 |title=International Results – Golf |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=29 April 1991 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=24 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1990 || [[1990 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1990 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|PHL|1936}} [[Frankie Miñoza]] || align=center|205{{efn|name=54rain}} || align=center|−11 || Playoff{{efn|Miñoza won with a [[birdie (golf)|birdie]] on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.}} || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Teruo Sugihara]] || <ref name=minoza90>{{cite book |title=The World of Professional Golf 1991 |first=Mark H. |last=McCormack |author-link=Mark McCormack |publisher=Chapmans |date=1991 |pages=283, 524 |isbn=1855925583}}</ref> |- | 1989 || [[1989 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1989 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Terry Gale]] || align=center|284 || align=center|−4 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Chen Tze-ming]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Senior]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122257083 |title=Surprise win for Gale |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=25 April 1989 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=19 |via=Trove}}</ref> |- | 1988 || [[1988 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1988 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] (2) || align=center|278 || align=center|−10 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Ishii]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cnVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ueQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1316%2C957464 |title=Sport Summary – Golf – Dunlop Open |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |date=25 April 1988 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=27 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |- ! colspan=9|Dunlop International Open |- | 1987 || [[1987 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1987 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Isao Aoki]] || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Yoshitaka Yamamoto]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19870427-1.1.26 |title=Aoki A-okay for Dunlop crown |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=27 April 1987 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=2 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1986 || [[1986 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1986 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hideto Shigenobu]] || align=center|281 || align=center|−7 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Ishii]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masahiro Kuramoto]] || <ref>{{cite book |title=Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 |first=Mark H. |last=McCormack |author-link=Mark McCormack |publisher=Collins Willow |date=1987 |page=473 |isbn=0002182572}}</ref> |- | 1985 || [[1985 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1985 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Chen Tze-chung]] || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19850429-1.1.24 |title=Chen's day again |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=29 April 1985 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=24 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1984 || [[1984 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1984 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Jacobs (American golfer)|John Jacobs]] || align=center|283 || align=center|−5 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tateo Ozaki]] || <ref>{{cite book |title=Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 |first=Mark H. |last=McCormack |author-link=Mark McCormack |publisher=Springwood Books Ltd. |date=1985 |page=451 |isbn=0862541247}}</ref> |- | 1983 || [[1983 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1983 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Nelson]] || align=center|201{{efn|name=54rain}} || align=center|−15 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masahiro Kuramoto]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19830423-1.1.41|title=Nicklaus leads the elite |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=23 April 1983 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=41 |via=National Library Board}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19830425-1.1.39 |title=Eagle does it for Nelson |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=25 April 1983 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=39 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1982 || [[1982 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1982 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] || align=center|276 || align=center|−12 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Saburo Fujiki]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MzNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sZQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2957%2C5710972 |title=Shearer one off lead |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |date=26 April 1982 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=25 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |- | 1981 || [[1981 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1981 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kosaku Shimada]] || align=center|286 || align=center|−2 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Payne Stewart]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Koichi Uehara]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Akira Yabe]] || <ref>{{cite book |title=Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982 |first=Mark H. |last=McCormack |author-link=Mark McCormack |publisher=Springwood Books Ltd. |date=1982 |page=448 |isbn=0862541018}}</ref> |- | 1980 || [[1980 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1980 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 5 strokes || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Ho Ming-chung]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Graham Marsh]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19800428-1.1.26 |title=Ozaki hits 70 to finish 5 strokes ahead |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=28 April 1980 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=26 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1979 || [[1979 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1979 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hiroshi Ishii (golfer)|Hiroshi Ishii]] || align=center|278 || align=center|−10 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Seiji Ebihara]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tateo Ozaki]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Katsunari Takahashi]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19790423-1.2.91.2 |title=Veteran Ishii triumphs in Japan Open |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=23 April 1979 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=28 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1978 || [[1978 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1978 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Kuo Chie-Hsiung]] || align=center|265 || align=center|−23 || 11 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Byman]] || <ref>{{cite book |title=Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 |first=Mark H. |last=McCormack |author-link=Mark McCormack |publisher=Doubleday Publishing |date=1979 |page=385 |isbn=0385149409}}</ref> |- | 1977 || [[1977 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1977 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|PHL|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] (2) || align=center|282 || align=center|−6 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Terry Kendall]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6vFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ipIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1874%2C6743023 |title=Veteran has good win |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |date=25 April 1977 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=27 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |- ! colspan=9|Sobu International Open |- | 1976 || [[1976 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1976 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|PHL|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || align=center|277 || align=center|−11 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Chen Chien-chung]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760426-1.1.27 |title=Arda wins right to play in British, US meets |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=26 April 1976 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=27 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1975 || [[1975 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1975 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Teruo Sugihara]] || align=center|282 || align=center|−6 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ted Ball]] {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsu Sheng-san]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hideyo Sugimoto]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19750421-1.1.26 |title=Veteran Sugihara storms way to Sobhu title, but Hsieh again takes circuit prize |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=21 April 1975 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=26 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1974 || [[1974 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]], [[1974 PGA of Japan Tour|JPN]] || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Lu Liang-Huan]] || align=center|280 || align=center|−8 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Fumio Tanaka]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19740422-1.2.127.1 |title=Lu cards a 70 to win Sobu Open |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=22 April 1974 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=27 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1973 || [[1973 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]]|| {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Shigeru Uchida (golfer)|Shigeru Uchida]] || align=center|279 || align=center|−9 || Playoff{{efn|Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.}} || {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Masashi Ozaki]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730423-1.2.115.12 |title=Uchida beats Ozaki |newspaper=The Straits Times |location=Singapore |date=23 April 1973 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=23 |via=National Library Board}}</ref> |- | 1972 || [[1972 Asia Golf Circuit|AGC]]|| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Hsieh Min-Nan]] || align=center|279 || align=center|−9 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|PHL|1936}} [[Ben Arda]] || <ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19720424&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Marsh wins circuit prize |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |date=24 April 1972 |access-date=22 February 2020 |page=27 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref> |}

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==External links== *[http://www.jgto.org/pc/WG02090000Init.do?year=2001&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=6 Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site]

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