# Kirin Open

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Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open Tournament information Location Ibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan Established 1972 Course Ibaraki Golf Club Par 71 Length 7,049 yards (6,446 m) Tour(s) Asia Golf Circuit Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥100,000,000 Month played April Final year 2001 Tournament record score Aggregate 265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978) To par −23 as above Final champion Shingo Katayama Location map Ibaraki GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Ibaraki GC Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture

The **Kirin Open** was a [golf](/source/Golf) tournament in [Japan](/source/Japan). It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the [Asia Golf Circuit](/source/Asia_Golf_Circuit), replacing the [Yomiuri International](/source/Yomiuri_International) which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.[1][2] It was also a fixture on the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour) from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in [Inzai](/source/Inzai) until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in [Ibaraki](/source/Ibaraki%2C_Ibaraki).

## Winners

Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Ref. Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open 2001 JPN Shingo Katayama (2) 271 −13 6 strokes Hajime Meshiai 2000 JPN Shingo Katayama 280 −4 2 strokes Lin Keng-chi Peter Senior Andre Stolz Kirin Open 1999 AGC, JPN K. J. Choi 204[b] −9 Playoff[c] Jeev Milkha Singh [3] 1998 AGC, JPN Frankie Miñoza (2) 279 −5 1 stroke Hidemichi Tanaka Tsukasa Watanabe Brian Watts 1997 AGC, JPN Kim Jong-duck 278 −10 2 strokes Shigeki Maruyama Hirofumi Miyase Tateo Ozaki Brian Watts 1996 AGC, JPN Yoshinori Kaneko 278 −10 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima Nobuo Serizawa Dunlop Open 1995 AGC, JPN Peter Senior 279 −9 5 strokes Brian Watts [4] 1994 AGC, JPN Masashi Ozaki (4) 274 −14 1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng [5] 1993 AGC, JPN Hajime Meshiai 275 −13 2 strokes Katsunari Takahashi Kevin Wentworth [6] 1992 AGC, JPN Masashi Ozaki (3) 286 −2 Playoff[d] Brent Franklin [7] 1991 AGC, JPN Roger Mackay 272 −16 2 strokes Teruo Sugihara [8] 1990 AGC, JPN Frankie Miñoza 205[b] −11 Playoff[e] Teruo Sugihara [9] 1989 AGC, JPN Terry Gale 284 −4 1 stroke Chen Tze-ming Peter Senior [10] 1988 AGC, JPN Masashi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 3 strokes David Ishii [11] Dunlop International Open 1987 AGC, JPN Isao Aoki 277 −11 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima Yoshitaka Yamamoto [12] 1986 AGC, JPN Hideto Shigenobu 281 −7 2 strokes David Ishii Masahiro Kuramoto [13] 1985 AGC, JPN Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima [14] 1984 AGC, JPN John Jacobs 283 −5 2 strokes Tateo Ozaki [15] 1983 AGC, JPN Larry Nelson 201[b] −15 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto [16][17] 1982 AGC, JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima 276 −12 5 strokes Saburo Fujiki [18] 1981 AGC, JPN Kosaku Shimada 286 −2 2 strokes Payne Stewart Koichi Uehara Akira Yabe [19] 1980 AGC, JPN Masashi Ozaki 277 −11 5 strokes Ho Ming-chung Graham Marsh [20] 1979 AGC, JPN Hiroshi Ishii 278 −10 3 strokes Seiji Ebihara Tateo Ozaki Katsunari Takahashi [21] 1978 AGC, JPN Kuo Chie-Hsiung 265 −23 11 strokes Bob Byman [22] 1977 AGC, JPN Ben Arda (2) 282 −6 2 strokes Terry Kendall Tsuneyuki Nakajima [23] Sobu International Open 1976 AGC, JPN Ben Arda 277 −11 4 strokes Chen Chien-chung [24] 1975 AGC, JPN Teruo Sugihara 282 −6 2 strokes Ted Ball Hsu Sheng-san Hideyo Sugimoto [25] 1974 AGC, JPN Lu Liang-Huan 280 −8 4 strokes Masashi Ozaki Fumio Tanaka [26] 1973 AGC Shigeru Uchida 279 −9 Playoff[f] Masashi Ozaki [27] 1972 AGC Hsieh Min-Nan 279 −9 2 strokes Ben Arda [28]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** AGC − [Asia Golf Circuit](/source/Asia_Golf_Circuit); JPN − [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-54rain_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-54rain_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-54rain_4-2) Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Miñoza won with a [birdie](/source/Birdie_(golf)) on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

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## External links

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

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