# NST Niigata Open

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Golf tournament

Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Tournament information Location Shibata, Niigata, Japan Established 1979 Course Forest Golf Club Par 71 Length 7,000 yards (6,400 m) Tour Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥100,000,000 Month played July Final year 2004 Tournament record score Aggregate 263 Kim Jong-duck (2004) To par −24 Go Higaki (2001) Final champion Kim Jong-duck Location map Forest GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Forest GC Location in the Niigata Prefecture Show map of Niigata Prefecture

The **NST Niigata Open** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament that was held in Japan. It was a [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour) event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by [Niigata Sogo Television](/source/Niigata_Sogo_Television) and played on different courses in [Niigata](/source/Niigata_Prefecture). The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.

## Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Ref. Sato Foods NST Niigata Open 2004 Kim Jong-duck 263 −21 5 strokes Kazuhiro Kinjo 2003 Katsumasa Miyamoto 271 −17 1 stroke Gregory Meyer Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 2002 Yasuharu Imano 270 −18 4 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 2001 Go Higaki 264 −24 6 strokes Scott Laycock 2000 Hidezumi Shirakata 269 −19 4 strokes Kiyoshi Murota 1999 Toshimitsu Izawa 269 −19 6 strokes Kazuhiko Hosokawa 1998 Masayuki Kawamura 268 −20 8 strokes Shingo Katayama Kiyoshi Murota 1997 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke Hisayuki Sasaki 1996 Masatoshi Horikawa 268 −20 1 stroke Masayuki Kawamura 1995 Tomohiro Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka NST Niigata Open 1994 Pete Izumikawa 276 −12 2 strokes Kiyoshi Murota 1993 Kōki Idoki 275 −13 3 strokes Samson Gimson Hiroya Kamide Yoshinori Kaneko Hajime Meshiai 1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 2 strokes Shigenori Mori 1991 Akihito Yokoyama 278 −10 2 strokes Hideki Kase Koichi Suzuki 1990 Seiichi Kanai 278 −10 1 stroke Yukio Noguchi 1989 Katsuyoshi Tomori 288 E 1 stroke Tomohiro Maruyama 1988 Naomichi Ozaki 277 −11 3 strokes David Ishii 1987 Tadao Nakamura 276 −8 1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng David Ishii Brian Jones Kazuo Yoshikawa 1986 David Ishii 276 −12 1 stroke Tateo Ozaki 1985 Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −12 Playoff Yoshihisa Iwashita 1984 Saburo Fujiki 271 −13 1 stroke Haruo Yasuda Niigata Open 1983 Hideto Shigenobu 136 −8 Playoff Isao Aoki Katsunari Takahashi 1982 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 138 −6 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan 1981 Takahiro Takeyasu 139 −5 1980 Hideo Ishii [1] 1979 Koichi Uehara 106[a] [2]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Tournament contested over 27 holes.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1981). *Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981*. Springwood Books. p. 178. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862540054](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862540054).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1980). *Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980*. Springwood Books. p. 224. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0905947835](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0905947835).

## External links

- [Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=1985&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=19)

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