# Okinawa Open

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Golf tournament in Japan

For the golf tournament titled as the Okinawa Open between 1998 and 2000, see [Daikyo Open](/source/Daikyo_Open).

Golf tournament

Asia Japan Okinawa Open Tournament information Location Yaese, Okinawa, Japan Established 2002 Course Naha Golf Club Par 71 Length 6,789 yards (6,208 m) Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund US$830,000 Month played December Final year 2005 Tournament record score Aggregate 270 Kiyoshi Miyazato (2004) To par −14 as above Final champion Tadahiro Takayama Location map Naha GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Naha GC Location in the Okinawa Prefecture Show map of Okinawa Prefecture

The **Asia Japan Okinawa Open** was a men's professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament that was co-sanctioned by the [Asian Tour](/source/Asian_Tour) and the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour). It was played each December from 2002 to 2005 and counted as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season. The prize fund was [US$](/source/US%24)830,000 each of the first two years.

## Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location 2005–2006 Naha Golf Club Yaese, Okinawa 2003–2004 The Southern Links Golf Club Yaese, Okinawa

## Winners

Year Tours[a] Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Asia Japan Okinawa Open 2005 ASA, JPN Tadahiro Takayama 276 −8 Playoff Kiyoshi Miyazato 2004 ASA, JPN Kiyoshi Miyazato 270 −14 1 stroke Scott Barr Hideki Kase Masahiro Kuramoto Mamo Osanai Jeev Milkha Singh Charlie Wi 2003 ASA, JPN Hideto Tanihara 279 −9 3 strokes Chung Joon Hiroshi Gohda Yūsaku Miyazato Ted Oh Charlie Wi Simon Yates Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 2002 ASA, JPN Hiroyuki Fujita 202[b] −14 3 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato Ted Purdy

### Earlier tournament

An earlier **Okinawa Open** was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972.[1]

- 1972 [Chen Chien-chin](/source/Chen_Chien-chin)

- 1971 [Hung Fa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hung_Fa&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 1970 [Hiroshi Nomiyama](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Nomiyama&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 1969 [Chang Tung-chan](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chang_Tung-chan&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 1968 Frank Kadota

- 1967 [Chen Chien-chin](/source/Chen_Chien-chin)

- 1966 [Hsu Sheng-san](/source/Hsu_Sheng-san)

- 1965 Bick Long

- 1964 Finegan Higa

- 1963 [Kuo Chie Hsiung](/source/Kuo_Chie_Hsiung)

- 1962 [Kuo Chie Hsiung](/source/Kuo_Chie_Hsiung)

- 1961 Horace Meredith

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** JPN − [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour); ASA − [Asian Tour](/source/Asian_Tour).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["12th Okinawa Open"](https://newspaperarchive.com/pacific-stars-and-stripes-oct-29-1972-p-17/). *Pacific Stars And Stripes*. 29 October 1972. p. 18.

## External links

- [Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2006&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=54) (2003–2006)

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