# Suntory Open

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Former Japanese golf tournament

Golf tournament

Suntory Open Tournament information Location Inzai, Chiba, Japan Established 1973 Course Sobu Country Club Par 70 Length 7,143 yards (6,532 m) Tour Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥100,000,000 Month played September Final year 2007 Tournament record score Aggregate 266 Yang Yong-eun (2006) To par −20 Yoshitaka Yamamoto (1975) Final champion Hideto Tanihara Location map Sobu CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Sobu CC Location in the Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture

The **Suntory Open** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament on the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour). It was founded in 1973 by [Suntory](/source/Suntory), when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club.[1] The following year it was held at [Narashino Country Club](/source/Narashino_Country_Club). It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.

The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was [¥](/source/Japanese_yen)100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

## Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location 1998–2007 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba 1974–1997 Narashino Country Club Inzai, Chiba 1973 Ashitaka 600 Club Numazu, Shizuoka

## Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Ref. 2007 Hideto Tanihara 202[a] −8 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi [2] 2006 Yang Yong-eun 266 −14 6 strokes Hidemasa Hoshino Toru Taniguchi 2005 Yasuharu Imano 267 −13 2 strokes Mamo Osanai 2004 Hideki Kase 267 −13 3 strokes Tomohiro Kondo Katsuya Nakagawa Toru Taniguchi 2003 Jyoti Randhawa 276 −8 2 strokes Paul Sheehan 2002 Shingo Katayama (2) 269 −15 4 strokes Kōki Idoki Yasuharu Imano 2001 Shingo Katayama 268 −16 3 strokes Darren Clarke Keiichiro Fukabori Nobuo Serizawa 2000 Kiyoshi Maita 273 −11 1 stroke Yasuharu Imano 1999 Nick Price 276 −8 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama 1998 Mamo Osanai 274 −10 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1997 Hiroyuki Fujita 274 −14 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1996 Hajime Meshiai 272 −16 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka 1995 Masahiro Kuramoto 273 −15 3 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa Satoshi Higashi Nobuo Serizawa 1994 David Ishii 277 −11 Playoff Hisayuki Sasaki 1993 Eiichi Itai 282 −6 1 stroke Chen Tze-chung 1992 Naomichi Ozaki (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Wayne Grady Tateo Ozaki Yoshikazu Yokoshima Nobumitsu Yuhara 1991 Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Chen Tze-chung 1990 Tōru Nakamura 271 −17 1 stroke Graham Marsh [3] 1989 Larry Nelson 276 −12 Playoff Saburo Fujiki 1988 Tateo Ozaki (2) 274 −14 3 strokes Tadami Ueno 1987 Noboru Sugai 278 −10 3 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto Larry Nelson 1986 Graham Marsh (2) 275 −13 Playoff Isao Aoki 1985 Tateo Ozaki 275 −13 Playoff Larry Nelson 1984 Takashi Kurihara 271 −17 2 strokes Isao Aoki [4] 1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 274 −14 1 stroke Saburo Fujiki [5] 1982 Pete Izumikawa 207[a] −9 2 strokes Bill Rogers [6] 1981 Bill Rogers (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Norio Suzuki [7] 1980 Bill Rogers 278 −10 2 strokes Graham Marsh [8] 1979 Masaji Kusakabe (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan [9] 1978 Akio Kanemoto 281 −7 1 stroke Isao Aoki [10] 1977 Masaji Kusakabe 279 −9 3 strokes Fujio Kobayashi [11] 1976 Graham Marsh 273 −15 3 strokes Isao Aoki [12] 1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 268 −20 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki [13] 1974 Masashi Ozaki 272 −16 3 strokes Kosaku Shimada [14] 1973 Hideyo Sugimoto 270 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki [15]

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-54weather_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-54weather_2-1) Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Japanese firms set two new golf meets"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/185162196/). *Star Tribune*. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Taniguchi takes 3-stroke lead"](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2007/09/09/more-sports/golf/taniguchi-takes-3-stroke-lead/). *The Japan Times*. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Aussies make amends for Norman's fall"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122310296). *The Canberra Times*. 11 September 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1985). *Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985*. Springwood Books. pp. 239, 481–482. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862541247](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862541247).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["In Brief: First loss for New Zealand schoolboys"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116406052). *The Canberra Times*. 12 September 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Rain plays havoc on two tourneys"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19820913-1.1.37). *The Straits Times*. 13 September 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["In Brief: Bill Rogers wins Suntory Open"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126846018). *The Canberra Times*. 14 September 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1981). *Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981*. Collins. pp. 179–180, 396–397. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862540054](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862540054).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Suntory Open to Kusakabe"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19790911-1.1.26). *The Straits Times*. 11 September 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Winner in late charge"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110908568). *The Canberra Times*. 12 September 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["People in sport"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=duQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4298%2C5438343). *The Citizen*. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 12 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Marsh wins Suntory"](https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19760913-1.1.27). *The Straits Times*. 13 September 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1976). *The World of Professional Golf 1976*. Collins. pp. 295, 492. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [000211996X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/000211996X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1975). *The World of Professional Golf 1975*. Collins. pp. 255, 438. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002119552](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002119552).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1974). *The World of Professional Golf 1974*. Collins. pp. 324, 547–548. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002119544](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002119544).

## External links

- [Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2007&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=23)

- [Official site](http://www.suntory.co.jp/culture-sports/suntoryopen/taikai/champions.html) (in Japanese)

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