Bridgestone Open

Bridgestone Open
Tournament information
LocationChiba, Chiba
Established1972
Course(s)Sodegaura Country Club
(Sodegaura Course)
Par71
Length7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021)
To par−23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Japan Tomoyasu Sugiyama
Location map
Sodegaura CC is located in Japan
Sodegaura CC
Sodegaura CC
Location in Japan
Sodegaura CC is located in Chiba Prefecture
Sodegaura CC
Sodegaura CC
Location in the Chiba Prefecture

The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[1]

Tournament hosts

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Bridgestone Open
2021 Japan Tomoyasu Sugiyama 265 −19 3 strokes Japan Naoyuki Kataoka
Japan Jinichiro Kozuma
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Japan Shugo Imahira (2) 131[a] −11 1 stroke United States Seungsu Han
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
Japan Akio Sadakata
2018 Japan Shugo Imahira 268 −16 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kawamura
2017 Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu 133[a] −9 2 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee
2016 Japan Satoshi Kodaira 270 −14 1 stroke South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015 Japan Michio Matsumura 275 −9 2 strokes Australia Adam Bland
Japan Mikumu Horikawa
Japan Yuki Inamori
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
2014 Japan Koumei Oda 269 −15 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
2013 Japan Daisuke Maruyama 203[b] −10 3 strokes South Korea Jang Ik-jae
2012 Japan Toru Taniguchi (3) 272 −12 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
2011 Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) 269 −15 5 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Hiroo Kawai
Japan Michio Matsumura
Japan Koumei Oda
2010 Japan Yuta Ikeda (2) 265 −23 3 strokes Japan Michio Matsumura
2009 Japan Yuta Ikeda 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
2008 Japan Azuma Yano 267 −21 4 strokes Japan Takao Nogami
2007 Japan Shingo Katayama 270 −18 1 stroke Australia Steven Conran
Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2006 Japan Taichi Teshima 266 −22 5 strokes Japan Kiyoshi Maita
2005 New Zealand David Smail 272 −16 2 strokes Japan Toru Suzuki
2004 Japan Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Shigeki Maruyama
Japan Shinichi Yokota
2003 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 267 −21 Playoff Australia Paul Sheehan
2002 Australia Scott Laycock 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Toru Taniguchi
2001 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
2000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (3) 268 −20 5 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
1998 Japan Nobuhito Sato 275 −13 Playoff Japan Tateo Ozaki
1997 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Shigeki Maruyama
Japan Tateo Ozaki
1996 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (2) 272 −16 2 strokes United States Brian Watts
1995 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes United States Mark Calcavecchia
Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Shinichi Yokota
1994 United States Brian Watts 274 −14 3 strokes United States Mark Calcavecchia
1993 Japan Ikuo Shirahama 271 −17 5 strokes United States Mark Calcavecchia
United States Nolan Henke
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 Playoff Japan Tetsu Nishikawa
1991 Japan Isao Aoki 134[a] −10 1 stroke Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990 Japan Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 Playoff Japan Akihito Yokoyama
1989 Australia Roger Mackay 277 −11 1 stroke Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988 Japan Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1987 United States David Ishii 282 −6 Playoff Japan Hiroshi Makino
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1986 Japan Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1985 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 279 −9 Playoff Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita
Scotland Sam Torrance
1983 Japan Eitaro Deguchi 274 −14 1 stroke Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan [2]
1982 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 279 −9 Playoff Japan Kikuo Arai
1981 United States Hale Irwin 275 −13 8 strokes United States Bill Rogers [3]
1980 United States Bob Gilder 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki [4]
1979 United States Lanny Wadkins 277 −11 1 stroke Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima [5]
1978 Japan Hiroshi Ishii (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Fujio Kobayashi [6]
1977 Japan Fujio Kobayashi 278 −10 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda [7]
1976 Japan Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
Japan Masaji Kusakabe
1975 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 283 −5 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda [8]
1974 Australia Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Seiichi Numazawa [9]
1973 Japan Hiroshi Ishii 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda [10]
1972 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 276 −12 3 strokes United States Buddy Allin
Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung		 [11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

See also

References

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