Golf Nippon Series

Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Tournament information
LocationInagi, Tokyo
Established1963
Course(s)Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club
Par70
Length7,023 yards (6,422 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥130,000,000
Month playedDecember
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Masashi Ozaki (1996)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
Japan Taiga Semikawa
Location map
Tokyo Yomiuri CC is located in Japan
Tokyo Yomiuri CC
Tokyo Yomiuri CC
Location in Japan
Tokyo Yomiuri CC is located in Tokyo
Tokyo Yomiuri CC
Tokyo Yomiuri CC
Location in Tokyo

The Golf Nippon Series (ゴルフ日本シリーズJTカップ, Gorufu nihon shirīzu jei-tī kappu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. First played in 1963, it is one of the tour's four major championships. Since 1995, it has been held at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo.

History

From its inception in 1963 to 1972 the field was limited to the winners of six important tournaments in Japan: Japan Open, Japan PGA Championship, Kansai Open, Kansai Pro Championship, Kanto Open and Kanto Pro Championship. In some years a player won two of these event and the field was reduced further, to five.

It has recently been one of the season-ending events on the tour with a limited field consisting of the top 30 players from the money list and that season's tournament winners.

Since 1998 the tournament has been titled the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, under a sponsorship agreement with Japan Tobacco. It was sponsored by Hitachi from 1988 to 1997, during which time it was titled the Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup.

Prize money

Since 2009 the prize money has been ¥130,000,000, with ¥40,000,000 going to the winner, except in 2011 when the event was reduced to 54 holes and prize money was reduced by 25%. In 1988 prize money was ¥50,000,000, with ¥14,000,000 for the winner, increasing to ¥60,000,000, with ¥15,000,000 winner from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 2008 prize money was ¥100,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 for the winner.

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
1963 (co-hosts) Murasaki Country Club, Sumire Course Noda, Chiba
1963–90 (co-hosts), 1992, 1994 Yomiuri Country Club Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
1964–90 (co-hosts), 1991, 1993, 1995–present Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club Inagi, Tokyo

From 1963 to 1990 the event was played at two venues, one near Ozaki and another near Tokyo. The first two rounds were played at one venue and, after a travel day, the remaining two rounds were played at the second venue.

Winners

Japan Golf Tour (Japan major) 2000–
Japan Golf Tour (Regular) 1974–1999
Pre-Japan Golf Tour 1963–1973
# Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
61st 2024
60th 2023 Japan Taiga Semikawa 265 −15 1 stroke Japan Takumi Kanaya
Japan Keita Nakajima
59th 2022 Japan Hideto Tanihara (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Japan Hiroshi Iwata
Japan Daijiro Izumida
United States Chan Kim
58th 2021 Japan Hideto Tanihara 268 −12 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
57th 2020 United States Chan Kim 272 −8 1 stroke Japan Hiroshi Iwata
Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
Japan Hideto Tanihara
56th 2019 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (2) 272 −8 Playoff Australia Brad Kennedy
55th 2018 Japan Satoshi Kodaira 272 −8 Playoff South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
Japan Ryo Ishikawa
54th 2017 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (2) 265 −15 6 strokes South Africa Shaun Norris
53rd 2016 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 267 −13 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Japan Satoshi Kodaira
52nd 2015 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 266 −14 5 strokes Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto
Japan Koumei Oda
51st 2014 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (3) 271 −9 1 stroke Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
50th 2013 Japan Yūsaku Miyazato 267 −13 3 strokes China Wu Ashun
49th 2012 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (3) 262 −18 5 strokes United States Han Lee
Japan Toshinori Muto
48th 2011 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (2) 200[a] −10 Playoff Japan Toru Taniguchi
47th 2010 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 265 −15 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
46th 2009 Japan Shigeki Maruyama (2) 271 −9 Playoff South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
45th 2008 India Jeev Milkha Singh (2) 268 −12 2 strokes Australia Brendan Jones
New Zealand David Smail
Japan Taichi Teshima
44th 2007 Australia Brendan Jones 269 −11 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
43rd 2006 India Jeev Milkha Singh 269 −11 1 stroke Japan Nobuhiro Masuda
42nd 2005 Japan Yasuharu Imano 269 −11 2 strokes Japan Shinichi Yokota
41st 2004 Australia Paul Sheehan 266 −14 4 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
South Korea Yang Yong-eun
40th 2003 Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 264 −16 3 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
39th 2002 Japan Shingo Katayama (2) 261 −19 9 strokes New Zealand David Smail
38th 2001 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) 268 −12 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
37th 2000 Japan Shingo Katayama 271 −9 3 strokes Japan Hirofumi Miyase
36th 1999 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 270 −10 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
35th 1998 Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 275 −5 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
34th 1997 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 268 −16 2 strokes Japan Tateo Ozaki
33rd 1996 Japan Masashi Ozaki (7) 262 −26 4 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
32nd 1995 Japan Masashi Ozaki (6) 272 −16 2 strokes Japan Shigenori Mori
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
31st 1994 Japan Hisayuki Sasaki 270 −14 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
30th 1993 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 270 −18 3 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
29th 1992 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming 280 −8 1 stroke United States Todd Hamilton
28th 1991 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (3) 268 −20 8 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
27th 1990 Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
26th 1989 Japan Akiyoshi Ohmachi 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
25th 1988 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Golf Nippon Series
24th 1987 Japan Isao Aoki (4)
United States David Ishii		 138[b] −7 Title shared
23rd 1986 Japan Tōru Nakamura (2) 275 −15 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
22nd 1985 Japan Tateo Ozaki 279 −11 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
21st 1984 Japan Tōru Nakamura 267 −23 7 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
20th 1983 Japan Isao Aoki (3) 281 −9 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
19th 1982 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 283 −7 2 strokes Japan Fujio Kobayashi
18th 1981 Japan Yutaka Hagawa 135[b] −9 Playoff Japan Isao Aoki
17th 1980 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 283 −7 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
16th 1979 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 276 −14 13 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Tōru Nakamura
15th 1978 Japan Isao Aoki 282 −8 1 stroke Japan Haruo Yasuda
14th 1977 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −15 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
13th 1976 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 285 −5 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda
12th 1975 Japan Takashi Murakami 283 −7 1 stroke Japan Seiichi Kanai
Japan Kosaku Shimada
11th 1974 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 280 −10 4 strokes Japan Takashi Murakami
10th 1973 Japan Teruo Sugihara (3) 276 −14 2 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda
9th 1972 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 280 −10 Playoff Japan Teruo Sugihara
8th 1971 Japan Masashi Ozaki 284 −6 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
7th 1970 Japan Teruo Sugihara (2) 284 −6 3 strokes Japan Kosaku Shimada
6th 1969 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto 291 +1 1 stroke Japan Shigeru Uchida
Japan Haruo Yasuda
5th 1968 Japan Takaaki Kono (2) 283 −7 3 strokes Japan Shiro Matsuda
4th 1967 Japan Takaaki Kono 281 −9 11 strokes Japan Tadashi Kitta
Japan Seiichi Sato
1966: No tournament[c]
3rd 1965 Japan Teruo Sugihara 284 −6 11 strokes Japan Tadashi Kitta
2nd 1964 Taiwan Chen Ching-Po 284 −6 2 strokes Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1st 1963 Japan Tomoo Ishii 288 −2 8 strokes Japan Koichi Ono

Sources:[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ a b Shortened to 36 holes due to snow; with the final round being cancelled Aoki and Ishii were declared joint winners.
  3. ^ Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club hosted the 1966 Canada Cup.

References

  1. ^ "Golf Nippon Series JT Cup 2019 – Past Champions". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Golf Nippon Series JT Cup". Hochi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Past tournament results". Japan Tobacco (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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