Tokai Classic

Vantelin Tokai Classic
Tournament information
LocationMiyoshi, Aichi, Japan
Established1970
Course(s)Miyoshi Country Club
(West Course)
Par71
Length7,300 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Takahiro Hataji (2024)
To par−18 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
Current champion
Japan Takahiro Hataji
Location map
Miyoshi CC is located in Japan
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in Japan
Miyoshi CC is located in Aichi Prefecture
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in the Aichi Prefecture

The Tokai Classic (東海クラシック, Tōkai kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2024 Japan Takahiro Hataji 267 −17 1 stroke Japan Takumi Kanaya
2023 Japan Yuta Kinoshita 269 −15 1 stroke Japan Rikuya Hoshino
2022 Japan Riki Kawamoto 271 −13 1 stroke Japan Yuto Katsuragawa
2021 United States Chan Kim 270 −14 2 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
Japan Jinichiro Kozuma
Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokai Classic
2019 South Africa Shaun Norris 275 −9 1 stroke Japan Shota Akiyoshi
Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2018 Philippines Angelo Que 271 −17 2 strokes Australia Won Joon Lee
South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2017 Japan Satoshi Kodaira 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Japan Daisuke Kataoka 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
2015 South Korea Kim Hyung-sung 276 −12 Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama
2014 South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk 281 −7 1 stroke South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013 Japan Shingo Katayama 281 −7 Playoff Japan Hidemasa Hoshino
Japan Satoshi Tomiyama
2012 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo 282 −6 Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama
2011 South Korea Bae Sang-moon 281 −7 1 stroke Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2010 Japan Michio Matsumura 280 −8 Playoff Japan Takashi Kanemoto
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
2009 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Takeshi Kajikawa
2008 Japan Toshinori Muto 277 −11 2 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
2007 Colombia Camilo Villegas 282 −2 Playoff Japan Toyokazu Fujishima
2006 Japan Hidemasa Hoshino 282 −2 2 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005 South Korea Yang Yong-eun 270 −18 4 strokes Japan Taichi Teshima
2004 Japan Katsumune Imai 210[a] −6 Playoff Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003 Japan Nozomi Kawahara 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Shingo Katayama
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002 Japan Toru Taniguchi 278 −10 2 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara
Myanmar Zaw Moe
2001 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 272 −16 2 strokes Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Taiwan Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000 Japan Hirofumi Miyase 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
1999 Japan Kaname Yokoo 274 −14 1 stroke Fiji Vijay Singh
1998 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa 277 −11 3 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997 United States Brandt Jobe 278 −10 Playoff United States Brian Watts
1996 Japan Masanobu Kimura 280 −8 1 stroke Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
United States Steve Jones
Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1995 Japan Masayuki Kawamura 285 −3 1 stroke Japan Hideki Kase
1994 United States Corey Pavin 277 −11 1 stroke Taiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993 Japan Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 4 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
1992 United States Mark O'Meara 277 −11 1 stroke United States Tom Kite
1991 Japan Eiichi Itai 279 −9 4 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990 Australia Graham Marsh (2) 206[a] −10 2 strokes Japan Tadami Ueno
Japan Saburo Fujiki
1989 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Pete Izumikawa
1988 Australia Brian Jones 274 −14 3 strokes Japan Koichi Suzuki
1987 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
1986 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 9 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda
1985 Australia Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
1984 Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1983 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1982 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 274 −14 5 strokes United States Larry Nelson
1981 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 209[a] −7 Playoff Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Hideto Shigenobu
Japan Fujio Kobayashi		 [1]
1980 United States Larry Nelson 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Yutaka Hagawa
1979 Japan Tsutomu Irie 275 −13 5 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
Japan Masaji Kusakabe
1978 Japan Masaji Kusakabe 282 −6 2 strokes Japan Kosaku Shimada
1977 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Kosaku Shimada [2]
1976 Japan Isao Aoki 283 −5 Playoff Japan Teruo Sugihara
Japan Shigeru Uchida
1975 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974 Japan Kosaku Shimada 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara [3]
1973 Japan Masashi Ozaki 277 −11 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki [4]
1972 Japan Kikuo Arai 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Takaaki Kono [5]
1971 Japan Shigeru Uchida 283 3 strokes United States Billy Casper [6]
1970 Japan Fujio Ishii 275 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan [7]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Kuramoto wins Tokai Classic". The Straits Times. Singapore. 12 October 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. ^ "It's Ozaki's title as Watson falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ "Shimada gets golf victory". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. AP. 28 October 1974. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sport talk | Golf". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 30 October 1973. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Thomson wins Qantas playoff". St Louis Post-Dispatch. St Louis, Missouri. 30 October 1972. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Uchida open winner; Bill Casper second". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. AP. 1 November 1971. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Sandra Palmer wins in Japan". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 2 November 1970. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.


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