Kirin Open
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
Tournament information
LocationIbaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1972
CourseIbaraki Golf Club
Par71
Length7,049 yards (6,446 m)
Tour(s)Asia Golf CircuitJapan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
JapanShingo Katayama
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Ibaraki GC is located in Japan
Ibaraki GC
Ibaraki GC
Location in Japan
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Ibaraki GC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ibaraki GC
Ibaraki GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture
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The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.[1][2] It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

Winners

YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upRef.
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
2001JPNJapanShingo Katayama (2)271−136 strokesJapanHajime Meshiai
2000JPNJapanShingo Katayama280−42 strokesTaiwanLin Keng-chiAustraliaPeter SeniorAustraliaAndre Stolz
Kirin Open
1999AGC, JPNSouth KoreaK. J. Choi204[b]−9Playoff[c]IndiaJeev Milkha Singh[3]
1998AGC, JPNPhilippinesFrankie Miñoza (2)279−51 strokeJapanHidemichi TanakaJapanTsukasa WatanabeUnited StatesBrian Watts
1997AGC, JPNSouth KoreaKim Jong-duck278−102 strokesJapanShigeki MaruyamaJapanHirofumi MiyaseJapanTateo OzakiUnited StatesBrian Watts
1996AGC, JPNJapanYoshinori Kaneko278−101 strokeJapanTsuneyuki NakajimaJapanNobuo Serizawa
Dunlop Open
1995AGC, JPNAustraliaPeter Senior279−95 strokesUnited StatesBrian Watts[4]
1994AGC, JPNJapanMasashi Ozaki (4)274−141 strokeTaiwanHsieh Chin-sheng[5]
1993AGC, JPNJapanHajime Meshiai275−132 strokesJapanKatsunari TakahashiUnited StatesKevin Wentworth[6]
1992AGC, JPNJapanMasashi Ozaki (3)286−2Playoff[d]CanadaBrent Franklin[7]
1991AGC, JPNAustraliaRoger Mackay272−162 strokesJapanTeruo Sugihara[8]
1990AGC, JPNPhilippinesFrankie Miñoza205[b]−11Playoff[e]JapanTeruo Sugihara[9]
1989AGC, JPNAustraliaTerry Gale284−41 strokeTaiwanChen Tze-mingAustraliaPeter Senior[10]
1988AGC, JPNJapanMasashi Ozaki (2)278−103 strokesUnited StatesDavid Ishii[11]
Dunlop International Open
1987AGC, JPNJapanIsao Aoki277−111 strokeJapanTsuneyuki NakajimaJapanYoshitaka Yamamoto[12]
1986AGC, JPNJapanHideto Shigenobu281−72 strokesUnited StatesDavid IshiiJapanMasahiro Kuramoto[13]
1985AGC, JPNTaiwanChen Tze-chung277−111 strokeJapanTsuneyuki Nakajima[14]
1984AGC, JPNUnited StatesJohn Jacobs283−52 strokesJapanTateo Ozaki[15]
1983AGC, JPNUnited StatesLarry Nelson201[b]−151 strokeJapanMasahiro Kuramoto[16][17]
1982AGC, JPNJapanTsuneyuki Nakajima276−125 strokesJapanSaburo Fujiki[18]
1981AGC, JPNJapanKosaku Shimada286−22 strokesUnited StatesPayne StewartJapanKoichi UeharaJapanAkira Yabe[19]
1980AGC, JPNJapanMasashi Ozaki277−115 strokesTaiwanHo Ming-chungAustraliaGraham Marsh[20]
1979AGC, JPNJapanHiroshi Ishii278−103 strokesJapanSeiji EbiharaJapanTateo OzakiJapanKatsunari Takahashi[21]
1978AGC, JPNTaiwanKuo Chie-Hsiung265−2311 strokesUnited StatesBob Byman[22]
1977AGC, JPNPhilippinesBen Arda (2)282−62 strokesNew ZealandTerry KendallJapanTsuneyuki Nakajima[23]
Sobu International Open
1976AGC, JPNPhilippinesBen Arda277−114 strokesTaiwanChen Chien-chung[24]
1975AGC, JPNJapanTeruo Sugihara282−62 strokesAustraliaTed BallTaiwanHsu Sheng-sanJapanHideyo Sugimoto[25]
1974AGC, JPNTaiwanLu Liang-Huan280−84 strokesJapanMasashi OzakiJapanFumio Tanaka[26]
1973AGCJapanShigeru Uchida279−9Playoff[f]JapanMasashi Ozaki[27]
1972AGCTaiwanHsieh Min-Nan279−92 strokesPhilippinesBen Arda[28]

Notes

  1. ^AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ abcShortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. ^Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  4. ^Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  5. ^Miñoza won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
  6. ^Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

References

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  25. ^"Veteran Sugihara storms way to Sobhu title, but Hsieh again takes circuit prize". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 April 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
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  27. ^"Uchida beats Ozaki". The Straits Times. Singapore. 23 April 1973. p. 23. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via National Library Board.
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