Japan PGA Championship

The Japan PGA Championship (日本プロゴルフ選手権大会, Nihon purogorufu senshuken taikai) is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played since 1926. It is played at a variety of courses throughout Japan. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. Its title sponsor is Nissin Foods.[1]

Japan PGA Championship

Tournament information
Location	Rotates – Ibusuki, Kagoshima in 2019
Established	1926
Course(s)	Rotates – Ibusuki Golf Club in 2019
Organized by	PGA of Japan
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play (1961–present) Match play (1931–60)
Prize fund	¥150,000,000
Month played	July
Current champion
Ryo Ishikawa

Winners

this list is incomplete

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score
Japan PGA Championship
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Ibusuki Golf Club	Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	269 (−13)^PO
2018	Boso Country Club, Boso Golf Course	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	282 (−6)
Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
2017	Kanehide Kise Country Club, Boso Golf Course	Yūsaku Miyazato	Japan	276 (−12)
2016	Hokkaido Classic Country Club	Hideto Tanihara	Japan	266 (−22)^PO
2015	Taiheiyo Club, Kohnan Course	Adam Bland	Australia	268 (−16)
2014	Golden Valley GC	Taichi Teshima	Japan	279 (−9)
2013	Sobu CC, Sobu Course	Kim Hyung-sung	South Korea	279 (−5)
2012	Karasuyamajo CC	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	284 (−4)
2011	Ono Toyo GC	Hiroo Kawai	Japan	275 (−9)
2010	Passage Kinkai Island GC	Toru Taniguchi	Japan	270 (−10)
2009	Eniwa CC	Yuta Ikeda	Japan	266 (−14)
Japan PGA Championship
2008	Raysum Golf & Spa Resort	Shingo Katayama	Japan	265 (−23)
2007	Kise CC	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	283 (−5)
2006	Tanigumi CC	Tomohiro Kondo	Japan	278 (−10)^PO
2005	Tamana CC	SK Ho	South Korea	272 (−10)
2004	Kochi Kuroshio CC	SK Ho	South Korea	202 (−14)
2003	Miho GC	Shingo Katayama	Japan	271 (−17)
2002	Koma CC	Kenichi Kuboya	Japan	279 (−9)^PO
2001	The Queens Hill CC	Dean Wilson	United States	281 (−3)
2000	Caledonian GC	Nobuhito Sato	Japan	280 (−4)
1999	GC Twin Fields	Naomichi Ozaki	Japan	283 (−5)
1998	Grandage GC	Brandt Jobe	United States	280 (−8)
1997	Central GC, West Course	Shigeki Maruyama	Japan	272 (−16)
1996	Sanyo GC, Yoshii Course	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	270 (−18)
1995	Natsudomari GL	Hisayuki Sasaki	Japan	272 (−16)
1994	Lake Green GC	Hiroshi Gohda	Japan	279 (−5)
1993	Sports Shinko CC	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	278 (−10)
1992	Shimoakima CC	Masahiro Kuramoto	Japan	281 (−7)^PO
1991	Prestige GC	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	273 (−15)
1990	Amanosan CC	Hideki Kase	Japan	274 (−14)
1989	Karasuyamajo CC	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	278 (−6)
1988	Ehime GC	Tateo Ozaki	Japan	268 (−20)
1987	Hamano GC	David Ishii	United States	280 (−8)
1986	Nihon Line GC, West Course	Isao Aoki	Japan	272 (−16)
1985	Central GC, East Course	Tateo Ozaki	Japan	288 (−4)
1984	MIOS Kikukawa CC	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	275 (−9)
1983	Shuun CC	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	279 (−9)
1982	Meishin Yokkaichi CC	Masahiro Kuramoto	Japan	274 (−14)
1981	Sapporo Korakuen CC	Isao Aoki	Japan	277 (−11)
1980	Northern CC, Akagi Course	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Japan	282 (−2)
1979	Asami CC	Hsieh Min-Nan	Taiwan	272 (−16)
1978	Otaru CC	Fujio Kobayashi	Japan	281 (−7)
1977	Nihon Line GC, West Course	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Japan	277 (−11)
1976	Kuma CC	Seiichi Kanai	Japan	273 (−7)
1975	Kurashiki CC	Takashi Murakami	Japan	282 (−6)
1974	Omotezao Intl. GC	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	274 (−14)
1973	Gifu Seki CC	Isao Aoki	Japan	275 (−13)
1972	Murasaki CC, Sumire Course	Seiichi Kanai	Japan	278
1971	Phoenix CC	Masashi Ozaki	Japan	282
1970	Mitsukaido GC	Seiichi Sato	Japan	280
1969	Kasugai CC	Hiroshi Ishii	Japan	277
1968	Narashino CC	Kosaku Shimada	Japan	282
1967	Miyoshi CC, West Course	Shozo Miyamoto	Japan	276
1966	Sobu CC	Mitsutaka Kono	Japan	271
1965	Kawagoe CC	Mitsutaka Kono	Japan	273
1964	Hirakata CC	Tadashi Kitta	Japan	281
1963	Ryugasaki CC	Tadashi Kitta	Japan	285
1962	Yokkaichi CC	Torakichi Nakamura	Japan	285
1961	Koga GC	Yoshiro Hayashi	Japan	286
1960	Oarai GC	Ryohei Tanaami	Japan
1959	Ibaraki CC	Torakichi Nakamura	Japan
1958	Naruo GC, Inagawa Course	Torakichi Nakamura	Japan
1957	Hodogaya CC	Torakichi Nakamura	Japan
1956	Nagoya GC	Yoshiro Hayashi	Japan
1955	Sagami CC	Son Shi Kin	Japan
1954	Hirono GC	Shigeru Ishii	Japan
1953	Abiko GC	Chin Sei-Sui	Taiwan
1952	Sagami CC	Seiji Inoue	Japan
1951	Hirono GC	Tetsuo Ishii	Japan
1950	Abiko GC	Yoshiro Hayashi	Japan
1949	Abiko GC	Yoshiro Hayashi	Japan	293
1943–48	No tournament due to World War II
1942	Koganei CC	Chin Sei-Sui	Taiwan
1941	No tournament
1940	Fukuoka Ōho CC	Toichira Toda	Japan
1939	Kawana Hotel, Fuji Course	Toichira Toda	Japan
1938	Takarazuka GC	Toichira Toda	Japan
1937	Takanodai CC	Iwaichi Uekata	Japan
1936	Nagoya GC	Tomekichi Miyamoto	Japan
1935	Sagami CC	Toichira Toda	Japan
1934	Hirono GC	Tomekichi Miyamoto	Japan
1933	Fujisawa GC	Larry Montes	Philippines
1932	Naruo GC, Inagawa Course	Larry Montes	Philippines
1931	Musashino GC, Fujigaya Course	Rokuzo Asami	Japan
1930	Takarazuka GC	Akira Muraki	Japan	304
1929	Mutsumi GC	Tomekichi Miyamoto	Japan	301
1928	Naruo GC	Rokuzo Asami	Japan	156
1927	Ibaraki CC	Kazuichi Nakagami	Japan	153
1926	Ibaraki CC	Tomekichi Miyamoto	Japan	161

References

1. 78回目で初！日本プロ選手権が冠大会に Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Japan PGA list of winners (in Japanese)