Okinawa Open

Golf tournament in Japan

Golf tournament
Naha GC is located in Japan
Naha GC
Naha GC
Location in Japan
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Naha GC is located in Okinawa Prefecture
Naha GC
Naha GC
Location in the Okinawa Prefecture
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The Asia Japan Okinawa Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. It was played each December from 2002 to 2005 and counted as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season. The prize fund was US$830,000 each of the first two years.

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
2005–2006 Naha Golf Club Yaese, Okinawa
2003–2004 The Southern Links Golf Club Yaese, Okinawa

Winners

Year Tours[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Asia Japan Okinawa Open
2005 ASA, JPN Japan Tadahiro Takayama 276 −8 Playoff Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato
2004 ASA, JPN Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato 270 −14 1 stroke Australia Scott Barr
Japan Hideki Kase
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Mamo Osanai
India Jeev Milkha Singh
South Korea Charlie Wi
2003 ASA, JPN Japan Hideto Tanihara 279 −9 3 strokes South Korea Chung Joon
Japan Hiroshi Gohda
Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
South Korea Ted Oh
South Korea Charlie Wi
Scotland Simon Yates
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002 ASA, JPN Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 202[b] −14 3 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
United States Ted Purdy

Earlier tournament

An earlier Okinawa Open was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour; ASA − Asian Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. ^ "12th Okinawa Open". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 29 October 1972. p. 18.

External links

  • Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site (2003–2006)
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