The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upRef.Sato Foods NST Niigata Open 2004 Kim Jong-duck 263 −21 5 strokes Kazuhiro Kinjo 2003 Katsumasa Miyamoto 271 −17 1 stroke Gregory Meyer Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 2002 Yasuharu Imano 270 −18 4 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 2001 Go Higaki 264 −24 6 strokes Scott Laycock 2000 Hidezumi Shirakata 269 −19 4 strokes Kiyoshi Murota 1999 Toshimitsu Izawa 269 −19 6 strokes Kazuhiko Hosokawa 1998 Masayuki Kawamura 268 −20 8 strokes Shingo Katayama Kiyoshi Murota 1997 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 277 −11 1 stroke Hisayuki Sasaki 1996 Masatoshi Horikawa 268 −20 1 stroke Masayuki Kawamura 1995 Tomohiro Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka NST Niigata Open 1994 Pete Izumikawa 276 −12 2 strokes Kiyoshi Murota 1993 Kōki Idoki 275 −13 3 strokes Samson Gimson Hiroya Kamide Yoshinori Kaneko Hajime Meshiai 1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 2 strokes Shigenori Mori 1991 Akihito Yokoyama 278 −10 2 strokes Hideki Kase Koichi Suzuki 1990 Seiichi Kanai 278 −10 1 stroke Yukio Noguchi 1989 Katsuyoshi Tomori 288 E 1 stroke Tomohiro Maruyama 1988 Naomichi Ozaki 277 −11 3 strokes David Ishii 1987 Tadao Nakamura 276 −8 1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng David Ishii Brian Jones Kazuo Yoshikawa 1986 David Ishii 276 −12 1 stroke Tateo Ozaki 1985 Hsieh Min-Nan 272 −12 Playoff Yoshihisa Iwashita 1984 Saburo Fujiki 271 −13 1 stroke Haruo Yasuda Niigata Open 1983 Hideto Shigenobu 136 −8 Playoff Isao Aoki Katsunari Takahashi 1982 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 138 −6 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan 1981 Takahiro Takeyasu 139 −5 1980 Hideo Ishii 1979 Koichi Uehara 106
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External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site