Bridgestone Open

The was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify

Tournament hosts In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upBridgestone Open 2021 Tomoyasu Sugiyama 265 −19 3 strokes Naoyuki Kataoka Jinichiro Kozuma 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Shugo Imahira (2) 131 −11 1 stroke Seungsu Han Hiroyuki Fujita Tomoharu Otsuki Akio Sadakata 2018 Shugo Imahira 268 −16 1 stroke Masahiro Kawamura 2017 Ryuko Tokimatsu 133 −9 2 strokes Lee Sang-hee 2016 Satoshi Kodaira 270 −14 1 stroke Lee Kyoung-hoon 2015 Michio Matsumura 275 −9 2 strokes Adam Bland Mikumu Horikawa Yuki Inamori Kim Kyung-tae 2014 Koumei Oda 269 −15 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita 2013 Daisuke Maruyama 203 −10 3 strokes Jang Ik-jae 2012 Toru Taniguchi (3) 272 −12 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita 2011 Toru Taniguchi (2) 269 −15 5 strokes Shingo Katayama Hiroo Kawai Michio Matsumura Koumei Oda 2010 Yuta Ikeda (2) 265 −23 3 strokes Michio Matsumura 2009 Yuta Ikeda 270 −18 2 strokes Kenichi Kuboya 2008 Azuma Yano 267 −21 4 strokes Takao Nogami 2007 Shingo Katayama 270 −18 1 stroke Steven Conran Keiichiro Fukabori Tomohiro Kondo 2006 Taichi Teshima 266 −22 5 strokes Kiyoshi Maita 2005 David Smail 272 −16 2 strokes Toru Suzuki 2004 Toru Taniguchi 272 −16 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama Shinichi Yokota 2003 Naomichi Ozaki 267 −21 Playoff Paul Sheehan 2002 Scott Laycock 272 −16 1 stroke Shingo Katayama Toru Taniguchi 2001 Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki 2000 Nobuhito Sato (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Katsumasa Miyamoto 1999 Shigeki Maruyama (3) 268 −20 5 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa 1998 Nobuhito Sato 275 −13 Playoff Tateo Ozaki 1997 Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama Tateo Ozaki 1996 Shigeki Maruyama (2) 272 −16 2 strokes Brian Watts 1995 Shigeki Maruyama 274 −14 3 strokes Mark Calcavecchia Masashi Ozaki Shinichi Yokota 1994 Brian Watts 274 −14 3 strokes Mark Calcavecchia 1993 Ikuo Shirahama 271 −17 5 strokes Mark Calcavecchia Nolan Henke Tsukasa Watanabe 1992 Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 Playoff Tetsu Nishikawa 1991 Isao Aoki 134 −10 1 stroke Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 1990 Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 Playoff Akihito Yokoyama 1989 Roger Mackay 277 −11 1 stroke Yoshitaka Yamamoto 1988 Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 2 strokes Isao Aoki 1987 David Ishii 282 −6 Playoff Hiroshi Makino Nobuo Serizawa 1986 Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Naomichi Ozaki 1985 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Isao Aoki Bridgestone Tournament1984 Masahiro Kuramoto 279 −9 Playoff Chen Tze-chung Yoshihisa Iwashita Sam Torrance 1983 Eitaro Deguchi 274 −14 1 stroke Hsieh Min-Nan 1982 Hsieh Min-Nan (2) 279 −9 Playoff Kikuo Arai 1981 Hale Irwin 275 −13 8 strokes Bill Rogers 1980 Bob Gilder 283 −5 1 stroke Isao Aoki 1979 Lanny Wadkins 277 −11 1 stroke Yoshikazu Yokoshima 1978 Hiroshi Ishii (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Fujio Kobayashi 1977 Fujio Kobayashi 278 −10 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda 1976 Takashi Murakami 282 −6 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan Masaji Kusakabe 1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 283 −5 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda 1974 Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke Seiichi Numazawa 1973 Hiroshi Ishii 275 −13 2 strokes Haruo Yasuda 1972 Hsieh Min-Nan 276−12 3 strokes Buddy Allin Kuo Chie-Hsiung

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