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 YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upAsia Japan Okinawa Open 2005 ASA, JPN Tadahiro Takayama 276 −8 Playoff Kiyoshi Miyazato 2004 ASA, JPN Kiyoshi Miyazato 270 −14 1 stroke Scott Barr Hideki Kase Masahiro Kuramoto Mamo Osanai Jeev Milkha Singh Charlie Wi 2003 ASA, JPN Hideto Tanihara 279 −9 3 strokes Chung Joon Hiroshi Gohda Yūsaku Miyazato Ted Oh Charlie Wi Simon Yates Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 2002 ASA, JPN Hiroyuki Fujita 202 −14 3 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato Ted Purdy
Earlier tournament An earlier Okinawa Open was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972. 1972 Chen Chien-chin 1971 Hung Fa 1970 Hiroshi Nomiyama 1969 Chang Tung-chan 1968 Frank Kadota 1967 Chen Chien-chin 1966 Hsu Sheng-san 1965 Bick Long 1964 Finegan Higa 1963 Kuo Chie Hsiung 1962 Kuo Chie Hsiung 1961 Horace Meredith
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External links Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site (2003–2006)