Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

The Japan PGA Match-Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1975 to 2003. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and held at a number of different courses throughout Japan.

Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Established1975
Course(s)Nidom Classic Course
Par72
Length6,957 yards (6,361 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatMatch play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Score8 and 7 Todd Hamilton (1994)
Final champion
United States Todd Hamilton
Location map
Nidom Classic Course is located in Japan
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in Japan
Nidom Classic Course is located in Hokkaido
Nidom Classic Course
Nidom Classic Course
Location in the Hokkaido Prefecture

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1994–2003Nidom Classic CourseTomakomai, Hokkaido
1993Higashinomiya Country ClubMotegi, Tochigi
1992Prestige Country ClubTochigi, Tochigi
1991Shinyo Country ClubToki, Gifu
1988–1990Green Academy ClubShirakawa, Fukushima
1983–1987Mito Golf ClubMito, Ibaraki
1975–1982Totsuka Country Club (West)Yokohama, Kanagawa

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
2003 Todd Hamilton (2)3 and 2 David Smail
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
2002 Nobuhito Sato5 and 4 Tomohiro Kondo
2001 Dean Wilson2 and 1 Lin Keng-chi
2000 Kaname Yokoo2 and 1 Toru Taniguchi
1999 Mamo Osanai4 and 3 Toru Taniguchi
1998 Katsunori Kuwabara38 holes Shinichi Yokota
1997 Shigeki Maruyama3 and 2 Peter Teravainen
1996 Nobuo Serizawa1 up Brandt Jobe
1995 Katsuyoshi Tomori2 and 1 Shigeki Maruyama
1994 Todd Hamilton8 and 7 Ikuo Shirahama
1993 Yoshitaka Yamamoto3 and 2 Koichi Suzuki
1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)3 and 1 Naomichi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup
1991 Satoshi Higashi2 up Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1990 Naomichi Ozaki6 and 5 Brian Jones
1989 Masashi Ozaki3 and 2 Hiroshi Makino
1988 David Ishii6 and 5 Noboru Sugai
1987 Katsunari Takahashi (2)37 holes Masashi Ozaki
Japan PGA Match-Play Championship
1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)6 and 5 Keiichi Kobayashi
1985 Katsunari Takahashi2 and 1 Akira Yabe
1984 Tōru Nakamura4 and 3 Kouichi Inoue
1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima38 holes Hideto Shigenobu
1982 Isao Aoki (4)4 and 2 Yutaka Hagawa
1981 Isao Aoki (3)38 holes Katsuji Hasegawa
1980 Haruo Yasuda2 and 1 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1979 Isao Aoki (2)1 up Hsieh Min-Nan
1978 Isao Aoki2 and 1 Takahiro Takeyasu
1977 Tadashi Kitta1 up Tōru Nakamura
1976 Kazuo Yoshikawa2 and 1 Kikuo Arai
1975 Takashi Murakami2 up Namio Takasu


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