The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 2000, it is one of the four major championships on the tour.
Tournament hosts The Japan Golf Tour Championship has been played at Shishido Hills Country Club since 2003. From 2000 to 2002, it was played at Horai Country Club.
Prize money Prize money was ¥120,000,000 from 2000 to 2005 and has been ¥150,000,000 since 2006, except for 2010 when it was ¥120,000,000. In 2000 the weather shortened the event to 54 holes and the prize money was reduced by 25% from ¥120,000,000 to ¥90,000,000.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upBMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup 2026 Hiroshi Iwata (2) 274 −8 Playoff Naoyuki Kataoka Kho Taichi 2025 Taiga Semikawa 272 −10 Playoff Mikumu Horikawa 2024 Hiroshi Iwata 271 −13 Playoff Ryo Ishikawa 2023 Takumi Kanaya 273 −11 2 strokes Yuki Inamori Hiroshi Iwata 2022 Kazuki Higa 272 −12 1 stroke Tomoharu OtsukiJapan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills 2021 Ryosuke Kinoshita 270 −14 5 strokes Yuki Furuwaka 2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Mikumu Horikawa 269 −15 4 strokes Shugo Imahira 2018 Kodai Ichihara 272 −12 1 stroke Ryuko Tokimatsu 2017 Shaun Norris 271 −13 4 strokes Seungsu Han 2016 Yosuke Tsukada 282 −2 1 stroke Michael Hendry 2015 Liang Wenchong 270 −14 5 strokes Brad Kennedy Ryutaro Nagano Song Young-han 2014 Yoshitaka Takeya 271 −17 2 strokes Lee Sang-heeJapan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills 2013 Satoshi Kodaira 274 −14 1 stroke Kiradech Aphibarnrat Hur Suk-hoJapan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills 2012 Yoshinori Fujimoto 271 −13 2 strokes Masamichi Uehira 2011 Park Jae-bum 278 −6 1 stroke Daisuke Maruyama 2010 Katsumasa Miyamoto (2) 279 −5 3 strokes Hiroyuki FujitaUBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills 2009 Yuji Igarashi 276 −8 1 stroke Jang Ik-jae David Smail Toru Suzuki 2008 Hidemasa Hoshino 272 −12 5 strokes Brendan Jones Takao Nogami 2007 Shingo Katayama 271 −9 1 stroke Naoya Takemoto 2006 Tatsuhiko Takahashi 273 −7 3 strokes Tetsuji HiratsukaJapan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup 2005 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 273 −7 Playoff Yasuharu Imano David Smail 2004 Hur Suk-ho 279 −5 Playoff Tomohiro Kondo 2003 Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 270 −14 1 stroke David Smail Tadahiro TakayamaJapan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup 2002 Nobuhito Sato 268 −20 6 strokes Kenichi Kuboya 2001 Katsumasa Miyamoto 273 −15 7 strokes Eduardo Herrera Jeev Milkha SinghJGTO TPC iiyama Cup 2000 Toshimitsu Izawa 203 −13 3 strokes Kaname Yokoo Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
See also Japan PGA Championship Japan Open Golf Championship Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
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External links Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site