The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club. The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.
The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1998–2007 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba 1974–1997 Narashino Country Club Inzai, Chiba 1973 Ashitaka 600 Club Numazu, Shizuoka
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up 2007 Hideto Tanihara 202 −8 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi 2006 Yang Yong-eun 266 −14 6 strokes Hidemasa Hoshino Toru Taniguchi 2005 Yasuharu Imano 267 −13 2 strokes Mamo Osanai 2004 Hideki Kase 267 −13 3 strokes Tomohiro Kondo Katsuya Nakagawa Toru Taniguchi 2003 Jyoti Randhawa 276 −8 2 strokes Paul Sheehan 2002 Shingo Katayama (2) 269 −15 4 strokes Kōki Idoki Yasuharu Imano 2001 Shingo Katayama 268 −16 3 strokes Darren Clarke Keiichiro Fukabori Nobuo Serizawa 2000 Kiyoshi Maita 273 −11 1 stroke Yasuharu Imano 1999 Nick Price 276 −8 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama 1998 Mamo Osanai 274 −10 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1997 Hiroyuki Fujita 274 −14 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1996 Hajime Meshiai 272 −16 3 strokes Hidemichi Tanaka 1995 Masahiro Kuramoto 273 −15 3 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa Satoshi Higashi Nobuo Serizawa 1994 David Ishii 277 −11 Playoff Hisayuki Sasaki 1993 Eiichi Itai 282 −6 1 stroke Chen Tze-chung 1992 Naomichi Ozaki (2) 279 −9 2 strokes Wayne Grady Tateo Ozaki Yoshikazu Yokoshima Nobumitsu Yuhara 1991 Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 2 strokes Chen Tze-chung 1990 Tōru Nakamura 271 −17 1 stroke Graham Marsh 1989 Larry Nelson 276 −12 Playoff Saburo Fujiki 1988 Tateo Ozaki (2) 274 −14 3 strokes Tadami Ueno 1987 Noboru Sugai 278 −10 3 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto Larry Nelson 1986 Graham Marsh (2) 275 −13 Playoff Isao Aoki 1985 Tateo Ozaki 275 −13 Playoff Larry Nelson 1984 Takashi Kurihara 271 −17 2 strokes Isao Aoki 1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 274 −14 1 stroke Saburo Fujiki 1982 Pete Izumikawa 207 −9 2 strokes Bill Rogers 1981 Bill Rogers (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Norio Suzuki 1980 Bill Rogers 278 −10 2 strokes Graham Marsh 1979 Masaji Kusakabe (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan 1978 Akio Kanemoto 281 −7 1 stroke Isao Aoki 1977 Masaji Kusakabe 279 −9 3 strokes Fujio Kobayashi 1976 Graham Marsh 273 −15 3 strokes Isao Aoki 1975 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 268 −20 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1974 Masashi Ozaki 272 −16 3 strokes Kosaku Shimada 1973 Hideyo Sugimoto 270 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
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External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Official site