The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.
Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.
The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1992–present Keya Golf Club Itoshima, Fukuoka 1983–1991 Kyushu Shima Country Club Itoshima, Fukuoka 1973–1982 Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upSansan KBC Augusta 2026 Lee Sang-hee 265 −23 3 strokes Yusaku Hosono 2025 Yuwa Kosaihira 270 −18 1 stroke Yusuke Sakamoto 2024 Jinichiro Kozuma 269 −19 Playoff Yuwa Kosaihira 2023 Song Young-han 271 −17 1 stroke Ryutaro Nagano 2022 Riki Kawamoto 272 −16 1 stroke Lee Sang-hee 2021 Scott Vincent 271 −17 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa RIZAP KBC Augusta 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2019 Kazuki Higa 262 −26 5 strokes Rikuya Hoshino 2018 Daijiro Izumida 274 −14 1 stroke Choi Ho-sung 2017 Yuta Ikeda (3) 270 −18 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii 2016 Ryo Ishikawa 273 −15 5 strokes Michael Hendry Brad Kennedy Tadahiro Takayama 2015 Yuta Ikeda (2) 268 −20 5 strokes Koumei OdaRZ Everlasting KBC Augusta 2014 Hiroyuki Fujita 276 −12 Playoff Liang WenchongVana H Cup KBC Augusta 2013 Park Sung-joon 204 −12 2 strokes Hwang Jung-gon 2012 Kim Hyung-sung 270 −22 1 stroke Akio Sadakata 2011 Bae Sang-moon 266 −22 2 strokes Ryo Ishikawa Tomohiro Kondo 2010 Hideto Tanihara 266 −22 1 stroke Mitsuhiro Tateyama 2009 Yuta Ikeda 267 −21 Playoff Yasuharu Imano 2008 Shintaro Kai 278 −10 1 stroke Hidemasa HoshinoKBC Augusta 2007 Katsumasa Miyamoto 269 −15 1 stroke Steven Conran Koumei OdaUnder Armour KBC Augusta 2006 Taichi Teshima 268 −16 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka 2005 Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 264 −20 5 strokes Prayad Marksaeng Ryuichi OdaHisamitsu-KBC Augusta 2004 Steven Conran 277 −7 1 stroke Takashi Kamiyama Toru Taniguchi 2003 Soushi Tajima 269 −19 4 strokes Dinesh Chand Hisayuki Sasaki 2002 Nobumitsu Yuhara 209 −7 1 stroke Shigemasa Higaki Katsunori Kuwabara Toshimasa Nakajima Christian Peña Zhang Lianwei 2001 Takenori Hiraishi 273 −15 Playoff Shigemasa Higaki Hideki Kase 2000 Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 4 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto 1999 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 205 −11 1 stroke Takao Nogami 1998 Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −13 4 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara 1997 Masashi Ozaki (3) 266 −22 12 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa Taichi Teshima 1996 Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff Taichi Teshima 1995 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 271 −17 1 stroke Todd Hamilton Tomohiro Maruyama 1994 Brian Watts 271 −17 2 strokes Masashi OzakiDaiwa KBC Augusta1993 Chen Tze-chung 277 −11 Playoff Lin Chie-hsiang1992 Chen Tze-ming (2) 276 −12 Playoff Bradley Hughes Norikazu Kawakami1991 Raymond Floyd 273 −15 1 stroke Frankie Miñoza1990 Masashi Ozaki 269 −19 10 strokes Chen Tze-chung1989 Teruo Sugihara 281 −7 2 strokes Graham MarshKBC Augusta1988 Masahiro Kuramoto 276 −12 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai Masashi Ozaki Nobumitsu Yuhara1987 Saburo Fujiki (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Tateo Ozaki1986 Isao Aoki (3) 282 −6 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto Masashi Ozaki1985 Hajime Meshiai 206 −10 1 stroke Isao Aoki Eitaro Deguchi Masashi Ozaki Satsuki Takahashi Fuzzy Zoeller1984 Naomichi Ozaki 275 −13 1 stroke Kouichi Inoue Tsuneyuki Nakajima1983 Saburo Fujiki 273 −15 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1982 Chen Tze-ming 209 −7 1 stroke Hal Sutton 1981 Hsieh Min-Nan 279 −9 Playoff Chen Tze-chung Nobumitsu Yuhara 1980 Isao Aoki (2) 137 −7 2 strokes Hiroshi Tahara 1979 Masaji Kusakabe 240 −12 3 strokes Kuo Chie-Hsiung 1978 Kenichi Yamada 276 −12 2 strokes Isao Aoki Shiro Kubo Gene Littler Yasuhiro Miyamoto 1977 Brian Jones 278 −10 Playoff Akira Yabe 1976 Graham Marsh 207 −9 Playoff Haruo Yasuda 1975 Shinsaku Maeda 278 −10 Playoff Hiroshi Ishii 1974 Tōru Nakamura 273 −15 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara 1973 Isao Aoki 266 −22 13 strokes Yasuhiro Miyamoto
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External links Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site Tournament's site