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.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1994–2003 Nidom Classic Course Tomakomai, Hokkaido 1993 Higashinomiya Country Club Motegi, Tochigi 1992 Prestige Country Club Tochigi, Tochigi 1991 Shinyo Country Club Toki, Gifu 1988–1990 Green Academy Club Shirakawa, Fukushima 1983–1987 Mito Golf Club Mito, Ibaraki 1975–1982 Totsuka Country Club (West) Yokohama, Kanagawa
Winners YearWinnerScoreRunner-upJapan PGA Match-Play Championship 2003 Todd Hamilton (2) 3 and 2 David Smail Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 2002 Nobuhito Sato 5 and 4 Tomohiro Kondo 2001 Dean Wilson 2 and 1 Lin Keng-chi 2000 Kaname Yokoo 2 and 1 Toru Taniguchi 1999 Mamo Osanai 4 and 3 Toru Taniguchi 1998 Katsunori Kuwabara 38 holes Shinichi Yokota 1997 Shigeki Maruyama 3 and 2 Peter Teravainen 1996 Nobuo Serizawa 1 up Brandt Jobe 1995 Katsuyoshi Tomori 2 and 1 Shigeki Maruyama 1994 Todd Hamilton 8 and 7 Ikuo Shirahama 1993 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 3 and 2 Koichi Suzuki 1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) 3 and 1 Naomichi Ozaki Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup 1991 Satoshi Higashi 2 up Tsuneyuki Nakajima 1990 Naomichi Ozaki 6 and 5 Brian Jones 1989 Masashi Ozaki 3 and 2 Hiroshi Makino 1988 David Ishii 6 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 Takahashi 2 and 1 Akira Yabe 1984 Tōru Nakamura 4 and 3 Kouichi Inoue 1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 38 holes Hideto Shigenobu 1982 Isao Aoki (4) 4 and 2 Yutaka Hagawa 1981 Isao Aoki (3) 38 holes Katsuji Hasegawa 1980 Haruo Yasuda 2 and 1 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 1979 Isao Aoki (2) 1 up Hsieh Min-Nan 1978 Isao Aoki 2 and 1 Takahiro Takeyasu 1977 Tadashi Kitta 1 up Tōru Nakamura 1976 Kazuo Yoshikawa 2 and 1 Kikuo Arai 1975 Takashi Murakami 2 up Namio Takasu
External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Japan PGA list of winners