The Bridgestone Aso Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978 to 1993. From 1983, it was played at the Aso Golf Club near Mount Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Originally contested over 36 holes as the Aso National Park Open, the tournament was extended to 54 holes in 1981, and then 72 holes from 1982.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1981, 1983–1993 Aso Golf Club Aso, Kumamoto 1976–1980, 1982 Aso Kogen Hotel Golf Course Ubuyama, Kumamoto
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upBridgestone Aso Open 1993 Shigeru Kawamata 276 −12 2 strokes Katsunari Takahashi 1992 Peter Senior 281 −7 1 stroke Rick Gibson 1991 Kiyoshi Murota 208 −8 2 strokes Taisei Inagaki 1990 Teruo Sugihara 213 −3 2 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara 1989 Craig Parry 272 −16 6 strokes Yoshiyuki Isomura 1988 Ian Baker-Finch 282 −6 1 stroke Tadami Ueno 1987 Norio Mikami 280 −8 4 strokes David Ishii Shuichi Sano 1986 Brian Jones 240 −12 1 stroke Nobumitsu Yuhara 1985 Hsieh Min-Nan 280 −8 Playoff Masahiro Kuramoto 1984 Hideto Shigenobu 283 −5 Playoff Katsuji Hasegawa Akira Yabe 1983 Fujio Kobayashi 213 −3 Playoff Tadami Ueno 1982 Tōru Nakamura 283 −5 3 strokes Shigeru Uchida Aso National Park Open 1981 Saburo Fujiki 213 −3 1 stroke Yoshikazu Yokoshima 1980 Masaji Kusakabe 109 +1 1 stroke Yurio Akitomi Namio Takasu 1979 Takashi Kurihara 149 +5 Playoff Shinsaku Maeda Haruo Yasuda 1978 Tadami Ueno 143 −1 Playoff Tatsuo Fujima Teruo Suzumura 1977 Yukio Noguchi 213 −3 2 strokes Kikuo Arai Seiichi Kanai 1976 Norio Suzuki 138 −6 2 strokes Tomomi Suzuki
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External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site