The Yomiuri International was a golf tournament held in Japan from 1962 to 1971. It was played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo. It was an event on the Asia Golf Circuit (formerly the Far East Circuit) every year except for 1964, and served as the season finale.
In 1972, the tournament was cancelled by the sponsor, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, because of political tensions and replaced on the circuit by the Sobu International Open.
Peter Thomson won the 1962 event, finishing eight strokes ahead of Canadian Al Balding. The following year the event was won by Doug Sanders, five ahead of Hideyo Sugimoto.
Winners YearTourWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upRef. 1971 AGC Haruo Yasuda 282 −6 Playoff Kosaku Shimada 1970 AGC David Graham 286 −2 3 strokes Walter Godfrey 1969 AGC Guy Wolstenholme 288 E 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara 1968 AGC Chen Ching-Po 283 −5 2 strokes Tomoo Ishii 1967 FEC Mitsutaka Kono 282 −6 1 stroke Koichi Ono 1966 FEC Hugh Boyle 286 −2 2 strokes Ted Ball 1965 FEC Frank Phillips 288 E 1 stroke Chen Ching-Po 1964 Hideyo Sugimoto 1963 FEC Doug Sanders 289 +1 5 strokes Hideyo Sugimoto 1962 FEC Peter Thomson 278 −10 8 strokes Al Balding
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