ANA Open

The ANA Open (ANAオープンゴルフトーナメント, Ei-enu-ei ōpun golufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded as the Sapporo Open, it has been sponsored by All Nippon Airways since 1973, initially as the ANA Sapporo Open.^[1] It is usually held in September each year at the Sapporo Golf Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido.

ANA Open

Tournament information
Location	Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Japan
Established	1972
Course(s)	Sapporo Golf Club (Wattsu Course)
Par	72
Length	7,063 yards (6,458 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥150,000,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 Masashi Ozaki (1994) 268 Aguri Iwasaki (2024)
To par	−20 as above
Current champion
Aguri Iwasaki
Location map
Sapporo Golf Club Location in Japan Show map of Japan Sapporo Golf Club Location in Hokkaido Show map of Hokkaido

Sapporo's Wattsu and Yuni courses have both played host to the tournament. The tournament scoring record is 268 (20 under par), set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994. Ozaki also holds the all-time record of wins at the tournament with eight. The 2021 purse was ¥110,000,000, of which the winner's share was ¥20,000,000.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
ANA Open
2024	Aguri Iwasaki	268	−20	2 strokes	Kota Kaneko Ryutaro Nagano
2023	Hideto Tanihara	270	−18	1 stroke	Koshiro Maeda Song Young-han
2022	Tomoharu Otsuki	269	−19	Playoff	Ryo Ishikawa
2021	Scott Vincent	270	−18	3 strokes	Tomoharu Otsuki
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Yosuke Asaji	272	−16	Playoff	Seungsu Han Terumichi Kakazu Shaun Norris Ryuko Tokimatsu
2018	Cancelled due to the earthquake in Hokkaido[2]
2017	Yuta Ikeda (2)	275	−13	Playoff	Shugo Imahira Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016	Brendan Jones	270	−18	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
2015	Ryo Ishikawa	272	−16	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato
2014	Katsumasa Miyamoto	270	−18	Playoff	Hideto Tanihara
2013	Koumei Oda	273	−15	4 strokes	Shingo Katayama Lee Kyoung-hoon
2012	Hiroyuki Fujita	272	−16	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes Yuta Ikeda Kim Hyung-sung Liang Wenchong
2011	Kurt Barnes	275	−13	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama Tomohiro Kondo Koumei Oda
2010	Yuta Ikeda	274	−14	1 stroke	Jay Choi Kim Do-hoon
2009	Toru Taniguchi	272	−16	4 strokes	Kim Kyung-tae Tsuneyuki Nakajima Kazuhiro Yamashita
2008	Azuma Yano	273	−15	4 strokes	Toshinori Muto Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2007	Norio Shinozaki	277	−7	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano Chawalit Plaphol
2006	Tomohiro Kondo	274	−10	1 stroke	Kiyoshi Maita Kaname Yokoo
2005	Keiichiro Fukabori (2)	274	−14	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano
2004	Chawalit Plaphol	271	−17	1 stroke	Yang Yong-eun
2003	Yeh Wei-tze	277	−11	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002	Masashi Ozaki (8)	271	−17	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita
2001	Lin Keng-chi	273	−15	2 strokes	Kazuhiro Kinjo Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000	Nobuhito Sato	282	−6	1 stroke	Christian Peña
1999	Kazuhiko Hosokawa	277	−11	1 stroke	Naomichi Ozaki Katsuyoshi Tomori
1998	Keiichiro Fukabori	279	−9	2 strokes	Lee Janzen Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997	Shinichi Yokota	273	−15	3 strokes	Zaw Moe Tateo Ozaki
1996	Carlos Franco	282	−6	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto
1995	Masashi Ozaki (7)	279	−9	3 strokes	Ernie Els
1994	Masashi Ozaki (6)	268	−20	9 strokes	Kiyoshi Murota
1993	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (4)	274	−14	4 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki Peter Senior Katsunari Takahashi
1992	Masashi Ozaki (5)	280	−8	4 strokes	Ryoken Kawagishi
1991	Akiyoshi Ohmachi	282	−6	2 strokes	Ryoken Kawagishi
1990	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3)	277	−11	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1989	Masashi Ozaki (4)	280	−8	6 strokes	Ian Woosnam
1988	Naomichi Ozaki	278	−10	Playoff	Brian Jones
1987	Isao Aoki	282	−6	1 stroke	Tsukasa Watanabe
1986	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	281	−7	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
1985	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	277	−11	2 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto
ANA Sapporo Open
1984	Pete Izumikawa	280	−8	Playoff	Satsuki Takahashi	[3]
1983	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	282	−6	5 strokes	Isao Aoki
1982	Norio Suzuki	278	−10	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
1981	Masahiro Kuramoto	282	−6	3 strokes	Kikuo Arai	[4]
1980	Teruo Sugihara (3)	283	−5	1 stroke	Kikuo Arai	[5]
1979	Graham Marsh	284	−4	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai
1978	Teruo Sugihara (2)	284	−4	1 stroke	Fujio Kobayashi	[6]
1977	Teruo Sugihara	287	−1	1 stroke	Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1976	Takashi Murakami	285	−3	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	[7]
1975	Hsieh Yung-yo	277	−11	2 strokes	Takashi Murakami
1974	Masashi Ozaki (3)	282	−6	Playoff	Isao Aoki
1973	Masashi Ozaki (2)	283	−5	2 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan	[8]
Sapporo Open
1972	Masashi Ozaki	282	−6	4 strokes	Kosaku Shimada Hideyo Sugimoto	[9]

References

1. "Japanese firms set two new golf meets". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. United Press International. 3 June 1973. p. 6C. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "「平成30年北海道胆振東部地震」の影響によりANAオープンが開催中止" [ANA Open is halted due to the effects of the 30-year-east earthquake in Hokkaido] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 September 2018.
3. McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 239–240, 482–483. ISBN 0862541247.
4. McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 246, 479–480. ISBN 0862540054.
5. McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 180, 397–398. ISBN 0862541018.
6. "Sugihara takes 34th golf title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas, US. AP. 3 July 1978. p. 5d. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Murakami wins Sapporo golf". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AP. 5 July 1976. p. 22. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
8. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 323, 543. ISBN 0002119544.
9. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. p. 522. ISBN 0002119463.

External links

• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Winners of the ANA Open from official home page (in Japanese)