Bridgestone Open

The Bridgestone Open (ブリヂストンオープンゴルフトーナメント, Burijisuton ōpun gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.

Bridgestone Open

Tournament information
Location	Chiba, Chiba
Established	1972
Course(s)	Sodegaura Country Club (Sodegaura Course)
Par	71
Length	7,119 yards (6,510 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥110,000,000
Month played	October
Final year	2021
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Yuta Ikeda (2010) 265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021)
To par	−23 Yuta Ikeda (2010)
Current champion
Tomoyasu Sugiyama
Location map
Sodegaura CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Sodegaura CC Location in the Chiba Prefecture Show map of Chiba Prefecture

The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.^[1]

Tournament hosts

In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To Par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Bridgestone Open
2021	Tomoyasu Sugiyama	265	−19	3 strokes	Naoyuki Kataoka Jinichiro Kozuma
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Shugo Imahira (2)	131[a]	−11	1 stroke	Seungsu Han Hiroyuki Fujita Tomoharu Otsuki Akio Sadakata
2018	Shugo Imahira	268	−16	1 stroke	Masahiro Kawamura
2017	Ryuko Tokimatsu	133[a]	−9	2 strokes	Lee Sang-hee
2016	Satoshi Kodaira	270	−14	1 stroke	Lee Kyoung-hoon
2015	Michio Matsumura	275	−9	2 strokes	Adam Bland Mikumu Horikawa Yuki Inamori Kim Kyung-tae
2014	Koumei Oda	269	−15	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita
2013	Daisuke Maruyama	203[b]	−10	3 strokes	Jang Ik-jae
2012	Toru Taniguchi (3)	272	−12	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita
2011	Toru Taniguchi (2)	269	−15	5 strokes	Shingo Katayama Hiroo Kawai Michio Matsumura Koumei Oda
2010	Yuta Ikeda (2)	265	−23	3 strokes	Michio Matsumura
2009	Yuta Ikeda	270	−18	2 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
2008	Azuma Yano	267	−21	4 strokes	Takao Nogami
2007	Shingo Katayama	270	−18	1 stroke	Steven Conran Keiichiro Fukabori Tomohiro Kondo
2006	Taichi Teshima	266	−22	5 strokes	Kiyoshi Maita
2005	David Smail	272	−16	2 strokes	Toru Suzuki
2004	Toru Taniguchi	272	−16	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama Shinichi Yokota
2003	Naomichi Ozaki	267	−21	Playoff	Paul Sheehan
2002	Scott Laycock	272	−16	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama Toru Taniguchi
2001	Toshimitsu Izawa	274	−14	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
2000	Nobuhito Sato (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	Katsumasa Miyamoto
1999	Shigeki Maruyama (3)	268	−20	5 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa
1998	Nobuhito Sato	275	−13	Playoff	Tateo Ozaki
1997	Masashi Ozaki (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama Tateo Ozaki
1996	Shigeki Maruyama (2)	272	−16	2 strokes	Brian Watts
1995	Shigeki Maruyama	274	−14	3 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia Masashi Ozaki Shinichi Yokota
1994	Brian Watts	274	−14	3 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia
1993	Ikuo Shirahama	271	−17	5 strokes	Mark Calcavecchia Nolan Henke Tsukasa Watanabe
1992	Masahiro Kuramoto (3)	271	−17	Playoff	Tetsu Nishikawa
1991	Isao Aoki	134[a]	−10	1 stroke	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
1990	Saburo Fujiki	274	−14	Playoff	Akihito Yokoyama
1989	Roger Mackay	277	−11	1 stroke	Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1988	Masashi Ozaki	273	−15	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
1987	David Ishii	282	−6	Playoff	Hiroshi Makino Nobuo Serizawa
1986	Tateo Ozaki	276	−12	2 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki
1985	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
Bridgestone Tournament
1984	Masahiro Kuramoto	279	−9	Playoff	Chen Tze-chung Yoshihisa Iwashita Sam Torrance
1983	Eitaro Deguchi	274	−14	1 stroke	Hsieh Min-Nan	[2]
1982	Hsieh Min-Nan (2)	279	−9	Playoff	Kikuo Arai
1981	Hale Irwin	275	−13	8 strokes	Bill Rogers	[3]
1980	Bob Gilder	283	−5	1 stroke	Isao Aoki	[4]
1979	Lanny Wadkins	277	−11	1 stroke	Yoshikazu Yokoshima	[5]
1978	Hiroshi Ishii (2)	280	−8	2 strokes	Fujio Kobayashi	[6]
1977	Fujio Kobayashi	278	−10	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda	[7]
1976	Takashi Murakami	282	−6	Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan Masaji Kusakabe
1975	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	283	−5	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda	[8]
1974	Graham Marsh	278	−10	1 stroke	Seiichi Numazawa	[9]
1973	Hiroshi Ishii	275	−13	2 strokes	Haruo Yasuda	[10]
1972	Hsieh Min-Nan	276	−12	3 strokes	Buddy Allin Kuo Chie-Hsiung	[11]

Notes

1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

See also

• Bridgestone Aso Open

References

1. Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Archived 23 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Deguchi takes Bridgestone". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. AP. 24 October 1983. p. 3B. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 248–249, 484–485. ISBN 0862541018.
4. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 184, 407–408. ISBN 0862540054.
5. "Wadkins takes Japanese tourney". Quad City Times. Davenport, Iowa. AP. 29 October 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Ishii triumphs in Tokyo golf". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. UPI. 30 October 1978. p. 12-D. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Kobayashi captures Bridgestone prize". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 31 October 1977. p. 45. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 298, 498. ISBN 000211996X.
9. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 256, 441–442. ISBN 0002119552.
10. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 326, 557. ISBN 0002119544.
11. McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313–314, 535–536. ISBN 0002119463.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site