Tokai Classic

The Tokai Classic (東海クラシック, Tōkai kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Vantelin Tokai Classic

Tournament information
Location	Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
Established	1970
Course(s)	Miyoshi Country Club (West Course)
Par	71
Length	7,300 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥110,000,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Takahiro Hataji (2024)
To par	−18 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
Current champion
Takahiro Hataji
Location map
Miyoshi CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Miyoshi CC Location in the Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2024	Takahiro Hataji	267	−17	1 stroke	Takumi Kanaya
2023	Yuta Kinoshita	269	−15	1 stroke	Rikuya Hoshino
2022	Riki Kawamoto	271	−13	1 stroke	Yuto Katsuragawa
2021	Chan Kim	270	−14	2 strokes	Yuta Ikeda Jinichiro Kozuma Tomoharu Otsuki
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokai Classic
2019	Shaun Norris	275	−9	1 stroke	Shota Akiyoshi Ryuko Tokimatsu
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2018	Angelo Que	271	−17	2 strokes	Won Joon Lee Yang Yong-eun
2017	Satoshi Kodaira	274	−14	1 stroke	Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016	Daisuke Kataoka	272	−16	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
2015	Kim Hyung-sung	276	−12	Playoff	Shingo Katayama
2014	Kim Seung-hyuk	281	−7	1 stroke	Hwang Jung-gon Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013	Shingo Katayama	281	−7	Playoff	Hidemasa Hoshino Satoshi Tomiyama
2012	Ryu Hyun-woo	282	−6	Playoff	Shingo Katayama
2011	Bae Sang-moon	281	−7	1 stroke	Tadahiro Takayama
2010	Michio Matsumura	280	−8	Playoff	Takashi Kanemoto Hiroyuki Fujita
2009	Ryo Ishikawa	274	−14	1 stroke	Takeshi Kajikawa
2008	Toshinori Muto	277	−11	2 strokes	Yuta Ikeda
2007	Camilo Villegas	282	−2	Playoff	Toyokazu Fujishima
2006	Hidemasa Hoshino	282	−2	2 strokes	Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005	Yang Yong-eun	270	−18	4 strokes	Taichi Teshima
2004	Katsumune Imai	210[lower-alpha 1]	−6	Playoff	Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003	Nozomi Kawahara	275	−13	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002	Toru Taniguchi	278	−10	2 strokes	Nozomi Kawahara Zaw Moe
2001	Toshimitsu Izawa (2)	272	−16	2 strokes	Tomohiro Kondo Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000	Hirofumi Miyase	276	−12	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
1999	Kaname Yokoo	274	−14	1 stroke	Vijay Singh
1998	Toshimitsu Izawa	277	−11	3 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997	Brandt Jobe	278	−10	Playoff	Brian Watts
1996	Masanobu Kimura	280	−8	1 stroke	Kazuhiko Hosokawa Steve Jones Shigeki Maruyama
1995	Masayuki Kawamura	285	−3	1 stroke	Hideki Kase
1994	Corey Pavin	277	−11	1 stroke	Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993	Saburo Fujiki	274	−14	4 strokes	Hajime Meshiai
1992	Mark O'Meara	277	−11	1 stroke	Tom Kite
1991	Eiichi Itai	279	−9	4 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990	Graham Marsh (2)	206[lower-alpha 1]	−10	2 strokes	Tadami Ueno Saburo Fujiki
1989	Isao Aoki (2)	275	−13	5 strokes	Pete Izumikawa
1988	Brian Jones	274	−14	3 strokes	Koichi Suzuki
1987	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	282	−6	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1986	Masahiro Kuramoto (3)	271	−17	9 strokes	Shinsaku Maeda
1985	Graham Marsh	278	−10	1 stroke	Isao Aoki
1984	Yoshihisa Iwashita	276	−12	2 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto
1983	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	276	−12	2 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki
1982	Hsieh Min-Nan	274	−14	5 strokes	Larry Nelson
1981	Masahiro Kuramoto	209[lower-alpha 1]	−7	Playoff	Tōru Nakamura Hideto Shigenobu Fujio Kobayashi	[1]
1980	Larry Nelson	274	−14	1 stroke	Yutaka Hagawa
1979	Tsutomu Irie	275	−13	5 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan Masaji Kusakabe
1978	Masaji Kusakabe	282	−6	2 strokes	Kosaku Shimada
1977	Masashi Ozaki (2)	278	−10	1 stroke	Kosaku Shimada	[2]
1976	Isao Aoki	283	−5	Playoff	Teruo Sugihara Shigeru Uchida
1975	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	280	−8	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974	Kosaku Shimada	276	−12	2 strokes	Teruo Sugihara	[3]
1973	Masashi Ozaki	277	−11	1 stroke	Isao Aoki	[4]
1972	Kikuo Arai	275	−13	1 stroke	Takaaki Kono	[5]
1971	Shigeru Uchida	283		3 strokes	Billy Casper	[6]
1970	Fujio Ishii	275		Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan	[7]

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

1. "Kuramoto wins Tokai Classic". The Straits Times. Singapore. 12 October 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
2. "It's Ozaki's title as Watson falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. "Shimada gets golf victory". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. AP. 28 October 1974. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Sport talk | Golf". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 30 October 1973. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Thomson wins Qantas playoff". St Louis Post-Dispatch. St Louis, Missouri. 30 October 1972. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Uchida open winner; Bill Casper second". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. AP. 1 November 1971. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Sandra Palmer wins in Japan". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 2 November 1970. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.

External links

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