KBC Augusta

The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Sansan KBC Augusta

Tournament information
Location	Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
Established	1973
Course(s)	Keya Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,103 yards (6,495 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
To par	−26 as above
Current champion
Jinichiro Kozuma
Location map
Keya GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Keya GC Location in the Fukuoka Prefecture Show map of Fukuoka Prefecture

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)	Host course	Location
1992–present	Keya Golf Club	Itoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991	Kyushu Shima Country Club	Itoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982	Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course)	Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To Par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Sansan KBC Augusta
2024	Jinichiro Kozuma	269	−19	Playoff	Yuwa Kosaihira
2023	Song Young-han	271	−17	1 stroke	Ryutaro Nagano
2022	Riki Kawamoto	272	−16	1 stroke	Lee Sang-hee
2021	Scott Vincent	271	−17	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa
RIZAP KBC Augusta
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Kazuki Higa	262	−26	5 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino
2018	Daijiro Izumida	274	−14	1 stroke	Choi Ho-sung
2017	Yuta Ikeda (3)	270	−18	3 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
2016	Ryo Ishikawa	273	−15	5 strokes	Michael Hendry Brad Kennedy Tadahiro Takayama
2015	Yuta Ikeda (2)	268	−20	5 strokes	Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
2014	Hiroyuki Fujita	276	−12	Playoff	Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
2013	Park Sung-joon	204[lower-alpha 1]	−12	2 strokes	Hwang Jung-gon
2012	Kim Hyung-sung	270	−22	1 stroke	Akio Sadakata
2011	Bae Sang-moon	266	−22	2 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa Tomohiro Kondo
2010	Hideto Tanihara	266	−22	1 stroke	Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2009	Yuta Ikeda	267	−21	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano
2008	Shintaro Kai	278	−10	1 stroke	Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
2007	Katsumasa Miyamoto	269	−15	1 stroke	Steven Conran Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
2006	Taichi Teshima	268	−16	1 stroke	Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2005	Toshimitsu Izawa (2)	264	−20	5 strokes	Prayad Marksaeng Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
2004	Steven Conran	277	−7	1 stroke	Takashi Kamiyama Toru Taniguchi
2003	Soushi Tajima	269	−19	4 strokes	Dinesh Chand Hisayuki Sasaki
2002	Nobumitsu Yuhara	209[lower-alpha 1]	−7	1 stroke	Shigemasa Higaki Katsunori Kuwabara Toshimasa Nakajima Christian Peña Zhang Lianwei
2001	Takenori Hiraishi	273	−15	Playoff	Shigemasa Higaki Hideki Kase
2000	Toshimitsu Izawa	270	−18	4 strokes	Shusaku Sugimoto
1999	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	205[lower-alpha 1]	−11	1 stroke	Takao Nogami
1998	Masashi Ozaki (4)	275	−13	4 strokes	Katsunori Kuwabara
1997	Masashi Ozaki (3)	266	−22	12 strokes	Takaaki Fukuzawa Taichi Teshima
1996	Masashi Ozaki (2)	273	−15	Playoff	Taichi Teshima
1995	Kazuhiko Hosokawa	271	−17	1 stroke	Todd Hamilton Tomohiro Maruyama
1994	Brian Watts	271	−17	2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
1993	Chen Tze-chung	277	−11	Playoff	Lin Chie-hsiang
1992	Chen Tze-ming (2)	276	−12	Playoff	Bradley Hughes Norikazu Kawakami
1991	Raymond Floyd	273	−15	1 stroke	Frankie Miñoza
1990	Masashi Ozaki	269	−19	10 strokes	Chen Tze-chung
1989	Teruo Sugihara	281	−7	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
1988	Masahiro Kuramoto	276	−12	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai Masashi Ozaki Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987	Saburo Fujiki (2)	274	−14	2 strokes	Tateo Ozaki
1986	Isao Aoki (3)	282	−6	1 stroke	Masahiro Kuramoto Masashi Ozaki
1985	Hajime Meshiai	206[lower-alpha 1]	−10	1 stroke	Isao Aoki Eitaro Deguchi Masashi Ozaki Satsuki Takahashi Fuzzy Zoeller
1984	Naomichi Ozaki	275	−13	1 stroke	Kouichi Inoue Tsuneyuki Nakajima	[1]
1983	Saburo Fujiki	273	−15	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1982	Chen Tze-ming	209[lower-alpha 1]	−7	1 stroke	Hal Sutton	[2]
1981	Hsieh Min-Nan	279	−9	Playoff	Chen Tze-chung Nobumitsu Yuhara
1980	Isao Aoki (2)	137[lower-alpha 2]	−7	2 strokes	Hiroshi Tahara	[3]
1979	Masaji Kusakabe	240[lower-alpha 3]	−12	3 strokes	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	[4]
1978	Kenichi Yamada	276	−12	2 strokes	Isao Aoki Shiro Kubo Gene Littler Yasuhiro Miyamoto	[5]
1977	Brian Jones	278	−10	Playoff	Akira Yabe
1976	Graham Marsh	207[lower-alpha 1]	−9	Playoff	Haruo Yasuda
1975	Shinsaku Maeda	278	−10	Playoff	Hiroshi Ishii
1974	Tōru Nakamura	273	−15	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara	[6]
1973	Isao Aoki	266	−22	13 strokes	Yasuhiro Miyamoto	[7]

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
2. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
3. Shortened to 63 holes after a typhoon caused the final round to be cut to nine holes.

References

1. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 476. ISBN 0862541247.
2. "Tze Ming wins by a stroke". The Straits Times. AP. 30 August 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 179, 395–396. ISBN 0862540054.
4. "Rains can't stop Kusakabe". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 27 Aug 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "12 under wins". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 29 August 1978. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
6. McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 255, 436–437. ISBN 0002119552.
7. McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 548–549. ISBN 0002119544.

External links

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