The Crowns

For the band, see Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns.

The Crowns (中日クラウンズ, Chūnichi kuraunzu) is a professional golf tournament that is played over Nagoya Golf Club's Wagō Course in Tōgō, Aichi, Japan. Founded in 1960, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour schedule since the tour's first season in 1973.

The Crowns

Tournament information
Location	Tōgō, Aichi, Japan
Established	1960
Course(s)	Nagoya Golf Club (Wagō Course)
Par	70
Length	6,557 yards (5,996 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Prize fund	¥110,000,000
Month played	April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Masashi Ozaki (1995)
To par	−20 as above
Current champion
Ren Yonezawa
Location map
Nagoya GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Nagoya GC Location in the Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture

History

The Crowns was established as the Invitation by Chūbu Japan, All Japan Amateur and Professional Golf Championship (中部日本招待全日本アマ・プロゴルフ選手権) in 1960.^[1] The concept of the championship was competition among amateur and professional golf players. It has been played over the Wagō Course at Nagoya Golf Club every year except between 1962 and 1965, during which time it was held at Aichi Country Club (1962 and 1965) and Miyoshi Country Club (1963 and 1964).

From the 10th anniversary in 1969 to the 50th anniversary in 2009, the tournament's official name was "International Invitational Golf THE CROWNS (国際招待ゴルフ 中日クラウンズ, Kokusai shōtai gorufu Chūnichi kuraunzu)", as organizers invited international golfers. Winners during this time include major champions Peter Thomson, David Graham, Scott Simpson, Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros, Davis Love III, Darren Clarke and Justin Rose.

The tournament record is 260 (20 under par), set by Masashi Ozaki in 1995. In 2010, Ryo Ishikawa recorded a Tour record final round of 58 (12 under par) to take the title by five strokes. From 2002 to 2019 the purse was ¥120,000,000 with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner. This was reduced to ¥100,000,000 in 2021.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
The Crowns
2024	Ren Yonezawa	267	−13	1 stroke	Naoyuki Kataoka
2023	Hiroshi Iwata (2)	265	−15	3 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino
2022	Yuki Inamori	264	−16	3 strokes	Hwang Jung-gon
2021	Hiroshi Iwata	198[a]	−12	3 strokes	Katsumasa Miyamoto
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Katsumasa Miyamoto	271	−9	1 stroke	Shugo Imahira
2018	Yang Yong-eun	268	−12	4 strokes	Hwang Jung-gon Anthony Quayle
2017	Yūsaku Miyazato	267	−13	1 stroke	Yoshinori Fujimoto Toru Taniguchi
2016	Kim Kyung-tae	270	−10	Playoff	Daisuke Kataoka
2015	Jang Ik-jae (2)	270	−10	4 strokes	Tomohiro Kondo Hideto Tanihara Kazuhiro Yamashita
2014	Kim Hyung-sung	269	−11	4 strokes	Jang Ik-jae
2013	Michio Matsumura	278	−2	1 stroke	Hideki Matsuyama
2012	Jang Ik-jae	272	−8	2 strokes	Steven Conran Yoshikazu Haku
2011	Brendan Jones	271	−9	Playoff	Jang Ik-jae
2010	Ryo Ishikawa	267	−13	5 strokes	Hiroyuki Fujita Paul Sheehan
2009	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	263	−17	7 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
2008	Tomohiro Kondo	271	−9	Playoff	Hiroyuki Fujita
2007	Hirofumi Miyase	278	−2	Playoff	Toru Taniguchi
2006	Shingo Katayama (2)	262	−18	2 strokes	Nozomi Kawahara
2005	Naomichi Ozaki	269	−11	Playoff	Steven Conran
2004	Shingo Katayama	264	−16	2 strokes	Paul Sheehan
2003	Hidemasa Hoshino	270	−10	3 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa Zaw Moe Taichi Teshima
2002	Justin Rose	266	−14	5 strokes	Prayad Marksaeng
2001	Darren Clarke	267	−13	4 strokes	Keiichiro Fukabori Shinichi Yokota
2000	Hidemichi Tanaka	272	−8	5 strokes	Mitsutaka Kusakabe
1999	Yasuharu Imano	271	−9	1 stroke	Naomichi Ozaki
1998	Davis Love III	269	−11	8 strokes	Rick Gibson Masanobu Kimura Brian Watts
1997	Masashi Ozaki (5)	267	−13	2 strokes	Brian Watts
1996	Masashi Ozaki (4)	268	−12	4 strokes	Katsuyoshi Tomori
1995	Masashi Ozaki (3)	260	−20	5 strokes	Nobuo Serizawa
1994	Roger Mackay	269	−11	2 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki
1993	Peter Senior	270	−10	1 stroke	Gary Hallberg Masashi Ozaki
1992	Masashi Ozaki (2)	270	−10	4 strokes	Brent Franklin Peter Senior
1991	Seve Ballesteros	275	−5	1 stroke	Roger Mackay
1990	Noboru Sugai	276	−4	Playoff	Steve Pate
1989	Greg Norman	272	−8	3 strokes	Blaine McCallister Koichi Suzuki
1988	Scott Simpson (2)	278	−2	3 strokes	David Ishii Masashi Ozaki
1987	Masashi Ozaki	268	−12	6 strokes	Isao Aoki Ian Baker-Finch Masahiro Kuramoto Yoshitaka Yamamoto
Chunichi Crowns
1986	David Ishii	274	−6	4 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1985	Seiji Ebihara	276	−4	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1984	Scott Simpson	275	−5	Playoff	Isao Aoki
1983	Chen Tze-ming	280	E	Playoff	Kikuo Arai David Ishii
1982	Gary Hallberg	272	−8	3 strokes	Shigeru Uchida
1981	Graham Marsh (2)	277	−3	2 strokes	D. A. Weibring
1980	Isao Aoki (5)	280	E	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
1979	Isao Aoki (4)	279	−1	1 stroke	Tōru Nakamura Haruo Yasuda
1978	Isao Aoki (3)	270	−10	5 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1977	Graham Marsh	280	E	4 strokes	Kenji Mori
1976	David Graham	276	−4	1 stroke	Yasuhiro Miyamoto
1975	Isao Aoki (2)	272	−8	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara
1974	Takashi Murakami	272	−8	6 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
1973	Isao Aoki	270	−10	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan
1972	Peter Thomson (2)	266	−14	6 strokes	Terry Kendall
1971	Lu Liang-Huan	274	−6	3 strokes	Peter Thomson
1970	Haruo Yasuda (2)	268	−12	3 strokes	Teruo Suzumura
1969	Peter Thomson	274	−6	Playoff	Tadashi Kitta
1968	Haruo Yasuda	278	−2	Playoff	Hisashi Suzumura
1967	Hsieh Yung-yo	273	−7	1 stroke	Hisashi Suzumura
1966	Shigeru Uchida	274	−6	1 stroke	Tadashi Kitta Haruyoshi Kobari
1965	Tadashi Kitta (2)	291	−5	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara
1964	Teruo Sugihara	294	+6	1 stroke	Torakichi Nakamura
1963	Kenji Hosoishi	290	+2	2 strokes	Teruo Sugihara
1962	Tadashi Kitta	299	+3	1 stroke	Torakichi Nakamura
1961	Tomoo Ishii	280	E	Playoff	Orville Moody
1960	Torakichi Nakamura	277	−3	1 stroke	Koichi Ono

Sources:^[2][3]

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

1. hicbc.com：中日クラウンズ　50年の歴史｜第1回大会
2. "The Crowns 2019 – Past Champions". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
3. "The Crowns". Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
• The Crowns tournament's winners list (in Japanese)