Token Homemate Cup

The Token Homemate Cup (東建ホームメイトカップ, Tōken hōmumeito kappu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1993. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 (−21). It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71. Since 2009, the purse has been ¥130,000,000 with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. Prize money was ¥90,000,000 from 1993 to 1997, ¥110,000,000 in 1998, ¥100,000,000 from 1999 to 2005 and ¥110,000,000 from 2006 to 2008.

Token Homemate Cup

Tournament information
Location	Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Established	1993
Course(s)	Token Tado Country Club Nagoya
Par	71
Length	7,062 yards (6,457 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥130,000,000
Month played	March
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
To par	−23 as above
Current champion
Takumi Kanaya
Location map
Token Tado CC Nagoya Location in Japan Show map of Japan Token Tado CC Nagoya Location in the Mie Prefecture Show map of Mie Prefecture

Tournament hosts

Years	Venue	Location
2001, 2003–2005, 2007–present	Token Tado Country Club Nagoya	Kuwana, Mie
2006	Token Shuga Country Club	Kani, Gifu
1993–2000, 2002	Kedōin Golf Club	Kedōin, Kagoshima (now Satsumasendai)

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Token Homemate Cup
2024	Takumi Kanaya (2)	261	−23	2 strokes	Tatsunori Shogenji	[1]
2023	Shugo Imahira	264	−20	2 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino	[2]
2022	Jinichiro Kozuma	270	−14	Playoff	Yuto Katsuragawa	[3]
2021	Takumi Kanaya	202[lower-alpha 1]	−11	1 stroke	Keita Nakajima (a)	[4]
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic					[5]
2019	Brendan Jones (2)	269	−15	1 stroke	Matthew Griffin	[6]
2018	Atomu Shigenaga	272	−12	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa	[7]
2017	Liang Wenchong	268	−16	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto	[8]
2016	Kim Kyung-tae	271	−13	Playoff	Tomohiro Kondo
2015	Michael Hendry	269	−15	1 stroke	Kazuhiro Yamashita	[9]
2014	Yūsaku Miyazato	270	−14	2 strokes	Hiroshi Iwata	[10]
2013	Yoshinobu Tsukada	275	−9	4 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii Koumei Oda
2012	Brendan Jones	269	−15	2 strokes	Ryuichi Oda	[11]
2011	Tadahiro Takayama (2)	276	−8	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama	[12]
2010	Koumei Oda (2)	283	−1	Playoff	Satoru Hirota Daisuke Maruyama
2009	Koumei Oda	275	−10	Playoff	Kim Jong-duck
2008	Katsumasa Miyamoto	276	−8	1 stroke	Taichi Teshima
2007	Yui Ueda	276	−8	1 stroke	Lee Dong-hwan
2006	Wayne Perske	267	−21	2 strokes	Brendan Jones Yui Ueda
2005	Tadahiro Takayama	205[lower-alpha 2]	−8	Playoff	Nozomi Kawahara
2004	Hiroyuki Fujita	281	−3	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama Charlie Wi
2003	Andre Stolz	278	−6	1 stroke	Nobuhiro Masuda Tadahiro Takayama Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Token Corporation Cup
2002	Toru Taniguchi	272	−16	2 strokes	Hirofumi Miyase
2001	Shingo Katayama	205[lower-alpha 3]	−8	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000	Nobuo Serizawa	281	−7	1 stroke	Satoshi Higashi Katsunori Kuwabara
1999	Masashi Ozaki (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
1998	Hajime Meshiai (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1997	Masashi Ozaki	269	−19	1 stroke	Carlos Franco
1996	Yoshinori Kaneko	275	−13	1 stroke	Brandt Jobe
1995	Todd Hamilton	281	−7	1 stroke	Peter Senior
Token Cup
1994	Craig Warren	208[lower-alpha 4]	−8	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1993	Hajime Meshiai	276	−12	2 strokes	Todd Hamilton

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.
2. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
3. Shortened to 54 holes due to snow.
4. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

1. "Kanaya takes top honour at season-opening Token Homemate Cup". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
2. "Imahira gets JGTO season off to a winning start". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. Kaur, Malkeet (3 April 2022). "Kozuma fights back to win JGTO's season-opening Token Homemate Cup". ParGolf. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
4. "Takumi Kanaya – Japan's Next Major Star?". Worldwide Golf. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
5. "ジャパンゴルフツアー開幕戦「東建ホームメイトカップ2020」開催中止のお知らせ（3月26日発表）" [Announcement of cancellation of the opening round of the Japan Golf Tour "Token Homemate Cup 2020" (announced on March 26)] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
6. Webeck, Tony (22 April 2019). "Brendan Jones keeps Matt Griffin at bay for Japan Tour win No.15". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
7. Nosferatu [@VC606] (15 April 2018). "Congrats to Atomu Shigenaga" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 April 2023 – via Twitter.
8. "Liang Wins by Two at Token Homemate Cup". Titleist. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
9. Prendergast, Paul (20 April 2015). "Hendry breaks through on Japan Tour". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
10. "Miyazato claims second career title". The Japan Times. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
11. "Jones shoots 62 to win Token Homemate Cup". Fox News. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
12. "Ishikawa falters, Takayama clinches Token Cup". Golfweek. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links

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