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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.

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Vantelin Tokai Classic
Tournament information
LocationMiyoshi, Aichi, Japan
Established1970
Course(s)Miyoshi Country Club
(West Course)
Par71
Length7,300 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Takahiro Hataji (2024)
To par−18 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
Current champion
Japan Takahiro Hataji
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Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in Japan
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Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in the Aichi Prefecture
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Winners

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YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2024Japan Takahiro Hataji267−171 strokeJapan Takumi Kanaya
2023Japan Yuta Kinoshita269−151 strokeJapan Rikuya Hoshino
2022Japan Riki Kawamoto271−131 strokeJapan Yuto Katsuragawa
2021United States Chan Kim270−142 strokesJapan Yuta Ikeda
Japan Jinichiro Kozuma
Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokai Classic
2019South Africa Shaun Norris275−91 strokeJapan Shota Akiyoshi
Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2018Philippines Angelo Que271−172 strokesAustralia Won Joon Lee
South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2017Japan Satoshi Kodaira274−141 strokeJapan Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016Japan Daisuke Kataoka272−161 strokeJapan Yuta Ikeda
2015South Korea Kim Hyung-sung276−12PlayoffJapan Shingo Katayama
2014South Korea Kim Seung-hyuk281−71 strokeSouth Korea Hwang Jung-gon
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013Japan Shingo Katayama281−7PlayoffJapan Hidemasa Hoshino
Japan Satoshi Tomiyama
2012South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo282−6PlayoffJapan Shingo Katayama
2011South Korea Bae Sang-moon281−71 strokeJapan Tadahiro Takayama
2010Japan Michio Matsumura280−8PlayoffJapan Takashi Kanemoto
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
2009Japan Ryo Ishikawa274−141 strokeJapan Takeshi Kajikawa
2008Japan Toshinori Muto277−112 strokesJapan Yuta Ikeda
2007Colombia Camilo Villegas282−2PlayoffJapan Toyokazu Fujishima
2006Japan Hidemasa Hoshino282−22 strokesJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005South Korea Yang Yong-eun270−184 strokesJapan Taichi Teshima
2004Japan Katsumune Imai210[a]−6PlayoffJapan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003Japan Nozomi Kawahara275−131 strokeJapan Shingo Katayama
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002Japan Toru Taniguchi278−102 strokesJapan Nozomi Kawahara
Myanmar Zaw Moe
2001Japan Toshimitsu Izawa (2)272−162 strokesJapan Tomohiro Kondo
Taiwan Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000Japan Hirofumi Miyase276−121 strokeJapan Toru Taniguchi
1999Japan Kaname Yokoo274−141 strokeFiji Vijay Singh
1998Japan Toshimitsu Izawa277−113 strokesJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997United States Brandt Jobe278−10PlayoffUnited States Brian Watts
1996Japan Masanobu Kimura280−81 strokeJapan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
United States Steve Jones
Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1995Japan Masayuki Kawamura285−31 strokeJapan Hideki Kase
1994United States Corey Pavin277−111 strokeTaiwan Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993Japan Saburo Fujiki274−144 strokesJapan Hajime Meshiai
1992United States Mark O'Meara277−111 strokeUnited States Tom Kite
1991Japan Eiichi Itai279−94 strokesJapan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990Australia Graham Marsh (2)206[a]−102 strokesJapan Tadami Ueno
Japan Saburo Fujiki
1989Japan Isao Aoki (2)275−135 strokesJapan Pete Izumikawa
1988Australia Brian Jones274−143 strokesJapan Koichi Suzuki
1987Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima282−61 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
1986Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (3)271−179 strokesJapan Shinsaku Maeda
1985Australia Graham Marsh278−101 strokeJapan Isao Aoki
1984Japan Yoshihisa Iwashita276−122 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1983Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2)276−122 strokesJapan Naomichi Ozaki
1982Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan274−145 strokesUnited States Larry Nelson
1981Japan Masahiro Kuramoto209[a]−7PlayoffJapan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Hideto Shigenobu
Japan Fujio Kobayashi
[1]
1980United States Larry Nelson274−141 strokeJapan Yutaka Hagawa
1979Japan Tsutomu Irie275−135 strokesTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
Japan Masaji Kusakabe
1978Japan Masaji Kusakabe282−62 strokesJapan Kosaku Shimada
1977Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)278−101 strokeJapan Kosaku Shimada[2]
1976Japan Isao Aoki283−5PlayoffJapan Teruo Sugihara
Japan Shigeru Uchida
1975Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto280−82 strokesJapan Kikuo Arai
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974Japan Kosaku Shimada276−122 strokesJapan Teruo Sugihara[3]
1973Japan Masashi Ozaki277−111 strokeJapan Isao Aoki[4]
1972Japan Kikuo Arai275−131 strokeJapan Takaaki Kono[5]
1971Japan Shigeru Uchida2833 strokesUnited States Billy Casper[6]
1970Japan Fujio Ishii275PlayoffTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan[7]
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Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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