The Kanto Open was a professional

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tournament in

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. It was founded in 1950 and was last played in 1999. It was an event on the

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from 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in the

Kantō region The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. In a common definition, the region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa. Slight ...

Winners

''this list may be incomplete'' *1999

Hisayuki Sasaki Hisayuki Sasaki (27 November 1964 – 3 January 2013) was a Japanese professional golfer. Sasaki won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Sasaki tied Davis Love III for the in ...

*1998 *1997

Akihito Yokoyama is a Japanese professional golfer. Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. He is sponsored by ISPS. Professional wins (4) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) ''*Note: The 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to ...

*1996

Keiichiro Fukabori is a Japanese professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has eight wins on the Tour, and had his best year during the 2000 season. Fukabori was born in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1995. Fukabori's best finish in a ...

*1995 Yutaka Hagawa *1994

*1993

Takaaki Fukuzawa Takaaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋貴明, born 1961) Japanese comedy artist, singer and actor *Takaaki Kajita (梶田隆章, born 1959) Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate ...

*1992

Tatsuya Shiraishi is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Tatsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *達也, "master/accomplished, to be" *達矢, "master/accomplished, arrow" *竜也, "dragon, to be" *竜哉, "d ...

*1991

Yoshinori Kaneko is a Japanese professional golfer. Kaneko played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. Professional wins (7) Japan Golf Tour wins (6) 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1) Japan Challenge Tour ...

*1990

Ryoken Kawagishi Ryoken Kawagishi ( ja, 川岸良兼, born 6 December 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer. Kawagishi was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. As an amateur, he won two events in the United States in 1989, the Eastern Amateur and the Monroe Invitat ...

*1989

Yoshi Mizumaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Mizumaki, graduate of Hosei University, played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. He also played on the PGA Tour in 1994 and 1995. His best finish was a tie for second (playoff loss to Neal Lanca ...

*1988

*1987

Yoshikazu Yokoshima Yoshikazu Yokoshima (born 10 March 1952) is a Japanese professional golfer. Yokoshima played on the Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it ...

*1986

Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 19 ...

*1985

Seiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer. Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. Professional wins (20) Japan Golf Tour wins (11) ''*Note: The 1981 Hiroshima Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Japan G ...

*1984

Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima ( ja, 中嶋常幸; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Go ...

*1983

Saburo Fujiki is a Japanese professional golfer. Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. In his only major appearance, he finished 59th at the 1984 Open Championship. Professional wins (14) PGA of Japan Tour wins (14) ''*No ...

*1982

Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 ''Janbo Ozaki'') on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks betw ...

*1981

Nobumitsu Yuhara is a Japanese professional golfer. Yuhara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. He also provided commentary and motion capture for the game Masters '98: Harukanaru Augusta. Professional wins (8) Japan Golf Tour wins (7) ''*Note ...

*1980

*1979 Masaru Amono *1978

*1977

*1976

*1975

*1974

*1973

Takashi Kurihara Takashi Kurihara (born 21 October 1947) is a Japanese professional golfer. Kurihara played on the Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it of ...

*1972

*1971

Hsieh Yung-yo Hsieh Yung-yo (, born 23 October 1934) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Hsieh had great success playing throughout Asia, winning 16 national opens. Most of those victories were on the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit, w ...

*1970

*1969

*1968

Hsieh Min-Nan Hsieh Min-Nan (, born 9 August 1940), also known as Tony Hsieh, is a Taiwanese professional golfer. Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title. He won many ...

*1967

Takaaki Kono Takaaki Kono (4 January 1940 – 22 April 2010) was a Japanese professional golfer. Early life Kono was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1940. He started playing golf at the age of 15. Professional career Kono had much success on the ...

*1966

Takao Hara Takao may refer to: Geography * Mount Takao, a mountain in Tokyo, Japan * Mount Takao, a mountain in Kyoto, Japan, location of the Jingo-ji temple * Kaohsiung, a municipality in Taiwan * Takao Prefecture, an administrative division of Taiwan duri ...

*1965

Tomoo Ishii (9 June 1923 – 24 January 2022) was a Japanese professional golfer. Professional career Ishii was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and started playing golf at the age of 15. Ishii won a number of events on the Japanese and Asian circuit ...

*1964 Izumi Mori *1963

*1962

Chen Ching-Po Chen Ching-Po (born 1 October 1931) is a Taiwanese professional golfer. He represented Chinese Taipei in 11 successive Canada Cup tournaments from 1956 to 1966 and won the Japan Open Golf Championship in 1959. He was described as the "Ben Hogan ...

*1961

Haruyoshi Kobari Haruyoshi (written: 治好 or 晴良) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''kugyō'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names ...

*1960 Yoshiro Hayashi *1959

*1958 Torakichi Nakamura *1957 Torakichi Nakamura *1956 Torakichi Nakamura *1955 Yoshiro Hayashi *1954 *1953 Torakichi Nakamura *1952 Torakichi Nakamura *1951 Torakichi Nakamura *1950 Torakichi Nakamura

References

External links

Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
Former Japan Golf Tour events Defunct golf tournaments in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1950 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1999 {{golf-tournament-stub