The Asia Japan Okinawa Open was a men's professional
golf
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tournament that was co-sanctioned by the
Asian Tour
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and the
Japan Golf Tour
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. It was played each December from 2002 to 2005 and counted as the first official money event of the following season for both tours, that is for example the 2005 event was part of the 2006 season. The prize fund was
US$
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830,000 each of the first two years.
Tournament hosts
Winners
Earlier tournament
An earlier Okinawa Open was played at Awase Meadows golf course from 1961 until 1972.
*1972
Chen Chien-chin
*1971
Hung Fa
*1970
Hiroshi Nomiyama
*1969
Chang Tung-chan
*1968 Frank Kadota
*1967
Chen Chien-chin
*1966
Hsu Sheng-san
*1965 Bick Long
*1964 Finegan Higa
*1963
Kuo Chie Hsiung
*1962
Kuo Chie Hsiung
*1961 Horace Meredith
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site(2003–2006)
Defunct golf tournaments in Japan
Former Asian Tour events
Former Japan Golf Tour events
Sports competitions in Okinawa Prefecture
Recurring sporting events established in 2002
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2005
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