Bridgestone Open
title: "Bridgestone Open" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-japan-golf-tour-events", "golf-tournaments-in-japan", "sport-in-chiba-(city)", "bridgestone"] topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone_Open" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Bridgestone Open |
| location | Chiba, Chiba |
| establishment | 1972 |
| course | Sodegaura Country Club |
| (Sodegaura Course) | |
| par | 71 |
| yardage | 7119 yd |
| tour | Japan Golf Tour |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | October |
| final_year | 2021 |
| aggregate | 265 Yuta Ikeda (2010) |
| 265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021) | |
| to-par | −23 Yuta Ikeda (2010) |
| current_champion | JPN Tomoyasu Sugiyama |
| map | Japan#Japan Chiba Prefecture |
| map_label | Sodegaura CC |
| map_caption | Location in Japan##Location in the Chiba Prefecture |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
| name = Bridgestone Open | location = Chiba, Chiba | establishment = 1972 | course = Sodegaura Country Club (Sodegaura Course) | par = 71 | yardage = 7119 yd | tour = Japan Golf Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = | month_played = October | final_year = 2021 | aggregate = 265 Yuta Ikeda (2010) 265 Tomoyasu Sugiyama (2021) | to-par = −23 Yuta Ikeda (2010) | current_champion = JPN Tomoyasu Sugiyama | map = Japan#Japan Chiba Prefecture | map_label = Sodegaura CC | map_caption = Location in Japan##Location in the Chiba Prefecture | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | coordinates = The Bridgestone Open was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players.
The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. For many years, the winner received an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Tournament hosts
In 1972 the first Bridgestone Tournament was held at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. The following year, the tournament moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974, it has been held at the Sodegaura Country Club.
Winners
::data[format=table] | Year | Winner | Score | To Par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | Bridgestone Open | Bridgestone Tournament | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2021 | JPN Tomoyasu Sugiyama | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | JPN Naoyuki Kataoka JPN Jinichiro Kozuma | | | | | 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | | | | | | | | | 2019 | JPN Shugo Imahira (2) | 131 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Seungsu Han JPN Hiroyuki Fujita JPN Tomoharu Otsuki JPN Akio Sadakata | | | | | 2018 | JPN Shugo Imahira | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | JPN Masahiro Kawamura | | | | | 2017 | JPN Ryuko Tokimatsu | 133 | −9 | 2 strokes | KOR Lee Sang-hee | | | | | 2016 | JPN Satoshi Kodaira | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | KOR Lee Kyoung-hoon | | | | | 2015 | JPN Michio Matsumura | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | AUS Adam Bland JPN Mikumu Horikawa JPN Yuki Inamori KOR Kim Kyung-tae | | | | | 2014 | JPN Koumei Oda | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita | | | | | 2013 | JPN Daisuke Maruyama | 203 | −10 | 3 strokes | KOR Jang Ik-jae | | | | | 2012 | JPN Toru Taniguchi (3) | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita | | | | | 2011 | JPN Toru Taniguchi (2) | 269 | −15 | 5 strokes | JPN Shingo Katayama JPN Hiroo Kawai JPN Michio Matsumura JPN Koumei Oda | | | | | 2010 | JPN Yuta Ikeda (2) | 265 | −23 | 3 strokes | JPN Michio Matsumura | | | | | 2009 | JPN Yuta Ikeda | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | JPN Kenichi Kuboya | | | | | 2008 | JPN Azuma Yano | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | JPN Takao Nogami | | | | | 2007 | JPN Shingo Katayama | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | AUS Steven ConranJPN Keiichiro Fukabori JPN Tomohiro Kondo | | | | | 2006 | JPN Taichi Teshima | 266 | −22 | 5 strokes | JPN Kiyoshi Maita | | | | | 2005 | NZL David Smail | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | JPN Toru Suzuki | | | | | 2004 | JPN Toru Taniguchi | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | JPN Shigeki Maruyama JPN Shinichi Yokota | | | | | 2003 | JPN Naomichi Ozaki | 267 | −21 | Playoff | AUS Paul Sheehan | | | | | 2002 | AUS Scott Laycock | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | JPN Shingo Katayama JPN Toru Taniguchi | | | | | 2001 | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | JPN Masashi Ozaki | | | | | 2000 | JPN Nobuhito Sato (2) | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | JPN Katsumasa Miyamoto | | | | | 1999 | JPN Shigeki Maruyama (3) | 268 | −20 | 5 strokes | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa | | | | | 1998 | JPN Nobuhito Sato | 275 | −13 | Playoff | JPN Tateo Ozaki | | | | | 1997 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (2) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | JPN Shigeki Maruyama JPN Tateo Ozaki | | | | | 1996 | JPN Shigeki Maruyama (2) | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | USA Brian Watts | | | | | 1995 | JPN Shigeki Maruyama | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | USA Mark Calcavecchia JPN Masashi Ozaki JPN Shinichi Yokota | | | | | 1994 | USA Brian Watts | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | USA Mark Calcavecchia | | | | | 1993 | JPN Ikuo Shirahama | 271 | −17 | 5 strokes | USA Mark Calcavecchia USA Nolan Henke JPN Tsukasa Watanabe | | | | | 1992 | JPN Masahiro Kuramoto (3) | 271 | −17 | Playoff | JPN Tetsu Nishikawa | | | | | 1991 | JPN Isao Aoki | 134 | −10 | 1 stroke | JPN Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | | | | | 1990 | JPN Saburo Fujiki | 274 | −14 | Playoff | JPN Akihito Yokoyama | | | | | 1989 | AUS Roger Mackay | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | JPN Yoshitaka Yamamoto | | | | | 1988 | JPN Masashi Ozaki | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | JPN Isao Aoki | | | | | 1987 | USA David Ishii | 282 | −6 | Playoff | JPN Hiroshi Makino JPN Nobuo Serizawa | | | | | 1986 | JPN Tateo Ozaki | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | JPN Naomichi Ozaki | | | | | 1985 | JPN Masahiro Kuramoto (2) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | | | | | 1984 | JPN Masahiro Kuramoto | 279 | −9 | Playoff | TWN Chen Tze-chung JPN Yoshihisa Iwashita SCO Sam Torrance | | | | | 1983 | JPN Eitaro Deguchi | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | TWN Hsieh Min-Nan | | | | | 1982 | TWN Hsieh Min-Nan (2) | 279 | −9 | Playoff | JPN Kikuo Arai | | | | | 1981 | USA Hale Irwin | 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | USA Bill Rogers | | | | | 1980 | USA Bob Gilder | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | | | | | 1979 | USA Lanny Wadkins | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | JPN Yoshikazu Yokoshima | | | | | 1978 | JPN Hiroshi Ishii (2) | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | JPN Fujio Kobayashi | | | | | 1977 | JPN Fujio Kobayashi | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | JPN Haruo Yasuda | | | | | 1976 | JPN Takashi Murakami | 282 | −6 | Playoff | TWN Hsieh Min-Nan JPN Masaji Kusakabe | | | | | 1975 | JPN Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 283 | −5 | 3 strokes | JPN Haruo Yasuda | | | | | 1974 | AUS Graham Marsh | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | JPN Seiichi Numazawa | | | | | 1973 | JPN Hiroshi Ishii | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | JPN Haruo Yasuda | | | | | 1972 | TWN Hsieh Min-Nan | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | USA Buddy Allin TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung | | | | ::
Notes
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