KBC Augusta

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title: "KBC Augusta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["golf-tournaments-in-japan", "japan-golf-tour-events", "sports-competitions-in-fukuoka-prefecture", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-1973", "1973-establishments-in-japan"] description: "Golf tournament in Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBC_Augusta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Golf tournament in Japan ::

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Field	Value
name	Sansan KBC Augusta
location	Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
establishment	1973
course	Keya Golf Club
par	72
yardage	7103 yd
tour	Japan Golf Tour
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	August
aggregate	262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
to-par	−26 as above
current_champion	JPN Yuwa Kosaihira
map	Japan#Japan Fukuoka Prefecture
map_label	Keya GC
map_caption	Location in Japan##Location in the Fukuoka Prefecture
map_relief	yes
map_size	200
coordinates
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| name = Sansan KBC Augusta | location = Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan | establishment = 1973 | course = Keya Golf Club | par = 72 | yardage = 7103 yd | tour = Japan Golf Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = | month_played = August | aggregate = 262 Kazuki Higa (2019) | to-par = −26 as above | current_champion = JPN Yuwa Kosaihira | map = Japan#Japan Fukuoka Prefecture | map_label = Keya GC | map_caption = Location in Japan##Location in the Fukuoka Prefecture | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | coordinates = The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

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Year(s)	Host course	Location
1992–present	Keya Golf Club	Itoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991	Kyushu Shima Country Club	Itoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982	Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course)	Fukuoka, Fukuoka
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Winners

::data[format=table] | Year | Winner | Score | To Par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | Sansan KBC Augusta | RIZAP KBC Augusta | RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | KBC Augusta | Under Armour KBC Augusta | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Daiwa KBC Augusta | KBC Augusta | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2025 | JPN Yuwa Kosaihira | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | JPN Yusuke Sakamoto | | | | | | | | | | | | 2024 | JPN Jinichiro Kozuma | 269 | −19 | Playoff | JPN Yuwa Kosaihira | | | | | | | | | | | | 2023 | KOR Song Young-han | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | JPN Ryutaro Nagano | | | | | | | | | | | | 2022 | JPN Riki Kawamoto | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | KOR Lee Sang-hee | | | | | | | | | | | | 2021 | ZWE Scott Vincent | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | JPN Ryo Ishikawa | | | | | | | | | | | | 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2019 | JPN Kazuki Higa | 262 | −26 | 5 strokes | JPN Rikuya Hoshino | | | | | | | | | | | | 2018 | JPN Daijiro Izumida | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | KOR Choi Ho-sung | | | | | | | | | | | | 2017 | JPN Yuta Ikeda (3) | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | JPN Kunihiro Kamii | | | | | | | | | | | | 2016 | JPN Ryo Ishikawa | 273 | −15 | 5 strokes | NZL Michael Hendry AUS Brad Kennedy JPN Tadahiro Takayama | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | JPN Yuta Ikeda (2) | 268 | −20 | 5 strokes | JPN Koumei Oda | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita | 276 | −12 | Playoff | CHN Liang Wenchong | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | KOR Park Sung-joon | 204 | −12 | 2 strokes | KOR Hwang Jung-gon | | | | | | | | | | | | 2012 | KOR Kim Hyung-sung | 270 | −22 | 1 stroke | JPN Akio Sadakata | | | | | | | | | | | | 2011 | KOR Bae Sang-moon | 266 | −22 | 2 strokes | JPN Ryo Ishikawa JPN Tomohiro Kondo | | | | | | | | | | | | 2010 | JPN Hideto Tanihara | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke | JPN Mitsuhiro Tateyama | | | | | | | | | | | | 2009 | JPN Yuta Ikeda | 267 | −21 | Playoff | JPN Yasuharu Imano | | | | | | | | | | | | 2008 | JPN Shintaro Kai | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | JPN Hidemasa Hoshino | | | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | JPN Katsumasa Miyamoto | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | AUS Steven Conran JPN Koumei Oda | | | | | | | | | | | | 2006 | JPN Taichi Teshima | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa (2) | 264 | −20 | 5 strokes | THA Prayad Marksaeng JPN Ryuichi Oda | | | | | | | | | | | | 2004 | AUS Steven Conran | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | JPN Takashi Kamiyama JPN Toru Taniguchi | | | | | | | | | | | | 2003 | JPN Soushi Tajima | 269 | −19 | 4 strokes | FIJ Dinesh Chand JPN Hisayuki Sasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | JPN Shigemasa Higaki JPN Katsunori Kuwabara JPN Toshimasa Nakajima USA Christian Peña CHN Zhang Lianwei | | | | | | | | | | | | 2001 | JPN Takenori Hiraishi | 273 | −15 | Playoff | JPN Shigemasa Higaki JPN Hideki Kase | | | | | | | | | | | | 2000 | JPN Toshimitsu Izawa | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | JPN Shusaku Sugimoto | | | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | JPN Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | 205 | −11 | 1 stroke | JPN Takao Nogami | | | | | | | | | | | | 1998 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (4) | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | JPN Katsunori Kuwabara | | | | | | | | | | | | 1997 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (3) | 266 | −22 | 12 strokes | JPN Takaaki Fukuzawa JPN Taichi Teshima | | | | | | | | | | | | 1996 | JPN Masashi Ozaki (2) | 273 | −15 | Playoff | JPN Taichi Teshima | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 | JPN Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | USA Todd Hamilton JPN Tomohiro Maruyama | | | | | | | | | | | | 1994 | USA Brian Watts | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | JPN Masashi Ozaki | | | | | | | | | | | | 1993 | TWN Chen Tze-chung | 277 | −11 | Playoff | TWN Lin Chie-hsiang | | | | | | | | | | | | 1992 | TWN Chen Tze-ming (2) | 276 | −12 | Playoff | AUS Bradley Hughes JPN Norikazu Kawakami | | | | | | | | | | | | 1991 | USA Raymond Floyd | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | PHL Frankie Miñoza | | | | | | | | | | | | 1990 | JPN Masashi Ozaki | 269 | −19 | 10 strokes | TWN Chen Tze-chung | | | | | | | | | | | | 1989 | JPN Teruo Sugihara | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | AUS Graham Marsh | | | | | | | | | | | | 1988 | JPN Masahiro Kuramoto | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | JPN Hajime Meshiai JPN Masashi Ozaki JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara | | | | | | | | | | | | 1987 | JPN Saburo Fujiki (2) | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | JPN Tateo Ozaki | | | | | | | | | | | | 1986 | JPN Isao Aoki (3) | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | JPN Masahiro Kuramoto JPN Masashi Ozaki | | | | | | | | | | | | 1985 | JPN Hajime Meshiai | 206 | −10 | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki JPN Eitaro Deguchi JPN Masashi Ozaki JPN Satsuki Takahashi USA Fuzzy Zoeller | | | | | | | | | | | | 1984 | JPN Naomichi Ozaki | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | JPN Kouichi Inoue JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima | | | | | | | | | | | | 1983 | JPN Saburo Fujiki | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | JPN Masashi Ozaki | | | | | | | | | | | | 1982 | TWN Chen Tze-ming | 209 | −7 | 1 stroke | USA Hal Sutton | | | | | | | | | | | | 1981 | TWN Hsieh Min-Nan | 279 | −9 | Playoff | TWN Chen Tze-chung JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara | | | | | | | | | | | | 1980 | JPN Isao Aoki (2) | 137 | −7 | 2 strokes | JPN Hiroshi Tahara | | | | | | | | | | | | 1979 | JPN Masaji Kusakabe | 240 | −12 | 3 strokes | TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung | | | | | | | | | | | | 1978 | JPN Kenichi Yamada | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | JPN Isao Aoki JPN Shiro Kubo USA Gene Littler JPN Yasuhiro Miyamoto | | | | | | | | | | | | 1977 | AUS Brian Jones | 278 | −10 | Playoff | JPN Akira Yabe | | | | | | | | | | | | 1976 | AUS Graham Marsh | 207 | −9 | Playoff | JPN Haruo Yasuda | | | | | | | | | | | | 1975 | JPN Shinsaku Maeda | 278 | −10 | Playoff | JPN Hiroshi Ishii | | | | | | | | | | | | 1974 | JPN Tōru Nakamura | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | JPN Teruo Sugihara | | | | | | | | | | | | 1973 | JPN Isao Aoki | 266 | −22 | 13 strokes | JPN Yasuhiro Miyamoto | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Notes

References

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