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Fujisankei Classic
Tournament information
LocationFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan
Established1973
Course(s)Fujizakura Country Club
Par70
Length7,566 yards (6,918 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundΒ₯110,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Todd Hamilton (2003)
267 Paul Sheehan (2004)
To parβˆ’17 as above
Current champion
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Location map
Fujizakura CC is located in Japan
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in Japan
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Fujizakura CC is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Fujizakura CC
Fujizakura CC
Location in the: Yamanashi Prefecture
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The Fujisankei Classic (フジァンケむクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on theβ€”β€”Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 at the Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course). The tournament movedβ€”β€”to the "Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979." Andβ€”β€”to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2019 was Β₯110,000,000, with Β₯22,000,000 going to the winner. The title sponsor is the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Tournament hostsβ€»

Years Venue Location
2005–present Fujizakura Country Club Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1981–2004 Kawana Hotel (Fuji Course) Itō, Shizuoka
1979–1980 Higashi Matsuyama Country Club Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
1973–1978 Takasaka Country Club (Yoneyama Course) Higashimatsuyama, Saitama

Winnersβ€»

Year Winner Score To Par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
2023 Japan Takumi Kanaya 272 βˆ’8 4 strokes Japan Naoyuki Kataoka
2022 Japan Kaito Onishi 273 βˆ’11 Playoff South Korea Park Sang-hyun
2021 Japan Shugo Imahira 272 βˆ’12 4 strokes Japan Kenshiro Ikegami
Japan Ryo Ishikawa
2020 Japan Rikuya Hoshino 275 βˆ’9 Playoff Japan Mikumu Horikawa
2019 South Korea Park Sang-hyun 269 βˆ’15 2 strokes South Korea Choi Ho-sung
Japan Hiroshi Iwata
2018 Japan Rikuya Hoshino 268 βˆ’16 5 strokes Japan Shugo Imahira
2017 South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo 281 βˆ’3 Playoff United States Seungsu Han
Japan Satoshi Kodaira
2016 South Korea Cho Min-gyu 277 βˆ’7 3 strokes Japan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Daisuke Kataoka
Japan Daisuke Maruyama
Japan Tadahiro Takayama
2015 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2) 275 βˆ’9 1 stroke South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
2014 Japan Hiroshi Iwata 274 βˆ’10 1 stroke South Korea Hur In-hoi
2013 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 275 βˆ’9 Playoff South Korea Park Sung-joon
Japan Hideto Tanihara
2012 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 276 βˆ’8 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
2011 Japan Masatsugu Morofuji 136 βˆ’6 3 strokes Singapore Mardan Mamat
2010 Japan Ryo Ishikawa (2) 275 βˆ’9 Playoff Japan Shunsuke Sonoda
2009 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 272 βˆ’12 5 strokes Japan Daisuke Maruyama
2008 Japan Toyokazu Fujishima 271 βˆ’13 Playoff Japan Hiroshi Iwata
2007 Japan Hideto Tanihara 205 βˆ’8 3 strokes Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
2006 Japan Shingo Katayama 274 βˆ’10 3 strokes China Liang Wenchong
2005 Japan Daisuke Maruyama 271 βˆ’13 7 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
2004 Australia Paul Sheehan 267 βˆ’17 4 strokes Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
Japan Kaname Yokoo
2003 United States Todd Hamilton 267 βˆ’17 5 strokes Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
2002 Japan Nobuhito Sato 276 βˆ’8 Playoff Australia Scott Laycock
2001 Philippines Frankie MiΓ±oza 276 βˆ’8 1 stroke Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
2000 Japan Tateo Ozaki (2) 278 βˆ’6 1 stroke Japan Nobuhito Sato
Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting
1999 Japan Shigemasa Higaki 273 βˆ’11 2 strokes Australia Steven Conran
1998 Paraguay Carlos Franco 275 βˆ’9 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
1997 Japan Kenichi Kuboya 279 βˆ’5 1 stroke Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1996 United States Brian Watts 272 βˆ’12 Playoff United States Todd Hamilton
1995 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 272 βˆ’12 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1994 Japan Kiyoshi Murota 284 E 4 strokes Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1993 Japan Masashi Ozaki (6) 270 βˆ’14 4 strokes United States Todd Hamilton
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Japan Hiroshi Makino 281 βˆ’3 3 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki
1991 Japan Saburo Fujiki 279 βˆ’5 Playoff Japan Isao Aoki
Australia Brian Jones
Japan Hideki Kase
1990 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 208 βˆ’5 1 stroke Japan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Masanobu Kimura
Japan Tōru Nakamura
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 282 βˆ’2 2 strokes Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1988 Japan Ikuo Shirahama 280 βˆ’4 2 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1987 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 275 βˆ’9 2 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
1986 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 279 βˆ’5 1 stroke United States David Ishii
1985 United States Mark O'Meara 273 βˆ’11 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
1984 Japan Tateo Ozaki 280 βˆ’4 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1983 Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara 287 +3 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1982 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 277 βˆ’7 Playoff Australia Graham Marsh
1981 Japan Toshiharu Kawada 276 βˆ’8 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1980 Japan Masashi Ozaki 283 βˆ’5 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Takahiro Takeyasu
1979 Japan Shoichi Sato 283 βˆ’5 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
1978 Japan Kosaku Shimada 278 βˆ’10 3 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1977 Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto 287 βˆ’1 1 stroke Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1976 Japan Norio Suzuki 279 βˆ’9 Playoff Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
1975 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 280 βˆ’8 4 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
1974 Australia Graham Marsh (2) 276 βˆ’12 1 stroke Japan Tōru Nakamura
1973 Australia Graham Marsh 272 βˆ’16 1 stroke Japan Tōru Nakamura

Notesβ€»

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Referencesβ€»

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  9. ^ "Marsh wins $14,875". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 August 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 12 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.

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