Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
LocationIbaraki, Ibaraki, Japan
Establishment1972
CourseIbaraki Golf Club
Par71
Yardage7,049 yards (6,446 m)
TourAsia Golf Circuit
Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Purse¥100,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year2001
Aggregate265 Kuo Chie-Hsiung (1978)
To-par−23 as above
Final championShingo Katayama
Coordinates36.003°N 140.053°E

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event.[1][2] It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.

It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

Winners

YearTour(s)[a]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open
2001JPNShingo Katayama (2)271−136 strokesHajime Meshiai
2000JPNShingo Katayama280−42 strokesLin Keng-chi
Peter Senior
Andre Stolz
Kirin Open
1999AGC, JPNK. J. Choi204[b]−9Playoff[c]Jeev Milkha Singh[3]
1998AGC, JPNFrankie Miñoza (2)279−51 strokeHidemichi Tanaka
Tsukasa Watanabe
Brian Watts
1997AGC, JPNKim Jong-duck278−102 strokesShigeki Maruyama
Hirofumi Miyase
Tateo Ozaki
Brian Watts
1996AGC, JPNYoshinori Kaneko278−101 strokeTsuneyuki Nakajima
Nobuo Serizawa
Dunlop Open
1995AGC, JPNPeter Senior279−95 strokesBrian Watts[4]
1994AGC, JPNMasashi Ozaki (4)274−141 strokeHsieh Chin-sheng[5]
1993AGC, JPNHajime Meshiai275−132 strokesKatsunari Takahashi
Kevin Wentworth		[6]
1992AGC, JPNMasashi Ozaki (3)286−2Playoff[d]Brent Franklin[7]
1991AGC, JPNRoger Mackay272−162 strokesTeruo Sugihara[8]
1990AGC, JPNFrankie Miñoza205[b]−11Playoff[e]Teruo Sugihara[9]
1989AGC, JPNTerry Gale284−41 strokeChen Tze-ming
Peter Senior		[10]
1988AGC, JPNMasashi Ozaki (2)278−103 strokesDavid Ishii[11]
Dunlop International Open
1987AGC, JPNIsao Aoki277−111 strokeTsuneyuki Nakajima
Yoshitaka Yamamoto		[12]
1986AGC, JPNHideto Shigenobu281−72 strokesDavid Ishii
Masahiro Kuramoto		[13]
1985AGC, JPNChen Tze-chung277−111 strokeTsuneyuki Nakajima[14]
1984AGC, JPNJohn Jacobs283−52 strokesTateo Ozaki[15]
1983AGC, JPNLarry Nelson201[b]−151 strokeMasahiro Kuramoto[16][17]
1982AGC, JPNTsuneyuki Nakajima276−125 strokesSaburo Fujiki[18]
1981AGC, JPNKosaku Shimada286−22 strokesPayne Stewart
Koichi Uehara
Akira Yabe		[19]
1980AGC, JPNMasashi Ozaki277−115 strokesHo Ming-chung
Graham Marsh		[20]
1979AGC, JPNHiroshi Ishii278−103 strokesSeiji Ebihara
Tateo Ozaki
Katsunari Takahashi		[21]
1978AGC, JPNKuo Chie-Hsiung265−2311 strokesBob Byman[22]
1977AGC, JPNBen Arda (2)282−62 strokesTerry Kendall
Tsuneyuki Nakajima		[23]
Sobu International Open
1976AGC, JPNBen Arda277−114 strokesChen Chien-chung[24]
1975AGC, JPNTeruo Sugihara282−62 strokesTed Ball
Hsu Sheng-san
Hideyo Sugimoto		[25]
1974AGC, JPNLu Liang-Huan280−84 strokesMasashi Ozaki
Fumio Tanaka		[26]
1973AGCShigeru Uchida279−9Playoff[f]Masashi Ozaki[27]
1972AGCHsieh Min-Nan279−92 strokesBen Arda[28]

Notes

  1. ^ AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  3. ^ Choi won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  4. ^ Ozaki won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.
  5. ^ Miñoza won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.
  6. ^ Uchida won with a 180-yard hole-out for eagle on the third hole of a sudden death playoff.

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