Token Homemate Cup
LocationKuwana, Mie, Japan
Establishment1993
CourseToken Tado Country Club Nagoya
Par71
Yardage7,062 yards (6,457 m)
TourJapan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Purse¥130,000,000
Month playedMarch
Aggregate261 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
To-par−23 as above
Current championTomohiro Ishizaka
Coordinates35.128°N 136.593°E

The Token Homemate Cup (東建ホームメイトカップ, Tōken hōmumeito kappu) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1993. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 (−21). It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71. Since 2009, the purse has been ¥130,000,000 with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. Prize money was ¥90,000,000 from 1993 to 1997, ¥110,000,000 in 1998, ¥100,000,000 from 1999 to 2005 and ¥110,000,000 from 2006 to 2008.

Tournament hosts

YearsVenueLocation
2001, 2003–2005, 2007–presentToken Tado Country Club NagoyaKuwana, Mie
2006Token Shuga Country ClubKani, Gifu
1993–2000, 2002Kedōin Golf ClubKedōin, Kagoshima (now Satsumasendai)

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Token Homemate Cup
2026Tomohiro Ishizaka204[a]−9PlayoffYuki Inamori
2025Tatsunori Shogenji196[a]−173 strokesRen Yonezawa[1]
2024Takumi Kanaya (2)261−232 strokesTatsunori Shogenji[2]
2023Shugo Imahira264−202 strokesRikuya Hoshino[3]
2022Jinichiro Kozuma270−14PlayoffYuto Katsuragawa[4]
2021Takumi Kanaya202[b]−111 strokeKeita Nakajima (a)[5]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2019Brendan Jones (2)269−151 strokeMatthew Griffin[7]
2018Atomu Shigenaga272−121 strokeRyo Ishikawa[8]
2017Liang Wenchong268−162 strokesYoshinori Fujimoto[9]
2016Kim Kyung-tae271−13PlayoffTomohiro Kondo
2015Michael Hendry269−151 strokeKazuhiro Yamashita[10]
2014Yūsaku Miyazato270−142 strokesHiroshi Iwata[11]
2013Yoshinobu Tsukada275−94 strokesKunihiro Kamii
Koumei Oda
2012Brendan Jones269−152 strokesRyuichi Oda[12]
2011Tadahiro Takayama (2)276−82 strokesShingo Katayama[13]
2010Koumei Oda (2)283−1PlayoffSatoru Hirota
Daisuke Maruyama
2009Koumei Oda275−10PlayoffKim Jong-duck
2008Katsumasa Miyamoto276−81 strokeTaichi Teshima
2007Yui Ueda276−81 strokeLee Dong-hwan
2006Wayne Perske267−212 strokesBrendan Jones
Yui Ueda
2005Tadahiro Takayama205[a]−8PlayoffNozomi Kawahara
2004Hiroyuki Fujita281−32 strokesShingo Katayama
Charlie Wi
2003Andre Stolz278−61 strokeNobuhiro Masuda
Tadahiro Takayama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Token Corporation Cup
2002Toru Taniguchi272−162 strokesHirofumi Miyase
2001Shingo Katayama205[c]−82 strokesTsuneyuki Nakajima
2000Nobuo Serizawa281−71 strokeSatoshi Higashi
Katsunori Kuwabara
1999Masashi Ozaki (2)273−151 strokeToru Taniguchi
1998Hajime Meshiai (2)272−161 strokeMasashi Ozaki
1997Masashi Ozaki269−191 strokeCarlos Franco
1996Yoshinori Kaneko275−131 strokeBrandt Jobe
1995Todd Hamilton281−71 strokePeter Senior
Token Cup
1994Craig Warren208[d]−81 strokeMasashi Ozaki
1993Hajime Meshiai276−122 strokesTodd Hamilton

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.
  3. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to snow.
  4. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Shogenji clinches maiden JGTO title at weather-hit Token Homemate Cup". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Kanaya takes top honour at season-opening Token Homemate Cup". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Imahira gets JGTO season off to a winning start". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ^ Kaur, Malkeet (3 April 2022). "Kozuma fights back to win JGTO's season-opening Token Homemate Cup". ParGolf. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Takumi Kanaya – Japan's Next Major Star?". Worldwide Golf. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  6. ^ "ジャパンゴルフツアー開幕戦「東建ホームメイトカップ2020」開催中止のお知らせ(3月26日発表)" [Announcement of cancellation of the opening round of the Japan Golf Tour "Token Homemate Cup 2020" (announced on March 26)] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ Webeck, Tony (22 April 2019). "Brendan Jones keeps Matt Griffin at bay for Japan Tour win No.15". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ Nosferatu (15 April 2018). "Congrats to Atomu Shigenaga". No. 985437331007135744. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Liang Wins by Two at Token Homemate Cup". Titleist. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ^ Prendergast, Paul (20 April 2015). "Hendry breaks through on Japan Tour". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Miyazato claims second career title". The Japan Times. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Jones shoots 62 to win Token Homemate Cup". Fox News. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Ishikawa falters, Takayama clinches Token Cup". Golfweek. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2023.