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(Redirected from Wizard Tournament) Japanese professional golf tournament (1970-2006) Not to be confused with Yomiuri International. Golf tournament
Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open
Tournament information
LocationNishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1970
Course(s)Yomiuri Country Club
Par72
Length7,161 yards (6,548 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedJune
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kazuhiro Fukunaga (1996)
266 Todd Hamilton (1996)
To par−20 Dinesh Chand (2004)
Final champion
Japan Nobuhiro Masuda
Location map
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The Yomiuri Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1970 as the Wizard Tournament, a 36-hole invitational tournament, it was played at Hashimoto Country Club in Wakayama until 1979 when it moved to Yomiuri Country Club in Hyōgo. With the move, it also became a full 72-hole tour event, having been extended to 54 holes in 1976, and adopted its new name. It remained at Yomiuri every year except for 1996, when it was played at Wakasu Golf Links in Tokyo. In 2007 it merged with the Mizuno Open to form the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1979–1995, 1997–2006 Yomiuri Country Club Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
1996 Wakasu Golf Links Kōtō, Tokyo
1970–1978 Hashimoto Country Club Hashimoto, Wakayama

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open
2006 Japan Nobuhiro Masuda 274 −14 1 stroke South Korea Yang Yong-eun
2005 Japan Satoru Hirota 270 −18 1 stroke Japan Shinichi Akiba
Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2004 Fiji Dinesh Chand 268 −20 4 strokes Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
South Korea Hur Suk-ho
2003 Japan Hideto Tanihara 200 −16 3 strokes Japan Nobuhito Sato
Tamanoi Yomiuri Open
2002 Japan Toru Taniguchi 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Satoru Hirota
Japan Daisuke Maruyama
2001 Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa 272 −16 Playoff Japan Toru Suzuki
2000 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki 271 −17 3 strokes Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
Super Mario Yomiuri Open
1999 South Korea Kim Jong-duck 270 −18 3 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
Yomiuri Open
1998 United States Brian Watts 134 −10 1 stroke Japan Kaname Yokoo
1997 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 267 −17 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
Pocari Sweat Yomiuri Open
1996 Japan Kazuhiro Fukunaga 266 −18 Playoff United States Todd Hamilton
1995 Colombia Eduardo Herrera 272 −12 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Yomiuri Open
1994 Japan Tsukasa Watanabe 270 −14 2 strokes Australia Anthony Gilligan
Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open
1993 Japan Katsuji Hasegawa 203 −13 Playoff Japan Hajime Meshiai
1992 United States David Ishii 278 −10 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones
1991 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 272 −16 3 strokes Canada Rick Gibson
1990 Japan Saburo Fujiki (2) 205 −11 1 stroke Japan Taisei Inagaki
1989 Japan Hajime Meshiai 205 −11 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1988 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 277 −11 4 strokes Australia Ian Baker-Finch
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
1987 Japan Satoshi Higashi 280 −8 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Hajime Meshiai
1986 Japan Koichi Suzuki 273 −19 2 strokes Australia Brian Jones
1985 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −17 3 strokes Japan Katsuji Hasegawa
Yomiuri Open
1984 Japan Saburo Fujiki 281 −11 4 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda
1983 Australia Graham Marsh (4) 280 −12 Playoff Japan Tōru Nakamura
1982 Australia Terry Gale 276 −16 3 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Namio Takasu
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1981 Japan Namio Takasu 285 −7 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo
1980 Japan Isao Aoki 283 −9 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
1979 Japan Teruo Sugihara (2) 287 −5 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
Wizard Tournament
1978 Japan Tōru Nakamura 214 −2 1 stroke Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1977 Australia Graham Marsh (3) 220 +4 2 strokes Japan Seiji Kusakabe
1976 Australia Graham Marsh (2) 212 −4 1 stroke Japan Haruo Yasuda
1975 Australia Graham Marsh 141 −3 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
1974 Japan Teruo Sugihara 146 +2 Playoff Japan Kosaku Shimada
1973 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1972 Japan Masashi Ozaki 144 E Playoff Australia Peter Thomson
1971 Australia Peter Thomson 143 −1 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
1970 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo 146 +2

Notes

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

References

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  2. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 237–238, 456. ISBN 0862541018.
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  6. "Gale storms in to post maiden Japan victory". The Straits Times. Singapore. 22 June 1982. p. 36 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
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  9. "Marsh in with a hot finish". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 10 May 1976. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  10. McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 290–291, 479–480. ISBN 000211996X.
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  14. "Thomson wins". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 May 1971. p. 23 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  15. "Australian golfer wins Wizard event". Uniontown Evening Standard. Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. 4 May 1971 – via NewspaperArchive.
  16. "Chinese pro Wizard champ". Star News. Pasadena, California. 5 May 1970 – via NewspaperArchive.

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