Bridgestone Open
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 7-10; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Jinichiro Kozuma (Jpn) and Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind 28-year-old Tomoyasu Sugiyama (Jpn), who recorded his first Japan Tour win in his 39th start on the Tour. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Bridgestone Open not played in 2020 (scheduled for Oct 8-11; cancelled due to global coronavirus pandemic; Japan Tr event). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 10-13; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Seungsu Han (USA), Akio Sadakata (Jpn), Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) and Tomoharu Otsuki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Imahira (Jpn). Reduced to 36 holes; weekend play lost to Typhoon Hagibis. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Imahira (Jpn), who recorded his second Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 19-22; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Lee Sang-hee (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind Tokimatsu (Jpn), who claimed his second Japan Tour win. Reduced to 36 holes due to severe rain on last two days. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Lee Kyoung-hoon (S Kor) finished 1 shot behind Kodaira (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Second-placed "K.T." Kim Kyung-tae (S Kor), Adam Bland (Aus), Yuki Inamori (Jpn) and Mikumu Horikawa (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Matsumura (Jpn), who recorded his fifth Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Oda (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 24-27; Japan Tr event). Second-placed "I.J." Jang Ik-jae (S Kor) finished 3 shots behind Maruyama (Jpn). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Taniguchi (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Koumei Oda (Jpn), Hiroo Kawai (Jpn) and Michio Matsumara (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind Taniguchi (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Michio Matsumura (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Ikeda (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Kenichi Kuboya (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Ikeda (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Takao Nogami (Jpn) finished 4 shots behind Yano (Jpn), who recorded his third Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Keiichiro Fukabori (Jpn), Tomohiro Kondo (Jpn) and Steven Conran (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Katayama (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 19-22; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Kiyoshi Maita (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind Teshima (Jpn), who recorded his fifh Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Toru Suzuki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Smail (NZ), who recorded the last of his five Japan Tour wins. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Shinichi Yokota (Jpn) and Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Taniguchi (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). 47-year-old Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) beat Paul Sheehan (Aus) with a birdie at the second playoff hole, to record his 30th Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 24-27; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Shingo Katayama (Jpn) and Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Laycock (Aus), who recorded his first and only Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Izawa (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 19-22; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Katsumasa Miyamoto (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Sato (Jpn), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Toshimitsu Izawa (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind Maruyama (Jpn), who this event for the third time in five years. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Sato (Jpn) beat Tateo "Jet" Ozaki (Jpn) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) and Tateo "Jet" Ozaki (Jpn) (Jumbo's younger brother) finished 1 shot behind Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 17-20; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Brian Watts (Can/USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Maruyama (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 19-22; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn), Mark Calcavecchia (USA) and Shinichi Yokota (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Maruyama (Jpn), who claimed his second Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Mark Calcavecchia (USA) finished 3 shots behind Watts (Can/USA). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Mark Calcavecchia (USA), Tsukasa Watanabe (Jpn) and Nolan Henke (USA) finished 5 shots behind Shirahama (Jpn), who recorded the second of his two Japan Tour wins. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Masahiro "Massy" Kuramato (Jpn) beat Tetsu Nishikawa (Jpn) at the second playoff hole. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 24-27; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Aoki (Jpn). Reduced to 36-holes due to bad weather. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Fujiki (Jpn) beat Akihito Yokoyama (Jpn) in a playoff. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 19-22; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Yoshitaka Yamamoto (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind first-time Japan Tour winner Mackay (Aus). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Ishii (USA) beat Nobuo Serizawa (Jpn) at the fifth playoff hole. Hiroshi Makino (Jpn) was eliminated earlier in the playoff. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind his older brother Tateo "Jet" Ozaki (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 24-27; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind defending champion "Massy" Kuramoto (Jpn), who birdied the last three holes on the final day to snatch victory. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto (Jpn) beat Yoshihisa Iwashita (Jpn), Sam Torrance (Scot) and Chen Tze-chung (Taiw) with an eagle at the first playoff hole. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed and defending champion Hsieh Min-nan (Taiw) finished 1 shot behind Deguchi (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Hsieh (Taiw) beat Kikuo Arai (Jpn) with a birdie in a sudden-death playoff. Hsieh recorded his second win in this event, 10 years after he first claimed the title. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 22-25; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Bill Rogers (USA) finished 8 shots behind Irwin (USA), who recorded his first and only Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind first-time Japan Tour winner Gilder (USA). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 25-28; Japan Tr event). Wadkins (USA) recorded his first and only Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 26-29; Japan Tr event). Second-placed and defending champion Fujio Kobayashi (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Ishii (Jpn), who recorded his second win in this event. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 27-30; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Heruo Yasuda (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Kobayashi (Jpn), who recorded his first Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 28-31; Japan Tr event). Muramaki (Jpn) beat Musaji Kusakabe (Jpn) and Hsieh Min-nan (Taiw) in a playoff, to record his 10th Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 30-Nov 2; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Haruo Yasuda (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Yamamoto (Jpn), who recorded his second Japan Tour win. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Oct 31-Nov 3; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Seiichi Numazawa (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Marsh (Aus), who recorded his fifth Japan Tour win, and fourth in 1974. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Tournament (Nov 1-4; Japan Tr event). Ishii (Jpn) recorded his second Japan Tour win. [Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Inagi, nr Tokyo, Japan].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the inaugural Bridgestone Tournament (Nov 2-5; Japan circuit event). Second-placed Brian "Bud" Allin (USA) and Kuo Chi-hsiung (Taiw) finished 3 shots behind Hsieh (Taiw). [Mitsukaido GC, Sakatemachi, Joso, Ibaraki].
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