Japan Golf Tournament

The Vantelin Tokai Classic was held at the “Miyoshi Country Club West Course” (7,300 yards / par 71) in Miyoshi, Aichi.Rookie Riki Kawamoto came from four stroke behind to win his second career victory on the tour. He caught up to Yuto Katsuragawa on the front nine, and from there it was a dead heat. On the final hole, their second shots went at about the same spot, about 4 meters to the pin. The difference was only a few centimeters. The line was downhill and left-to-right putt. Katsuragawa, who put first, missed his chance, and Kawamoto, who put next,...

The Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open Golf was held at the Rifu Golf Club (6,491 yards / par 72) in Miyagi-gun, Miyagi. Miyu Yamashita won the tournament with a new tournament record of 18 under par. This is her third win of the season and fourth on the tour. 13 under par for the tournament, 5 stroke behind of the leader, tied for second place were Rio Takeda and Kana Mikasima.Yamashita has a new 1W, one of the most important for a professional, at this tournament. It is the SRIXON ZX5 MKII 9.5 degrees, which will be on sale...

The Panasonic Open Golf Championship was held at the “Ono Toyo Golf Club” (7,113 yards / par 72) in Ono, Hyogo.Amateur Taiga Semikawa (4th year student at Tohoku Fukushi University), who started the tournament tied for the lead, carded 8 birdies and 2 bogeys, including 5 in a row in the back nine, for a "66", bringing his total to 22 under par and becoming the 6th amateur winner in the tour history, following Keita Nakajima in the previous year's tournament.Semikawa also won as an amateur at the ABEMA Tour "Japan Create Challenge in Fukuoka Raizan" in June this year,...

The ANA Open Golf Tournament was held at the “Sapporo Golf Club Wattsu Course” (7,063 yards / par 72) in Kita-Hiroshima, Hokkaido. Tomoharu Otsuki, who came out of third place 5 stroke behind, played no bogey, 6 birdies "66". He then won a playoff with Ryo Ishikawa (18th hole par 4) with a chip-in eagle on the first hole, his second win on tour since the 2019 "Kansai Open".Starting the day 6 stroke behind the previous day's leader, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa got off to a good start with 3 consecutive birdies from the first hole. He made 2 consecutive...

The Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic was held at the Shin Minami Aichi Country Club Mihama Course (6,502 yards / par 72) in Chita, Aichi. Rookie Amiyu Ozeki, who started at the leader at the final day, won for the first time on the tour with a 13-under total in a very close match. In second place, one stroke behind the leader, was Yuri Yoshida with a 12-under total.The last June, Amiyu Ozeki won the Japan Women's Amateur Championship in her third year at Okayama Sakuyo High School, from which Hinoko Shibuno graduated, and in November, she passed the...