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Panasonic Open (Japan)

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Panasonic Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationKobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Established2008
Course(s)Arima Royal Golf Club
Par72
Length6,967 yards (6,371 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Toshinori Muto (2019)
263 Kensei Hirata (2024)
To par−25 Kensei Hirata (2024)
Current champion
Japan Kensei Hirata
Location map
Arima Royal GC is located in Japan
Arima Royal GC
Arima Royal GC
Location in Japan
Arima Royal GC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Arima Royal GC
Arima Royal GC
Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture

The Panasonic Open (パナソニックオープン, panasonikku ōpun) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2008 to 2020. Hosted by Panasonic, the event took place for the first time in September 2008 at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse (¥) Winner's
share (¥)
Venue
Panasonic Open Golf Championship
2024 JPN Japan Kensei Hirata 263 −25 3 strokes Japan Taisei Shimizu 100,000,000 20,000,000 Arima Royal
2023 JPN Japan Tomoharu Otsuki 268 −20 3 strokes South Korea Song Young-han
Japan Ren Yonezawa
100,000,000 20,000,000 Onotoyo
2022 JPN Japan Taiga Semikawa (a) 266 −22 1 stroke Japan Aguri Iwasaki 100,000,000 20,000,000 Onotoyo
Panasonic Open
2021 JPN Japan Keita Nakajima (a) 270 −18 Playoff Japan Ryutaro Nagano 100,000,000 20,000,000 Joyo
Panasonic Open Golf Championship
2020 ASA, JPN Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2019 ASA, JPN Japan Toshinori Muto 263 −21 4 strokes Japan Shugo Imahira 150,000,000 30,000,000 Higashi Hirono
2018 ASA, JPN India Rahil Gangjee 270 −14 1 stroke South Korea Hwang Jung-gon
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
150,000,000 30,000,000 Chiba
(Umesato)
2017 ASA, JPN Japan Kenichi Kuboya 273 −11 Playoff Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto 150,000,000 30,000,000 Chiba
(Umesato)
2016 ASA, JPN Japan Yuta Ikeda 271 −13 3 strokes Australia Marcus Fraser
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
150,000,000 30,000,000 Chiba
(Umesato)
2014–15: No tournament
Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open
2013 ASA, JPN Japan Masahiro Kawamura 275 −9 1 stroke South Korea Park Sung-joon 150,000,000 30,000,000 Ibaraki
(West)
2012 ASA, JPN Japan Masanori Kobayashi 267 −17 1 stroke Japan Koumei Oda 150,000,000 30,000,000 Higashi Hirono
2011 ASA, JPN Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka 276 −8 3 strokes South Korea Hur Suk-ho
South Korea Kim Do-hoon
150,000,000 30,000,000 Biwako
(Ritto & Mikami)
2010 ASA, JPN Australia Brendan Jones 207[b] −6 1 stroke Japan Ryuichi Oda 150,000,000 30,000,000 Rokko Kokusai
(East)
2009 ASA, JPN Japan Daisuke Maruyama 276 −8 4 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
China Liang Wenchong
150,000,000 30,000,000 Joyo
2008 ASA, JPN Japan Hideto Tanihara 264 −16 1 stroke Japan Azuma Yano 200,000,000 40,000,000 Ibaraki
(West)

Notes

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  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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