Tokai Classic

The Tokai Classic (東海クラシック, Tōkai kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Tokai Classic
Tournament information
LocationMiyoshi, Aichi
Established1970
Course(s)Miyoshi Country Club
West Course
Par72
Length7,325 yards (6,698 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110 million
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate270 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
To par−18 as above
Current champion
Shaun Norris
Location Map
Miyoshi CC
Location in Japan
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC (Aichi Prefecture)

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2019 Shaun Norris275−91 stroke Shota Akiyoshi
Ryuko Tokimatsu
2018 Angelo Que271−172 strokes Won Joon Lee
Yang Yong-eun
2017 Satoshi Kodaira274−141 stroke Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Daisuke Kataoka272−161 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2015 Kim Hyung-sung276−12Playoff Shingo Katayama
2014 Kim Seung-hyuk281−71 stroke Hwang Jung-gon
Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013 Shingo Katayama281−7Playoff Hidemasa Hoshino
Satoshi Tomiyama
2012 Ryu Hyun-woo282−6Playoff Shingo Katayama
2011 Bae Sang-moon281−71 stroke Tadahiro Takayama
2010 Michio Matsumura280−8Playoff Takashi Kanemoto
Hiroyuki Fujita
2009 Ryo Ishikawa274−141 stroke Takeshi Kajikawa
2008 Toshinori Muto277−112 strokes Yuta Ikeda
2007 Camilo Villegas282−2Playoff Toyokazu Fujishima
2006 Hidemasa Hoshino282−22 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005 Yang Yong-eun270−184 strokes Taichi Teshima
2004 Katsumune Imai210[lower-alpha 1]−6Playoff Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003 Nozomi Kawahara275−131 stroke Shingo Katayama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002 Toru Taniguchi278−102 strokes Nozomi Kawahara
Zaw Moe
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa272−162 strokes Tomohiro Kondo
Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000 Hirofumi Miyase276−121 stroke Toru Taniguchi
1999 Kaname Yokoo274−141 stroke Vijay Singh
1998 Toshimitsu Izawa277−113 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997 Brandt Jobe278−10Playoff Brian Watts
1996 Masanobu Kimura280−81 stroke Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Steve Jones
Shigeki Maruyama
1995 Masayuki Kawamura285−31 stroke Hideki Kase
1994 Corey Pavin277−111 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993 Saburo Fujiki274−144 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1992 Mark O'Meara277−111 stroke Tom Kite
1991 Eiichi Itai279−94 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990 Graham Marsh206[lower-alpha 1]−102 strokes Tadami Ueno
Saburo Fujiki
1989 Isao Aoki275−135 strokes Pete Izumikawa
1988 Brian Jones274−143 strokes Koichi Suzuki
1987 Tsuneyuki Nakajima282−61 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1986 Masahiro Kuramoto271−179 strokes Shinsaku Maeda
1985 Graham Marsh278−101 stroke Isao Aoki
1984 Yoshihisa Iwashita276−122 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
1983 Masahiro Kuramoto276−122 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
1982 Hsieh Min-Nan274−145 strokes Larry Nelson
1981 Masahiro Kuramoto209[lower-alpha 1]−7Playoff Tōru Nakamura
Hideto Shigenobu
Fujio Kobayashi		[1]
1980 Larry Nelson274−141 stroke Yutaka Hagawa
1979 Tsutomu Irie275−135 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan
Masaji Kusakabe
1978 Masaji Kusakabe282−62 strokes Kosaku Shimada
1977 Masashi Ozaki278−101 stroke Kosaku Shimada[2]
1976 Isao Aoki283−5Playoff Teruo Sugihara
Shigeru Uchida
1975 Yasuhiro Miyamoto280−82 strokes Kikuo Arai
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974 Kosaku Shimada276−122 strokes Teruo Sugihara[3]
1973 Masashi Ozaki277−111 stroke Isao Aoki[4]
1972 Kikuo Arai275−131 stroke Takaaki Kono[5]
1971 Shigeru Uchida2833 strokes Billy Casper[6]
1970 Fujio Ishii275Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan[7]
  1. Tournament played over 54 holes.

References
  1. "Kuramoto wins Tokai Classic". The Straits Times. Singapore. 12 October 1981. p. 35. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  2. "It's Ozaki's title as Watson falters". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 October 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. "Shimada gets golf victory". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. AP. 28 October 1974. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Sport talk | Golf". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 30 October 1973. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Thomson wins Qantas playoff". St Louis Post-Dispatch. St Louis, Missouri. 30 October 1972. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Uchida open winner; Bill Casper second". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. AP. 1 November 1971. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Sandra Palmer wins in Japan". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. AP. 2 November 1970. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.


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