Fujisankei Classic

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Established 1973 Length 7,524 yards (6,880 m)		Par 71 Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Location Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Course(s) Fujizakura Country Club

The Fujisankei Classic (フジサンケイクラシック, Fuji sankei kurashikku) is an annual golf event on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973 on the Takasaka Country Club - Yoneyama Course. The tournament moved to the Higashi-Matsuyama Golf Club in 1979 and to the Kawana Hotel's Fuji course in 1981. The tournament has been held at the Fujizakura Country Club in Yamanashi Prefecture since 2005. The prize fund in 2015 was ¥110,000,000, with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner. The title sponsor is the Fujisankei Communications Group.

Winners

2016 Cho Min-gyu – South Korea

2015 Kim Kyung-tae – South Korea

2014 Hiroshi Iwata – Japan

2013 Hideki Matsuyama – Japan

2012 Kim Kyung-tae – South Korea

2011 Masatsugu Morofuji – Japan

2010 Ryo Ishikawa – Japan

2009 Ryo Ishikawa – Japan

2008 Toyokazu Fujishima – Japan

2007 Hideto Tanihara – Japan

2006 Shingo Katayama – Japan

2005 Daisuke Maruyama – Japan

2004 Paul Sheehan – Australia

2003 Todd Hamilton – United States

2002 Nobuhito Sato – Japan

2001 Frankie Miñoza – Philippines

2000 Tateo Ozaki – Japan

1999 Shigemasa Higaki – Japan

1998 Carlos Franco – Paraguay

1997 Kenichi Kuboya – Japan

1996 Brian Watts – Canada

1995 Tsuneyuki Nakajima – Japan

1994 Kiyoshi Murota – Japan

1993 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1992 Hiroshi Makino – Japan

1991 Saburo Fujiki – Japan

1990 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1989 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1988 Ikuo Shirahama – Japan

1987 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1986 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1985 Mark O'Meara – United States

1984 Tateo Ozaki – Japan

1983 Nobumitsu Yuhara – Japan

1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima – Japan

1981 Toshiharu Kawada – Japan

1980 Masashi Ozaki – Japan

1979 Shoichi Sato – Japan

1978 Kosaku Shimada – Japan

1977 Yasuhiro Miyamoto – Japan

1976 Norio Suzuki – Japan

1975 Lu Liang-Huan – Taiwan

1974 Graham Marsh – Australia

1973 Graham Marsh – Australia

References

Fujisankei Classic Wikipedia

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