title: Suntory Open
text: # Suntory Open
  
  The Suntory Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Suntory, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club. The following year it was held at Narashino Country Club. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club.
  
  The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.
  
  ## Tournament hosts
  
  | Year(s) | Host course | Location |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1998–2007 | Sobu Country Club | Inzai, Chiba |
  | 1974–1997 | Narashino Country Club | Inzai, Chiba |
  | 1973 | Ashitaka 600 Club | Numazu, Shizuoka |
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2007 | Hideto Tanihara | 202 | −8 | 2 strokes | Toru Taniguchi |
  | 2006 | Yang Yong-eun | 266 | −14 | 6 strokes | Hidemasa Hoshino Toru Taniguchi |
  | 2005 | Yasuharu Imano | 267 | −13 | 2 strokes | Mamo Osanai |
  | 2004 | Hideki Kase | 267 | −13 | 3 strokes | Tomohiro Kondo Katsuya Nakagawa Toru Taniguchi |
  | 2003 | Jyoti Randhawa | 276 | −8 | 2 strokes | Paul Sheehan |
  | 2002 | Shingo Katayama (2) | 269 | −15 | 4 strokes | Kōki Idoki Yasuharu Imano |
  | 2001 | Shingo Katayama | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Darren Clarke Keiichiro Fukabori Nobuo Serizawa |
  | 2000 | Kiyoshi Maita | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke | Yasuharu Imano |
  | 1999 | Nick Price | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Shigeki Maruyama |
  | 1998 | Mamo Osanai | 274 | −10 | 3 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
  | 1997 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
  | 1996 | Hajime Meshiai | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Hidemichi Tanaka |
  | 1995 | Masahiro Kuramoto | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Takaaki Fukuzawa Satoshi Higashi Nobuo Serizawa |
  | 1994 | David Ishii | 277 | −11 | Playoff | Hisayuki Sasaki |
  | 1993 | Eiichi Itai | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Chen Tze-chung |
  | 1992 | Naomichi Ozaki (2) | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Wayne Grady Tateo Ozaki Yoshikazu Yokoshima Nobumitsu Yuhara |
  | 1991 | Naomichi Ozaki | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Chen Tze-chung |
  | 1990 | Tōru Nakamura | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Graham Marsh |
  | 1989 | Larry Nelson | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Saburo Fujiki |
  | 1988 | Tateo Ozaki (2) | 274 | −14 | 3 strokes | Tadami Ueno |
  | 1987 | Noboru Sugai | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto Larry Nelson |
  | 1986 | Graham Marsh (2) | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Isao Aoki |
  | 1985 | Tateo Ozaki | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Larry Nelson |
  | 1984 | Takashi Kurihara | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki |
  | 1983 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Saburo Fujiki |
  | 1982 | Pete Izumikawa | 207 | −9 | 2 strokes | Bill Rogers |
  | 1981 | Bill Rogers (2) | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Norio Suzuki |
  | 1980 | Bill Rogers | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Graham Marsh |
  | 1979 | Masaji Kusakabe (2) | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Lu Liang-Huan |
  | 1978 | Akio Kanemoto | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki |
  | 1977 | Masaji Kusakabe | 279 | −9 | 3 strokes | Fujio Kobayashi |
  | 1976 | Graham Marsh | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Isao Aoki |
  | 1975 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
  | 1974 | Masashi Ozaki | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Kosaku Shimada |
  | 1973 | Hideyo Sugimoto | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki |
  