Bridgestone ASO Open
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The Bridgestone ASO Open was a golf
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
from at least 1977 to 1993. It was played at the ASO Golf Club in Kumamoto.
Bridgestone ASO Open
ASO National Park Open
unofficial event
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
from at least 1977 to 1993. It was played at the ASO Golf Club in Kumamoto.
Winners
this list may be incompleteBridgestone ASO Open
- 1993 Shigeru Kawamata
- 1992 Peter SeniorPeter SeniorPeter Albert Charles Senior is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world....
- 1991 Kiyoshi MurotaKiyoshi MurotaKiyoshi Murato is a Japanese professional golfer.Murato was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended the Nippon Sport Science University. After graduating, he became golf teaching instructor, and was well liked in Japan because of his easy, simple tips to help amateur golfers. While teaching, he...
- 1990 Teruo SugiharaTeruo SugiharaTeruo Sugihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Sugihara was born in Osaka. He won 28 tournaments and over 630 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour. He also won the 1969 Hong Kong Open.-Japan Golf Tour wins :...
- 1989 Craig ParryCraig ParryCraig David Parry is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.Parry was...
- 1988 Ian Baker-FinchIan Baker-FinchIan Michael Baker-Finch is an Australian professional golfer, who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.-Early years:...
- 1987 Norio MikamiNorio MikamiNorio Mikami is a Japanese professional golfer.Mikami played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.-External links:...
- 1986 Brian JonesBrian Jones (golfer)Brian Jones is an Australian professional golfer.Jones was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1971. He played on the throughout Asia and Australasia including on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the Indian Open three times, five times in Australasia, and twelve times in Japan...
- 1985 Hsieh Min-NanHsieh Min-NanHsieh Min-Nan is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour, 18th on the all-time win list. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title...
- 1984 Hideto ShigenobuHideto ShigenobuHideto Shigenobu is a Japanese professional golfer.Shigenobu played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1979 Chushikoku Open*1982 Kansai Pro Championship*1983 NST Niigata Open...
- 1983 Fujio KobayashiFujio KobayashiFujio Kobayashi is a Japanese professional golfer.Kobayashi played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1977 Bridgestone Open*1978 Japan PGA Championship*1981 Naganoken Open*1982 Gunmaken Open...
- 1982 Toru NakamuraToru Nakamurais a Japanese golfer.Nakamura was born in Osaka. He won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks eighth on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1973 Hiroshima Open*1974 KBC Augusta, Sapporo Tokyu Open...
ASO National Park Open
- 1981 Saburo FujikiSaburo Fujikiis a Japanese professional golfer.Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 13th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1981 ASO National Park Open, Hakkoku Open*1983 KBC Augusta, Kanto Open...
- 1980 Masaji KusakabeMasaji KusakabeMasaji Kusakabe is a Japanese professional golfer.Kusakabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning nine times.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1975 Sony Charity Classic*1977 Suntory Open*1978 Tokai Classic*1979 KBC Augusta, Suntory Open...
- 1979 Takashi KuriharaTakashi KuriharaTakashi Kurihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Kurihara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1973 Kanto Open*1974 Shizuoka Open*1979 ASO National Park Open*1982 Hiroshima Open...
- 1978 Tadami UenoTadami UenoTadami Ueno is a Japanese professional golfer.Ueno played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1975 Chushikoku Open*1976 Chushikoku Open*1977 Chushikoku Open*1978 ASO National Park Open...
unofficial event
- 1977 Yukio Noguchi
External links
- Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site - in English