• The Rise, Canada
  • Pronghorn (Fazio)
  • Marco Simone GC (Italy); host of the Ryder Cup 2023
  • Terras da Comporta, Dunas
  • Pebble Beach host of the US Open; US Women's Open; Pebble Beach Pro-Am
  • Prince's GC, England
  • Torrey Pines - South course, host of the Farmers Insurance Open
  • Torrey Pines - South course, host of the Farmers Insurance Open

Tournament results: Low Stroke Ave - Jpn Tr

Results for the Low Stroke Ave - Jpn Tr are shown in the table below, which includes details of the respective winners, their scores and prize money, relevant venues and title sponsors.
1986
Awards
70.23
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Aoki, Isao

Venue

Score

70.23

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Aoki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was second with 70.40; Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) was third with 70.92.

2016
Awards
69.62
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ikeda, Yuta

Venue

Score

69.62

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Ikeda (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) was second with 69.67; Kyung-tae Kim (S Kor) was third with 70.05.

2009
Awards
69.93
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ishikawa, Ryo

Venue

Score

69.93

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Ishikawa (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) was second with 70.03; Brendan Jones (Aus) was third with 70.18.

2008
Awards
69.57
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Katayama, Shingo

Venue

Score

69.57

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Katayama (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Brendan Jones (Aus) was second with 69.82; SK Ho (S Kor) was third with 70.22.

2006
Awards
69.18
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Katayama, Shingo

Venue

Score

69.18

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Katayama (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Jeev Milkha Singh (India) was second with 69.72; Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) was third with 69.91.

2005
Awards
69.66
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Katayama, Shingo

Venue

Score

69.66

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Katayama (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. SK Ho (S Kor) was second with 69.99; Yasuharu Imano (Jpn) was third with 70.27.

2004
Awards
69.56
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Katayama, Shingo

Venue

Score

69.56

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Katayama (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) was second with 70.27; David Smail (NZ) was third with 70.29.

2013
Awards
69.32
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Matsuyama, Hideki

Venue

Score

69.32

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Matsuyama (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Shingo Katayama (Jpn) was second with 69.91; Hyung-sung Kim (S Kor) was third with 70.21.

1985
Awards
70.52
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Nakajima, Tommy

Venue

Score

70.52

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Masahiro Kuramoto (Jpn) was second with 71.17; Isao Aoki (Jpn) was third with 71.26.

1999
Awards
69.26
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Joe

Venue

Score

69.26

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Toshimitsu Izawa (Jpn) was second with 69.86; Kazuhiko Hosokawa (Jpn) was third with 69.99.

1998
Awards
69.20
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

69.20

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Carlos Franco (Para) was second with 69.63; Brian Watts (Can/USA) was third with 69.72.

1996
Awards
68.94
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

68.94

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Brian Watts (Can/USA) was second with 69.81; Yoshinori Kaneko (Jpn) was third with 70.13.

1997
Awards
68.94
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

68.94

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) was second with 69.39; Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) was third with 69.77.

1995
Awards
68.92
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

68.92

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Peter Senior (Au) was second with 70.04; Brandt Jobe (USA) was third with 70.24.

1994
Awards
69.16
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

69.16

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) was second with 70.58; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was third with 70.64.

1993
Awards
70.27
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.27

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was second with 70.88; Tze-chung "T.C." Chen (Taiw) was third with 71.14.

1992
Awards
70.09
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.09

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was second with 71.29; Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) was third with 71.33.

1991
Awards
70.50
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.50

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Roger Mackay (Aus) was second with 70.56; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was third with 70.67.

1990
Awards
69.90
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

69.90

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Graham Marsh (Aus) was second with 71.00; Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) was third with 71.15.

1989
Awards
70.49
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.49

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Graham Marsh (Aus) was second with 71.06; Koichi Suzuki (Jpn) was third with 71.59.

1988
Awards
70.53
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.53

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. David Ishii (USA) was second with 71.05; Ian-Baker Finch (Aus) was third with 71.33.

1987
Awards
70.68
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Ozaki, Jumbo

Venue

Score

70.68

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. David Ishii (USA) was second with 70.70; Graham Marsh (Aus) was third with 71.04.

2023
Awards
Nakajima, Keita
69.34
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Nakajima, Keita

Venue

Score

69.34

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Keita Nakajima (Jpn) recorded the 2023 season's lowest stroke average (69.341) on the Japan Tour. Takumi Kanaya (Jpn) was second with 69.408; Taiga Semikawa (Jpn) was third with 69.885.

2017
Awards
Kodaira, Satoshi
70.02
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Kodaira, Satoshi

Venue

Score

70.02

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Kodaira (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Yusaku Miyazato (Jpn) was second with 70.16; Shugo Imahira (Jpn) was third with 70.19.

2015
Awards
Kim, Kyung-tae
69.83
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Kim, Kyung-tae

Venue

Score

69.83

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Kim (S Kor) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Yusaka Miyazato (Jpn) was second with 70.35; Yoshinori Fujimoto (Jpn) was third with 70.37.

2014
Awards
Oda, Koumei
70.08
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Oda, Koumei

Venue

Score

70.08

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Oda (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) was second with 70.20; Tomohiro Kondo (Jpn) was third with 70.21.

2012
Awards
Fujita, Hiroyuki
70.03
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Fujita, Hiroyuki

Venue

Score

70.03

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Fujita (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Kyung-tae Kim (S Kor) was second with 70.13; Hyung-sung Kim (S Kor) was third with 70.34.

2011
Awards
Kim, Kyung-tae
69.65
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Kim, Kyung-tae

Venue

Score

69.65

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Kim (S Kor) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour, for the second straight year. Sang-Moon Bae (S Kor) was second with 69.86; Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) was third with 70.09.

2010
Awards
Kim, Kyung-tae
69.41
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Kim, Kyung-tae

Venue

Score

69.41

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Kim (S Kor) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) was second with 69.88; Brendan Jones (Aus) was third with 69.89.

2007
Awards
Taniguchi, Toru
69.85
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Taniguchi, Toru

Venue

Score

69.85

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Tanuguchi (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Brendan Jones (Aus) was second with 69.97; Shingo Katayama (Jpn) was third with 69.99.

2003
Awards
Izawa, Toshimitsu
69.88
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Izawa, Toshimitsu

Venue

Score

69.88

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Izawa (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Shingo Katayama (Jpn) was second with 69.94; Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) was third with 69.98.

2002
Awards
Taniguchi, Toru
69.24
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Taniguchi, Toru

Venue

Score

69.24

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Tanuguchi (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Shingo Katayama (Jpn) was second with 69.49; Dean Wilson (USA) was third with 69.65.

2001
Awards
Izawa, Toshimitsu
69.35
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Izawa, Toshimitsu

Venue

Score

69.35

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Izawa (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Shingo Katayama (Jpn) was second with 69.59; Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) was third with 69.95.

2000
Awards
Sato, Nobuhito
69.68
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Sato, Nobuhito

Venue

Score

69.68

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Sato (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average on the Japan Tour. Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) and Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) were tied second with 69.77.

2020
Awards
(not awarded)
x
x
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

(not awarded)

Venue

Score

x

Prize money

x

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Japan Tour's low stroke average award was not made in 2020, but subsumed into the Tour's wrap-around 2020/21 season. Most Japan Tour events were cancelled in 2020 due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

2021
Awards
Kanaya, Takumi
69.73
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Kanaya, Takumi

Venue

Score

69.73

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Takumi Kanaya (Jpn) recorded the wrap-around 2020/21 season's lowest stroke average (69.73) on the Japan Tour. Rokuya Hoshino (Jpn) was second with 70.24; Scott Vincent (Zim) was third with 70.31.

2019
Awards
Imahira, Shugo
69.73
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Imahira, Shugo

Venue

Score

69.73

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Shugo Imahira (Jpn) recorded the 2019 season's lowest stroke average (69.73) on the Japan Tour. Gunn Charoenkul (Thai) was second with 70.12; Jung-gon Hwang (S Kor) was third with 70.39.

2022
Awards
Hoshino, Rikuya
69.97
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Hoshino, Rikuya

Venue

Score

69.97

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn) recorded the 2022 season's lowest stroke average (69.975) on the Japan Tour. Kazuki Higa (Jpn) was second with 70.123; Chan Kim (USA) was third with 70.221.

2018
Awards
Imahira, Shugo
69.92
n/a
Japan Tr

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Imahira, Shugo

Venue

Score

69.92

Prize money

n/a

Title sponsor

Japan Tr

Imahira (Jpn) recorded the season's lowest scoring average (69.92) on the Japan Tour. Shaun Norris (RSA) was second with 70.26; Yuki Inamori (Jpn) was third with 70.27.

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