2010 - Men Japan
The winners in the category "2010 - Men Japan" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Japan
Mynavi
Played as the Mynavi ABC Championship (Oct 28-31; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Kim Kyung-tae (S Kor; known as "K.T." Kim). [ABC GC, Kato, Hyogo, Japan].
Japan
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Played as the Diamond Cup Golf (Japan Tr event). Second-placed Koumei Oda (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Kim (S Kor).
Japan
All Nippon Airways
Played as the ANA Open (Japan tr event). Second-placed Do-Hoon Kim (S Kor) and Jay Choi (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ikeda (Jpn). [Wattsu course, Sapporo GC, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Jpn].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Michio Matsumura (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Ikeda (Jpn). [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Canon
Played as the Canon Open (Oct 7-10; Japan Tour event). Second-placed Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Shinichi Yokota (Jpn), who recorded the second of his two Japan Tour wins. [West course, Totsuka CC, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Jpn].
Japan
Casio
Played as the Casio World Open (Nov 25-28; Japan Tr event). Matsumura (Jpn) beat Kim Do-hoon (S Kor) at the fourth playoff hole, to record his second Japan Tour win. [Kochi Kuroshio CC, Kochi, Jpn].
Japan
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Nov 18-21; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Kyung-tae "K.T." Kim (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind Ikeda (Jpn). [Phoenix CC, Miyazaki, Japan].
Japan
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Played as the Fujisankei Classic (a Japan Tour event). Ishikawa (Jpn) won this event for a second straight time, beating Shunsuke Sonoda (Jpn) in a playoff.
Japan
JGA
Played as the Japan Open (Oct 14-17; Japanese major ch'ship). Second-placed Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Kyung-tae "K.T." Kim (S Kor), who recorded his second Japan Tour win. [Aichi CC, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan].
Japan
Nissin
Played as the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup (May 13-16; Japanese major ch'ship). Second-placed Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Taniguchi (Jpn). [Passage Kinkai Is. GC, Nagasaki, Jpn].
Japan
Citibank
Played as the Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills (June 3-6; Japanese major ch'ship). Second-placed Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Miyamoto (Jpn). [West course, Shishido Hills CC, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan].
Japan
x
Played as the Kansai Open (a Japan Tour event). Second-placed Azuma Yano (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind first-time Japan Tour winner, Nonaka (Jpn).
Japan
KBC
Played as the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta (a Japan Tour event). Second-placed Mitsuhiro Tateyama (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Tanihara (Jpn).
Japan
Lexus
Played as the Championship by Lexus (July 8-11; Japan Tour event). Second-placed Makoto Inoue (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Takashi Kanemoto (Jpn), who recorded the second of his two Japan Tour wins. [Ohtone CC, Bando, Ibaraki, Japan].
Japan
Mizuno
Played as the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic (Japan Tr event). 20-year old rookie Sonoda (Jpn) beat Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) in a playoff. Sonoda was playing in only his fifth professional event. Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Yomiuri CC, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan].
Japan
Japan Tobacco
Played as the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (Dec 2-5; Japanese major ch'ship and season-ending event). Second-placed Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Fujita (Jpn). [Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Inagi, nr Tokyo, Japan].
Japan
Panasonic
Played as the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open (Sept 23-26; Asian/Jpn Tours event). Second-placed Ryuichi Oda (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Brendan Jones (Aus). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [East course, Rokko Kokusai GC, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan].
Japan
Sega
Played as the Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup (July 22-25; Japan Tour event). Mamoru "Mamo" Osanai (Jpn) beat Cho Min-gyu (S Kor) with a par at the fourth playoff hole, to record the last of his four Japan Tour wins. Shunsuke Sonoda (Jpn) was eliminated at the second playoff hole. [North Country GC, Hokkaido, Jpn].
Japan
Played as the Sun Chlorella Classic (a Japan Tour event). Second-placed Dinesh Chand (Fiji) finished 3 shots behind Takayama (Jpn).
Japan
Mitsui Sumitomo
Played as the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters (Nov 11-14; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Brendan Jones (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Ishikawa (Jpn). [Gotemba course, Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba, Shizuoka, Jpn].
Japan
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Played as The Crowns (Apr 29-May 2; Japan Tr event; aka the Chunichi Crowns). Second-placed Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) and Paul Sheehan (Aus) finished 5 shots behind Ishikawa (Jpn). An amazing final round 58 (with 12 birdies on this par-70 course) gave 18-year old Ishikawa the record for lowest ever round in a top Tour event. [Wago course, Nagoya GC, Aichi, Japan].
Japan
Coca-Cola
Played as the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic (a Japan Tour event). Matsumura (Jpn) beat Takashi Kanemoto (Jpn) and Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) in a playoff. Played on the West course.
Japan
Homemate
Played as the Token Homemate Cup (a Japan Tour event). Oda (Jpn) claimed his second straight win in this event, beating Satoru Hirota (Jpn) and Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) in a playoff.
Japan
Toshin
Played as the inaugural Toshin Golf Tournament in Lake Wood (July 1-4; Japan Tour event). Second-placed Shunsuke Sonoda (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Yuta Ikeda (Jpn), who recorded his fifth Japan Tour win. [Toshin Lake Wood GC, Tsu, Mie; course permanently closed].
Japan
x
Played as the Tsuruya Open (April 22-5; Japan Tour event). Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) beat Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Yamanohara course, Yamanohara GC, Hyogo, Jpn].
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