2024 - Men Japan
The winners in the category "2024 - Men Japan" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Japan
ACN
Played as the ACN Championship (Oct 3-6; Japan Tour event). Takumi Kanaya (Jpn) beat Hyun-woo Ryu (S Kor) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Miki GC, Miki, Hyogo, Japan].
Japan
All Nippon Airways
Played as the ANA Open (Sept 12-15; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Kota Kaneko (Jpn) and Ryutaro Nagano (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Aguri Iwasaki (Jpn), who recorded his second Japan Tour win. [Wattsu course, Sapporo GC, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Jpn].
Japan
Casio
Played as the Casio World Open (Nov 21-24; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Taisei Shimizu (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Hiroshi Iwata (Jpn), who recorded his seventh Japan Tour win. [Kochi Kuroshio CC, Kochi, Jpn].
Japan
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Nov 14-17; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Shaun Norris (RSA) and Akshay Bhatia (USA) finished 4 shots behind 29-year-old Max McGreevy (USA), who recorded his first Japan Tour win. [Phoenix CC, Miyazaki, Japan].
Japan
x
Played as the For the Players by the Players tournament (May 9-12; Japan Tour event; modified stableford format; not played in 2023). Second-placed Hideto Kobukuro (Jpn) finished 1 point behind Michael Hendry (NZ), who recorded his second Japan Tour win, coming nine years after his first. [The Club Golf Village, Gunma, Jpn].
Japan
Fujisankei
Played as the Fujisankei Classic (Aug 29-Sept 1; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Shaun Norris (RSA) finished 2 shots behind Kensei Hirata (Jpn). Event reduced to 36 holes due to persistent bad weather. [Fujizakura CC, Yamanashi, Jpn].
Japan
ISPS Handa
Played as the ISPS Handa Championship (April 25-28; Japan Tr/European Tr event). Second-placed Sebastian Söderberg (Swe) finished 3 shots behind Yuto Katsuragawa (Jpn), who won this event for the second time in three years, and recorded his first European-DP World Tour win. [Gotemba course, Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba, Shizuoka, Jpn].
Japan
x
Played as the Japan Open (Oct 10-13; Japan Tr major championship). Second-placed Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind 32-year-old Shugo Imahira (Jpn), who recorded his first Japan Tour "major", and tenth Japan Tour win in total. Only Imahira and Kinoshita finished under par for the tournament. [Tokyo GC, Sayama, Saitama, Jpn].
Japan
x
Played as the Japan PGA Championship (July 4-7; Japan Tr major ch'ship). Second-placed Yuki Inamori (Jpn) and Taiga Semikawa (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind 22-year-old Yuta Sugiura (Jpn). Sugiura recorded his first Japan Tour major championship win, and second Tour win in total. His first Japan Tour win came as an amateur. [Kani course, Fuji Country Kani Club, Kani, Gifu, Jpn].
Japan
Satosyokuhin
Played as the Japan Players Championship by Satosyokuhin (June 20-23; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Kota Kaneko (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn). [Nishi Nasuno CC, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan].
Japan
BMW / MORI Building
Played as the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship MORI Building Cup (Jun 6-9; Japan Tour major ch'ship). Hiroshi Iwata (Jpn) beat Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his sixth Japan Tour win, and first Japan Tour major championship title. [West course, Shishido Hills CC, Kasama, Ibaraki, Jpn].
Japan
x
Played as the Kansai Open (May 16-19; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Yuta Sugiura (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind 30-year-old Takahiro Hataji (Jpn), who recorded his first Japan Tour win. [Meishin Yokaichi CC, Yokaichi, Shiga, Jpn].
Japan
Sansan
Played as the Sansan KBC Augusta (Aug 22-25; Japan Tour event). Jinichiro Kozuma (Jpn) beat Yuwa Kosaihira (Jpn) with a par at the scond playoff hole (par-5 18th). [Keya GC, Fukuoka, Jpn].
Japan
Mizuno
Played as the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open (May 23-26; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Guntaek Koh (S Kor) finished 2 shots behind Ryosuke Kinoshita (Jpn), who recorded his third Japan Tour win. [JFE Setonaikai GC, Okayama, Jpn].
Japan
Japan Tobacco
Played as the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (Nov 28-Dec 1; Japan Tour major championship and season-ending event). Second-placed Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Shaun Norris (Aus), who recorded his seventh Japan Tour win. [Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Inagi, nr Tokyo, Japan].
Japan
Panasonic
Played as the Panasonic Open (Sept 19-22; Japan Tour event). Second-placed Taisei Shimizu (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind 23-year-old Kensei Hirata (Jpn), who recorded his second win in his last three starts on the Tour. He became the third youngest Japan Tour player to win four times in a season, behind Ryo Ishikawa (in 2009, aged 18) and Hideki Matsuyama (in 2013, aged 21). [Royal course, Arima Royal GC, nr Kobe, Hyogo].
Japan
Sega
Played as the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup (July 11-14; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Koshiro Maeda (Jpn) and Satoshi Kodaira (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Kensei Hirata (Jpn). [North Country GC, Hokkaido, Jpn].
Japan
Mitsui Sumitomo
Played as the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters (Nov 7-10; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) and Riki Kawamoto (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), who recorded his fourth win in this event and 20th victory in total on the Japan Tour. [Gotemba course, Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba, Shizuoka, Jpn].
Japan
x
Played as The Crowns (May 2-5; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Naoyuki Kataoka (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind 24-year-old Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), who recorded his first Japan Tour win in his 25th start on the Tour as a professional. [Wago course, Nagoya GC, Aichi, Jpn].
Japan
Vantelin
Played as the Vantelin Tokai Classic (Sept 26-29; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Takumi Kanaya (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Takahiro Hataji (Jpn), who recorded his second Japan Tour win. [West course, Miyoshi CC, nr Nagoya, Aichi, Jpn].
Japan
Token Corp.
Played as the Token Homemate Cup (Mar 28-31; Japan Tr 2024 season opener). Second-placed Tatsunori Shogenji (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), who won this event for the second time. [Token Tado CC Nagoya, Kuwana, Mie, Japan].
Japan
Fujiki
Played as the Yokohama Minato Championship - Fujiki Centennial (Aug 8-11; Japan Tour event). Second-placed Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Ren Yonezawa (Jpn), who recorded his second Japan Tour win, coming three months after the first. [Yokohama CC, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan].
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