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Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

"Pacific Masters" redirects here. For the darts tournament, see Pacific Masters (darts).

The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友Visa太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000.[1] It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.

Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Tournament information
LocationGotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Taiheiyo Club
(Gotemba Course)
Par70
Length7,262 yards (6,640 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Japan Shugo Imahira
Location map
Taiheiyo Club is located in Japan
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in Japan
Taiheiyo Club is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Taiheiyo Club
Taiheiyo Club
Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.

The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.[2]

Tournament hosts

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Years Venue Location
1977–present Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course Gotemba, Shizuoka
1972–1976 Sobu Country Club Inzai, Chiba

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2024 JPN    
2023 JPN Japan  Shugo Imahira 268 −12 1 stroke Japan  Taiki Yoshida
2022 JPN Japan  Ryo Ishikawa (3) 272 −8 Playoff Japan  Rikuya Hoshino
2021 JPN Japan  Hideto Tanihara (2) 274 −6 1 stroke Japan  Takumi Kanaya
2020 JPN Japan  Jinichiro Kozuma 272 −8 1 stroke Japan  Ryosuke Kinoshita
2019 JPN Japan  Takumi Kanaya (a) 267 −13 1 stroke South Africa  Shaun Norris
2018 JPN Japan  Tatsunori Nukaga 201[b] −9 2 strokes South Korea  Kim Seung-hyuk
2017 JPN Japan  Satoshi Kodaira 270 −18 3 strokes Japan  Yūsaku Miyazato
2016 JPN Japan  Hideki Matsuyama (2) 265 −23 7 strokes South Korea  Song Young-han
2015 JPN Japan  Shingo Katayama (2) 202[b] −14 1 stroke Thailand  Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014 JPN United States  David Oh 276 −12 1 stroke Japan  Toshinori Muto
2013 JPN Japan  Hideto Tanihara 275 −13 1 stroke Japan  Ryo Ishikawa
Japan  Masahiro Kawamura
Japan  Tomohiro Kondo
2012 JPN Japan  Ryo Ishikawa (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Japan  Michio Matsumura
2011 JPN Japan  Hideki Matsuyama (a) 203[b] −13 2 strokes Japan  Toru Taniguchi
2010 JPN Japan  Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 2 strokes Australia  Brendan Jones
2009 JPN Japan  Yasuharu Imano 275 –13 2 strokes Japan  Kenichi Kuboya
United States  Han Lee
2008 JPN Japan  Shingo Katayama 272 −16 Playoff Japan  Yasuharu Imano
2007 JPN Australia  Brendan Jones 274 −14 1 stroke Japan  Toru Taniguchi
2006 JPN Japan  Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 1 stroke Japan  Toru Taniguchi
2005 JPN Northern Ireland  Darren Clarke (2) 270 −18 2 strokes Japan  Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004 JPN Northern Ireland  Darren Clarke 266 −22 6 strokes Japan  Nozomi Kawahara
England  Lee Westwood
2003 JPN Japan  Kiyoshi Murota 272 −16 6 strokes United States  Ben Curtis
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
South Korea  Kim Jong-duck
2002 JPN Japan  Tsuneyuki Nakajima 272 −16 1 stroke Japan  Hidemichi Tanaka
2001 JPN Japan  Toshimitsu Izawa 270 −18 2 strokes Japan  Yūsaku Miyazato (a)
Japan  Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000 JPN Japan  Toshimitsu Izawa 274 −14 1 stroke Japan  Keiichiro Fukabori
1999 JPN Japan  Hirofumi Miyase 274 −14 Playoff Northern Ireland  Darren Clarke
Japan  Ryoken Kawagishi
1998 JPN England  Lee Westwood (3) 275 −13 2 strokes Japan  Masashi Ozaki
1997 JPN England  Lee Westwood (2) 272 −16 1 stroke Japan  Masashi Ozaki
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
1996 JPN England  Lee Westwood 206[b] −10 Playoff Italy  Costantino Rocca
United States  Jeff Sluman
1995 JPN Japan  Satoshi Higashi 274 −14 4 strokes Japan  Shigeki Maruyama
1994 JPN Japan  Masashi Ozaki 270 −18 5 strokes United States  Bob Estes
1993 JPN Australia  Greg Norman 272 −16 1 stroke Japan  Yoshi Mizumaki
Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters
1992 JPN Japan  Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Japan  Masahiro Kuramoto
Germany  Bernhard Langer
Japan  Tsukasa Watanabe
1991 JPN Australia  Roger Mackay 272 −16 2 strokes United States  Yoshinori Kaneko
1990 JPN Spain  José María Olazábal (2) 270 −18 5 strokes Germany  Bernhard Langer
Japan  Masashi Ozaki
1989 JPN Spain  José María Olazábal 203[b] −13 3 strokes Japan  Isao Aoki
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
1988 JPN Spain  Seve Ballesteros 281 −7 3 strokes Japan  Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987 JPN Australia  Graham Marsh 276 −12 1 stroke United States  Tom Watson
1986 JPN Japan  Yasuhiro Funatogawa 274 −14 2 strokes United States  Larry Nelson
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1985 JPN Japan  Tsuneyuki Nakajima 280 −8 Playoff Australia  David Graham
1984 JPN Japan  Shinsaku Maeda 275 −13 1 stroke Japan  Kikuo Arai
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
1983: No tournament
1982 JPN United States  Scott Hoch 278 −10 3 strokes Japan  Masahiro Kuramoto
Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters
1981 JPN United States  Danny Edwards 276 −12 3 strokes United States  Jerry Pate
United States  Tom Watson
1980 JPN Japan  Norio Suzuki (2) 282 −6 Playoff Japan  Masashi Ozaki
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1979 JPN Japan  Norio Suzuki 280 −8 2 strokes United States  Rod Curl
United States  Bill Rogers
United States  Tom Watson
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1978 JPN United States  Gil Morgan 273 −11 3 strokes United States  Jerry Pate
Taiheiyo Club Masters
1977 JPN United States  Bill Rogers 275 −9 1 stroke United States  Mike Morley
Japan  Teruo Sugihara
1976 JPN United States  Jerry Pate 279 −5 2 strokes Japan  Isao Aoki
1975 JPN United States  Gene Littler (2) 278 −6 1 stroke United States  Lee Elder
United States  Hubert Green
United States  Allen Miller
Japan  Masashi Ozaki
1974 United States  Gene Littler 279 −5 5 strokes United States  Bert Yancey
1973 JPN Japan  Masashi Ozaki 278 −6 Playoff United States  Bert Yancey
1972 United States  Gay Brewer 276 −8 Playoff Australia  David Graham

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records
Sources:[3][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ a b c d e Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. p. 255. ISBN 0002119552.
  2. ^ Mozley, Dana (27 August 1976). "Bohen Snares Met Open Title After 3-Way, 3-Hole Playoff". Daily News. p. 77. Retrieved 19 March 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 歴代優勝者 - 2015三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ
  4. ^ Past Champions
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