Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

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Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
Tournament information
Location Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan
Established 1972
Course(s) Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course
Par 72
Length 7,246 yards (6,626 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥200 million
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 266 Darren Clarke (2004)
To par −22 as above
Current champion
Japan Shingo Katayama

Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and in recent years at the Taiheiyo Club, Gotenba Course, Gotenba, Shizuoka and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1972. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2015 Shingo Katayama (2)  Japan 202* −14 1 stroke Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha
2014 David Oh  United States 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Toshinori Muto
2013 Hideto Tanihara  Japan 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
Japan Masahiro Kawamura
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
2012 Ryo Ishikawa (2)  Japan 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Michio Matsumura
2011 Hideki Matsuyama (a)  Japan 203* −13 2 strokes Japan Toru Taniguchi
2010 Ryo Ishikawa  Japan 274 −14 2 strokes Australia Brendan Jones
2009 Yasuharu Imano  Japan 275 –13 2 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
United States Han Lee
2008 Shingo Katayama  Japan 272 −16 Playoff Japan Yasuharu Imano
2007 Brendan Jones  Australia 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
2006 Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
2005 Darren Clarke (2)  Northern Ireland 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2004 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 266 −22 6 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara
England Lee Westwood
2003 Kiyoshi Murota  Japan 272 −16 6 strokes United States Ben Curtis
Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
South Korea Kim Jong-duck
2002 Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa  Japan 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (a)
Japan Shigeru Nonaka
Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
2000 Toshimitsu Izawa  Japan 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
1999 Hirofumi Miyase  Japan 274 −14 Playoff Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
1998 Lee Westwood (3)  England 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
1997 Lee Westwood (2)  England 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1996 Lee Westwood  England 206* −10 Playoff Italy Costantino Rocca
United States Jeff Sluman
1995 Satoshi Higashi  Japan 274 −14 4 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1994 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 270 −18 5 strokes United States Bob Estes
1993 Greg Norman  Australia 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Taiheiyo Masters
1992 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
Germany Bernhard Langer
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
Visa Taiheiyo Masters
1991 Roger Mackay  Australia 272 −16 2 strokes United States Yoshinori Kaneko
1990 José María Olazábal (2)  Spain 270 −18 5 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
Germany Bernhard Langer
1989 José María Olazábal  Spain 203* −13 3 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1988 Seve Ballesteros  Spain 281 −7 3 strokes Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa
1987 Graham Marsh  Australia 276 −12 1 stroke United States Tom Watson
Taiheiyo Masters
1986 Yasuhiro Funatogawa  Japan 274 −14 2 strokes United States Larry Nelson
1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima  Japan 280 −8 Playoff Australia David Graham
1984 Shinsaku Maeda  Japan 275 −13
1983 No tournament
1982 Scott Hoch  United States 278 −10 3 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
1981 Danny Edwards  United States 276 −12
1980 Norio Suzuki (2)  Japan 282 −6 Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
1979 Norio Suzuki  Japan 280 −8
1978 Gil Morgan  United States 273 −11 3 strokes United States Jerry Pate
1977 Bill Rogers  United States 275 −9
1976 Jerry Pate  United States 279 −5 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
1975 Gene Littler (2)  United States 278 −6
1974 Gene Littler  United States 279 −5 5 strokes United States Bert Yancey
1973 Masashi Ozaki  Japan 278 −6 Playoff United States Bert Yancey
1972 Gay Brewer  United States 276 −8 Playoff Australia David Graham

* Indicates weather-shortened to 54 holes
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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