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Casio World Open
Tournament information
Location Geisei, Kōchi, Japan
Established1981
Course(s)Kochi Kuroshio Country Club
Par72
Length7,335 yards (6,707 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate256 Chan Kim (2022)
To par−32 as above
Current champion
Japan Taichi Nabetani
Location map
Kochi Kuroshio CC is located in Japan
Kochi Kuroshio CC
Kochi Kuroshio CC
Location in Japan
Kochi Kuroshio CC is located in Kochi Prefecture
Kochi Kuroshio CC
Kochi Kuroshio CC
Location in the Kōchi Prefecture

The Casio World Open (カシオワールドオープンゴルフトーナメント, Kashio wārudo ōpun gorufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1981, it is played in November and is one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers. It was held at the Ibusuki Golf Club, Kaimon Course in Ibusuki, Kagoshima from 1981 to 2004. In 2005, it moved to the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kōchi.

The event is organized by Casio, Kuroshio Kanko Kaihatsu and TV Kochi.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2023 Japan Taichi Nabetani 274 −14 1 stroke South Korea Song Young-han
Japan Ren Yonezawa
2022 United States Chan Kim 256 −32 6 strokes Japan Aguri Iwasaki
2021 Japan Mikumu Horikawa 269 −19 2 strokes Japan Shugo Imahira
Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 South Korea Kim Kyung-tae 268 −20 2 strokes South Africa Shaun Norris
2018 South Korea Choi Ho-sung 273 −15 1 stroke Australia Brendan Jones
2017 United States Seungsu Han 275 −13 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
Australia Brendan Jones
South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
Japan Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Japan Yuta Ikeda 203 [a] −13 1 stroke Japan Ryuji Masaoka
2015 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa
2014 Japan Shingo Katayama 271 −17 3 strokes Japan Satoshi Tomiyama
2013 Japan Hideki Matsuyama 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
2012 South Korea Hwang Jung-gon 269 −19 3 strokes Japan Kunihiro Kamii
2011 Japan Tadahiro Takayama 273 −15 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
2010 Japan Michio Matsumura 275 −13 Playoff South Korea Kim Do-hoon
2009 Japan Koumei Oda (2) 267 −21 3 strokes Japan Ryo Ishikawa
2008 Japan Koumei Oda 277 −11 3 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
2007 Japan Taichi Teshima 275 −13 1 stroke Australia Chris Campbell
2006 India Jeev Milkha Singh 272 −16 2 strokes New Zealand David Smail
2005 Japan Toru Taniguchi 277 −11 2 strokes South Korea Kim Jong-duck
2004 New Zealand David Smail (2) 276 −12 1 stroke United States Hunter Mahan
2003 Japan Katsumune Imai 264 −24 7 strokes Australia Brendan Jones
Japan Shingo Katayama
2002 New Zealand David Smail 200 [a] −16 2 strokes Australia Brendan Jones
2001 Japan Kiyoshi Murota 264 −24 2 strokes Fiji Dinesh Chand
2000 Japan Toru Suzuki 267 −21 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
1999 Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Taichi Teshima
1998 United States Brian Watts 274 −14 Playoff Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
1997 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1996 United States Paul Stankowski 277 −11 Playoff United States David Ishii
1995 Japan Seiki Okuda 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
1994 United States Robert Gamez 271 −17 4 strokes United States Scott Hoch
1993 United States Tom Lehman 274 −14 1 stroke United States Phil Mickelson
1992 Japan Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Taiwan Chen Tze-ming
1991 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 270 −18 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
1990 United States Mike Reid 274 −14 2 strokes Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
1989 Japan Isao Aoki 274 −14 1 stroke United States Larry Mize
1988 United States Larry Mize 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
1987 United States David Ishii 276 −12 2 strokes Scotland Sam Torrance
1986 United States Scott Hoch (2) 276 −12 6 strokes Spain José María Olazábal
1985 United States Hubert Green 289 +1 Playoff Australia Wayne Grady
United States Scott Hoch
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1984 Scotland Sandy Lyle 279 −9 Playoff United States Gary Koch
1983 West Germany Bernhard Langer 287 −1 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1982 United States Scott Hoch 282 −6 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981 United States Lee Trevino 275 −13 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki

Notes

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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