Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
LocationShibata, Niigata, Japan
Establishment1979
CourseForest Golf Club
Par71
Yardage7,000 yards (6,400 m)
TourJapan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Purse¥100,000,000
Month playedJuly
Aggregate263 Kim Jong-duck (2004)
To-par−24 Go Higaki (2001)
Final year2004
Final championKim Jong-duck
Coordinates37.896°N 139.306°E

The NST Niigata Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. It was a Japan Golf Tour event from at least 1981 to 2004. It was sponsored by Niigata Sogo Television and played on different courses in Niigata. The tournament record of 264(-24) was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open
2004Kim Jong-duck263−215 strokesKazuhiro Kinjo
2003Katsumasa Miyamoto271−171 strokeGregory Meyer
Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2002Yasuharu Imano270−184 strokesKatsumasa Miyamoto
NST Niigata Open Golf Championship
2001Go Higaki264−246 strokesScott Laycock
2000Hidezumi Shirakata269−194 strokesKiyoshi Murota
1999Toshimitsu Izawa269−196 strokesKazuhiko Hosokawa
1998Masayuki Kawamura268−208 strokesShingo Katayama
Kiyoshi Murota
1997Kazuhiko Hosokawa277−111 strokeHisayuki Sasaki
1996Masatoshi Horikawa268−201 strokeMasayuki Kawamura
1995Tomohiro Maruyama274−143 strokesHidemichi Tanaka
NST Niigata Open
1994Pete Izumikawa276−122 strokesKiyoshi Murota
1993Kōki Idoki275−133 strokesSamson Gimson
Hiroya Kamide
Yoshinori Kaneko
Hajime Meshiai
1992Tsuneyuki Nakajima275−132 strokesShigenori Mori
1991Akihito Yokoyama278−102 strokesHideki Kase
Koichi Suzuki
1990Seiichi Kanai278−101 strokeYukio Noguchi
1989Katsuyoshi Tomori288E1 strokeTomohiro Maruyama
1988Naomichi Ozaki277−113 strokesDavid Ishii
1987Tadao Nakamura276−81 strokeHsieh Chin-sheng
David Ishii
Brian Jones
Kazuo Yoshikawa
1986David Ishii276−121 strokeTateo Ozaki
1985Hsieh Min-Nan272−12PlayoffYoshihisa Iwashita
1984Saburo Fujiki271−131 strokeHaruo Yasuda
Niigata Open
1983Hideto Shigenobu136−8PlayoffIsao Aoki
Katsunari Takahashi
1982Yoshitaka Yamamoto138−6PlayoffHsieh Min-Nan
1981Takahiro Takeyasu139−5
1980Hideo Ishii[1]
1979Koichi Uehara106[a][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Tournament contested over 27 holes.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. p. 178. ISBN 0862540054.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1980). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1980. Springwood Books. p. 224. ISBN 0905947835.