Panasonic Open (Japan)

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Panasonic Open Golf Championship
Tournament information
Location	Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Established	2008
Course(s)	Arima Royal Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,967 yards (6,371 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	September
Tournament record score
Aggregate	263 Toshinori Muto (2019) 263 Kensei Hirata (2024)
To par	−25 Kensei Hirata (2024)
Current champion
Kensei Hirata
Location map
Arima Royal GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Arima Royal GC Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture

The Panasonic Open (パナソニックオープン, panasonikku ōpun) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 2008 to 2020. Hosted by Panasonic, the event took place for the first time in September 2008 at Ibaraki Country Club in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (¥)	Winner's share (¥)	Venue
Panasonic Open Golf Championship
2024	JPN	Kensei Hirata	263	−25	3 strokes	Taisei Shimizu	100,000,000	20,000,000	Arima Royal
2023	JPN	Tomoharu Otsuki	268	−20	3 strokes	Song Young-han Ren Yonezawa	100,000,000	20,000,000	Onotoyo
2022	JPN	Taiga Semikawa (a)	266	−22	1 stroke	Aguri Iwasaki	100,000,000	20,000,000	Onotoyo
Panasonic Open
2021	JPN	Keita Nakajima (a)	270	−18	Playoff	Ryutaro Nagano	100,000,000	20,000,000	Joyo
Panasonic Open Golf Championship
2020	ASA, JPN	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2019	ASA, JPN	Toshinori Muto	263	−21	4 strokes	Shugo Imahira	150,000,000	30,000,000	Higashi Hirono
2018	ASA, JPN	Rahil Gangjee	270	−14	1 stroke	Hwang Jung-gon Kim Hyung-sung	150,000,000	30,000,000	Chiba (Umesato)
2017	ASA, JPN	Kenichi Kuboya	273	−11	Playoff	Katsumasa Miyamoto	150,000,000	30,000,000	Chiba (Umesato)
2016	ASA, JPN	Yuta Ikeda	271	−13	3 strokes	Marcus Fraser Kim Kyung-tae	150,000,000	30,000,000	Chiba (Umesato)
2014–15: No tournament
Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open
2013	ASA, JPN	Masahiro Kawamura	275	−9	1 stroke	Park Sung-joon	150,000,000	30,000,000	Ibaraki (West)
2012	ASA, JPN	Masanori Kobayashi	267	−17	1 stroke	Koumei Oda	150,000,000	30,000,000	Higashi Hirono
2011	ASA, JPN	Tetsuji Hiratsuka	276	−8	3 strokes	Hur Suk-ho Kim Do-hoon	150,000,000	30,000,000	Biwako (Ritto & Mikami)
2010	ASA, JPN	Brendan Jones	207^[b]	−6	1 stroke	Ryuichi Oda	150,000,000	30,000,000	Rokko Kokusai (East)
2009	ASA, JPN	Daisuke Maruyama	276	−8	4 strokes	Yuta Ikeda Kim Kyung-tae Liang Wenchong	150,000,000	30,000,000	Joyo
2008	ASA, JPN	Hideto Tanihara	264	−16	1 stroke	Azuma Yano	200,000,000	40,000,000	Ibaraki (West)

Notes

^ ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

^ "Panasonic Open Golf Championship cancelled". Asian Tour. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

External links

v t e Japan Golf Tour events
Japan majors	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Japan PGA Championship Japan Open Golf Championship Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
Other tournaments	Token Homemate Cup Kansai Open Golf Championship ISPS Handa Championship in Japan (E) The Crowns Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament Hana Bank Invitational (K) Japan Players Championship Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup Yokohama Minato Championship Sansan KBC Augusta Fujisankei Classic Shinhan Donghae Open (A,K) ANA Open Panasonic Open Golf Championship Vantelin Tokai Classic ACN Championship Mynavi ABC Championship Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Casio World Open
Team events	Hitachi 3Tours Championship
Other	Former events Zozo Championship
(E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour; (K) - co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour.

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