About The Tsuruya Open is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1994. The tournament's to-par record is -17 (271) set by Katsumasa Miyamoto in 1998. The aggregate record is 268 (-16) set by Brendan Jones in 2007. The course measures 6,770 yards and the par is 71. In 2009, the purse was scheduled to be ￥120,000,000 with ￥24,000,000 going to the winner. However, the tournament was shortened to 54 holes and the purse was reduced by 25%.
Past Winners * 2009 Masaya Tomida * 2008 SK Ho * 2007 Brendan Jones * 2006 Brendan Jones * 2005 Naomichi Ozaki * 2004 Brendan Jones * 2003 Hirofumi Miyase * 2002 Dean Wilson * 2001 Hidemichi Tanaka * 2000 Richard Backwell * 1999 Naomichi Ozaki * 1998 Katsumasa Miyamoto * 1997 Mitsuo Harada * 1996 Peter McWhinney * 1995 Satoshi Higashi * 1994 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Jones seeks fourth Tsuruya Open title http://www.iseekgolf.com/news/39600-jones-seeks-fourth-tsuruya-open-title
Tsuruya Open reduced to 54 holes The opening round of the Japan Golf Tour’s Tsuruya Open was played today after the opening day on Thursday had been abandoned due to heavy rains.
Maruyama soars into lead Daisuke Maruyama fired a blistering seven-under-par 64 to take a one-stroke lead following the opening round of the Tsuruya Open.
Ishikawa moves within striking distance at Tsuruya Ryo Ishikawa climbed into a three-way tie for second by matching the day's best score with a 5-under 66 in the second round of the Tsuruya Open on Saturday.
Fujita wins, Jones 4th at Tsuruya Open 40-year-old Hiroyuki Fujita has won the second event of the 2010 Japan Golf Tour season when defeating Toru Taniguchi in a playoff to win the Tsuruya Open near Osaka today. Taniguchi put together a superb final round of 63 to nearly snatch victory from Fujita who lead by four heading into the third and final round at the Yamanohara Golf Club. The opening round had been abandoned due to heavy rain and the event was reduced to 54 holes.
