Casio World Open

Casio World Open
Tournament information
Location Geisei, Kōchi, Japan
Established 1981
Course(s) Kochi Kuroshio Country Club
Par 72
Length 7,335 yards (6,707 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥200,000,000
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 256 Chan Kim (2022)
To par −32 as above
Current champion
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 Taichi Nabetani 274 −14 1 stroke Song Young-han
Ren Yonezawa
2022 Chan Kim 256 −32 6 strokes Aguri Iwasaki
2021 Mikumu Horikawa 269 −19 2 strokes Shugo Imahira
Yūsaku Miyazato
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Kim Kyung-tae 268 −20 2 strokes Shaun Norris
2018 Choi Ho-sung 273 −15 1 stroke Brendan Jones
2017 Seungsu Han 275 −13 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
Brendan Jones
Kim Kyung-tae
Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Yuta Ikeda 203 −13 1 stroke Ryuji Masaoka
2015 Hwang Jung-gon (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
2014 Shingo Katayama 271 −17 3 strokes Satoshi Tomiyama
2013 Hideki Matsuyama 276 −12 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2012 Hwang Jung-gon 269 −19 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
2011 Tadahiro Takayama 273 −15 2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato
2010 Michio Matsumura 275 −13 Playoff Kim Do-hoon
2009 Koumei Oda (2) 267 −21 3 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
2008 Koumei Oda 277 −11 3 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
2007 Taichi Teshima 275 −13 1 stroke Chris Campbell
2006 Jeev Milkha Singh 272 −16 2 strokes David Smail
2005 Toru Taniguchi 277 −11 2 strokes Kim Jong-duck
2004 David Smail (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Hunter Mahan
2003 Katsumune Imai 264 −24 7 strokes Brendan Jones
Shingo Katayama
2002 David Smail 200 −16 2 strokes Brendan Jones
2001 Kiyoshi Murota 264 −24 2 strokes Dinesh Chand
2000 Toru Suzuki 267 −21 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1999 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 274 −14 1 stroke Taichi Teshima
1998 Brian Watts 274 −14 Playoff Toshimitsu Izawa
1997 Mitsutaka Kusakabe 278 −10 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori
Hirofumi Miyase
Naomichi Ozaki
1996 Paul Stankowski 277 −11 Playoff David Ishii
1995 Seiki Okuda 274 −14 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1994 Robert Gamez 271 −17 4 strokes Scott Hoch
1993 Tom Lehman 274 −14 1 stroke Phil Mickelson
1992 Isao Aoki (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Chen Tze-ming
1991 Naomichi Ozaki 270 −18 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1990 Mike Reid 274 −14 2 strokes Yoshinori Kaneko
1989 Isao Aoki 274 −14 1 stroke Larry Mize
1988 Larry Mize 284 −4 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1987 David Ishii 276 −12 2 strokes Sam Torrance
1986 Scott Hoch (2) 276 −12 6 strokes José María Olazábal
1985 Hubert Green 289 +1 Playoff Wayne Grady
Scott Hoch
Nobumitsu Yuhara
1984 Sandy Lyle 279 −9 Playoff Gary Koch
1983 Bernhard Langer 287 −1 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1982 Scott Hoch 282 −6 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981 Lee Trevino 275 −13 4 strokes Isao Aoki