Tokai Classic

Vantelin Tokai Classic
Tournament information
Location Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
Established 1970
Course(s) Miyoshi Country Club
(West Course)
Par 71
Length 7,300 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥110,000,000
Month played September/October
Tournament record score
Aggregate 269 Yuta Kinoshita (2023)
To par −18 Yang Yong-eun (2005)
Current champion
Yuta Kinoshita
Location Map
Miyoshi CC is located in Japan
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in Japan
Miyoshi CC is located in Aichi Prefecture
Miyoshi CC
Miyoshi CC
Location in the Aichi Prefecture

The Tokai Classic (東海クラシック, Tōkai kurashikku) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was ¥110,000,000 with ¥22,000,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Vantelin Tokai Classic
2023 Yuta Kinoshita 269 −15 1 stroke Rikuya Hoshino
2022 Riki Kawamoto 271 −13 1 stroke Yuto Katsuragawa
2021 Chan Kim 270 −14 2 strokes Yuta Ikeda
Jinichiro Kozuma
Tomoharu Otsuki
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Tokai Classic
2019 Shaun Norris 275 −9 1 stroke Shota Akiyoshi
Ryuko Tokimatsu
Top Cup Tokai Classic
2018 Angelo Que 271 −17 2 strokes Won Joon Lee
Yang Yong-eun
2017 Satoshi Kodaira 274 −14 1 stroke Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Daisuke Kataoka 272 −16 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2015 Kim Hyung-sung 276 −12 Playoff Shingo Katayama
2014 Kim Seung-hyuk 281 −7 1 stroke Hwang Jung-gon
Kim Hyung-sung
Coca-Cola Tokai Classic
2013 Shingo Katayama 281 −7 Playoff Hidemasa Hoshino
Satoshi Tomiyama
2012 Ryu Hyun-woo 282 −6 Playoff Shingo Katayama
2011 Bae Sang-moon 281 −7 1 stroke Tadahiro Takayama
2010 Michio Matsumura 280 −8 Playoff Takashi Kanemoto
Hiroyuki Fujita
2009 Ryo Ishikawa 274 −14 1 stroke Takeshi Kajikawa
2008 Toshinori Muto 277 −11 2 strokes Yuta Ikeda
2007 Camilo Villegas 282 −2 Playoff Toyokazu Fujishima
2006 Hidemasa Hoshino 282 −2 2 strokes Katsumasa Miyamoto
2005 Yang Yong-eun 270 −18 4 strokes Taichi Teshima
2004 Katsumune Imai 210 −6 Playoff Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Georgia Tokai Classic
2003 Nozomi Kawahara 275 −13 1 stroke Shingo Katayama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
2002 Toru Taniguchi 278 −10 2 strokes Nozomi Kawahara
Zaw Moe
2001 Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 272 −16 2 strokes Tomohiro Kondo
Lin Keng-chi
Tokai Classic
2000 Hirofumi Miyase 276 −12 1 stroke Toru Taniguchi
1999 Kaname Yokoo 274 −14 1 stroke Vijay Singh
1998 Toshimitsu Izawa 277 −11 3 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1997 Brandt Jobe 278 −10 Playoff Brian Watts
1996 Masanobu Kimura 280 −8 1 stroke Kazuhiko Hosokawa
Steve Jones
Shigeki Maruyama
1995 Masayuki Kawamura 285 −3 1 stroke Hideki Kase
1994 Corey Pavin 277 −11 1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng
1993 Saburo Fujiki 274 −14 4 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1992 Mark O'Meara 277 −11 1 stroke Tom Kite
1991 Eiichi Itai 279 −9 4 strokes Nobumitsu Yuhara
1990 Graham Marsh (2) 206 −10 2 strokes Tadami Ueno
Saburo Fujiki
1989 Isao Aoki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes Pete Izumikawa
1988 Brian Jones 274 −14 3 strokes Koichi Suzuki
1987 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 282 −6 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1986 Masahiro Kuramoto (3) 271 −17 9 strokes Shinsaku Maeda
1985 Graham Marsh 278 −10 1 stroke Isao Aoki
1984 Yoshihisa Iwashita 276 −12 2 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto
1983 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 276 −12 2 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
1982 Hsieh Min-Nan 274 −14 5 strokes Larry Nelson
1981 Masahiro Kuramoto 209 −7 Playoff Tōru Nakamura
Hideto Shigenobu
Fujio Kobayashi
1980 Larry Nelson 274 −14 1 stroke Yutaka Hagawa
1979 Tsutomu Irie 275 −13 5 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan
Masaji Kusakabe
1978 Masaji Kusakabe 282 −6 2 strokes Kosaku Shimada
1977 Masashi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 1 stroke Kosaku Shimada
1976 Isao Aoki 283 −5 Playoff Teruo Sugihara
Shigeru Uchida
1975 Yasuhiro Miyamoto 280 −8 2 strokes Kikuo Arai
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
1974 Kosaku Shimada 276 −12 2 strokes Teruo Sugihara
1973 Masashi Ozaki 277 −11 1 stroke Isao Aoki
1972 Kikuo Arai 275 −13 1 stroke Takaaki Kono
1971 Shigeru Uchida 283 3 strokes Billy Casper
1970 Fujio Ishii 275 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan