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Mynavi ABC Championship

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The Mynavi ABC Championship (マイナビABCチャンピオンシップゴルフトーナメント, Mainabi ei-bī-shī champyon gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was played at the ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo, usually in October or November. It was founded in 1971 as a Japan vs. United States team match (there was also individual prize money and the event counted as an official win on tour). In 1988, it became a full-field individual event. The event is sponsored by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Mynavi Corporation.

Mynavi ABC Championship
Tournament information
LocationKatō, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1971
Course(s)ABC Golf Club
Par72
Length7,217 yards (6,599 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2023
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Ryuichi Oda (2014)
To par−24 Keita Nakajima (2023)
Final champion
Japan Keita Nakajima
Location map
ABC GC is located in Japan
ABC GC
ABC GC
Location in Japan
ABC GC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
ABC GC
ABC GC
Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture

History

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The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Miki Gold Cup, a nine-man team match between golfers from Japan and the United States. Results were based on the aggregate of the best seven scores from each team after 54 holes of stroke play competition; there was also a prize for the best individual score. The event was renamed as the ABC Cup in 1972. The following year, the best eight scores were used to determine the winner, and in 1975 the event was extended to 72 holes.

Between 1982 and 1984 the event was titled as the Goldwin Cup[1] (1982–83) and the Uchida Yoko Cup (1984), during which time it was contested as stroke play matches with two points were awarded for a match win and one point for a tie. The first two rounds were played as better ball pairs and the final two rounds as singles, from which the scores were used to determine the individual winner. In 1985 the event reverted to its earlier format and name.

In 1988, the tournament became a regular 72 hole stroke play event on the Japan Golf Tour, since when it has always been held at ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo. Sponsored by Philip Morris International, it was titled using the Lark brand as the ABC Lark Cup or Lark Cup for five years, until 1994 when it became the Philip Morris Championship. After Philip Morris sponsorship came to an end, in 2003 the event became titled the ABC Championship, with Mynavi being added as title sponsor in 2008.

In 2023, following the 2024 schedule announcement by the Japan Golf Tour, it was confirmed that the 2023 tournament would be the last and would not return from 2024 onwards.[2]

Tournament hosts

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Years Venue Location
1988–present ABC Golf Club Katō, Hyōgo
1983 Taiheiyo Club (Rokko Course) Hyōgo
1982, 1984 Sobhu Country Club (Sobhu Course) Inzai, Chiba
1979–1981, 1985–1987 Sports Shinko Country Club Kawanishi, Hyōgo
1976–1978 Harima Country Club Ono, Hyōgo
1975 Ibaraki Kokusai Golf Club Ibaraki, Osaka
1973–1974 Hashimoto Country Club Hashimoto, Wakayama
1972 Ikeda Country Club Ikeda, Osaka
1971 Perfect Liberty (PL) Country Club Tondabayashi, Osaka

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
Mynavi ABC Championship
2023 Japan  Keita Nakajima 264 −24 3 strokes South Africa  Shaun Norris
2022 Japan  Mikumu Horikawa 271 −17 2 strokes Japan  Hiroshi Iwata
Japan  Daijiro Izumida
Japan  Riki Kawamoto
2021 Japan  Yosuke Asaji 272 −16 2 strokes Japan  Mikumu Horikawa
Japan  Tomohiro Ishizaka
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 South Korea  Hwang Jung-gon 269 −19 1 stroke Japan  Shugo Imahira
2018 Japan  Yuta Kinoshita 273 −15 Playoff Japan  Masahiro Kawamura
2017 Japan  Tatsuya Kodai 203[a] −13 1 stroke South Korea  Im Sung-jae
Japan  Yūsaku Miyazato
Japan  Ryutaro Nagano
2016 Japan  Shingo Katayama (4) 276 −12 1 stroke Japan  Shintaro Kobayashi
2015 South Korea  Kim Kyung-tae (2) 272 −12 2 strokes Japan  Daisuke Kataoka
Australia  Won Joon Lee
Japan  Katsumasa Miyamoto
2014 Japan  Ryuichi Oda 263 −21 5 strokes Japan  Koumei Oda
Japan  Hideto Tanihara
2013 Japan  Yuta Ikeda 269 −15 Playoff South Korea  Hur Suk-ho
2012 United States  Han Lee 271 −17 1 stroke Japan  Katsumasa Miyamoto
2011 Japan  Koichiro Kawano 273 −15 Playoff South Korea  Bae Sang-moon
2010 South Korea  Kim Kyung-tae 275 −13 1 stroke Japan  Ryo Ishikawa
2009 Japan  Toru Suzuki 274 −14 5 strokes Japan  Takashi Kanemoto
2008 Japan  Ryo Ishikawa 279 −9 1 stroke Japan  Keiichiro Fukabori
ABC Championship
2007 Philippines  Frankie Miñoza 274 −14 Playoff South Korea  Lee Dong-hwan
2006 Japan  Shingo Katayama (3) 271 −17 Playoff South Korea  Yang Yong-eun
2005 Japan  Shingo Katayama (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Fiji  Dinesh Chand
2004 Japan  Makoto Inoue 273 −15 1 stroke Japan  Ryoken Kawagishi
Japan  Toru Suzuki
2003 Japan  Shingo Katayama 265 −23 9 strokes Japan  Katsumasa Miyamoto
Philip Morris K.K. Championship
2002 Australia  Brendan Jones 269 −19 2 strokes Japan  Toshimitsu Izawa
2001 Japan  Toshimitsu Izawa 272 −16 1 stroke Japan  Hidemichi Tanaka
Japan  Toru Taniguchi
Philip Morris Championship
2000 Japan  Toru Taniguchi 276 −12 1 stroke Japan  Hidemichi Tanaka
Japan  Shingo Katayama
1999 Japan  Ryoken Kawagishi (2) 270 −18 1 stroke Japan  Katsunori Kuwabara
1998 Japan  Masashi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 1 stroke Paraguay  Carlos Franco
Japan  Mitsuo Harada
1997 United States  Brian Watts (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Japan  Kaname Yokoo
1996 Japan  Naomichi Ozaki (2) 278 −10 4 strokes United States  Russ Cochran
United States  David Ishii
Japan  Masashi Ozaki
1995 Japan  Hidemichi Tanaka 278 −10 1 stroke Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
Japan  Nobumitsu Yuhara
1994 United States  Brian Watts 276 −12 1 stroke Japan  Masashi Ozaki
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
United States  Duffy Waldorf
Lark Cup
1993 Japan  Hajime Meshiai 283 −5 1 stroke Japan  Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki
1992 Japan  Naomichi Ozaki 279 −9 1 stroke Japan  Masashi Ozaki
ABC Lark Cup
1991 Japan  Yoshikazu Yokoshima 280 −8 2 strokes Australia  Roger Mackay
1990 Japan  Ryoken Kawagishi 277 −11 2 strokes Japan  Masashi Ozaki
1989 Australia  Brian Jones 280 −8 4 strokes Japan  Toshiaki Sudo
1988 Japan  Katsunari Takahashi 277 −11 1 stroke Japan  Masashi Ozaki

Japan vs USA team matches

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Year Winning team Score[b] Margin of
victory		 Individual winner(s) Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
ABC Japan-U.S. Match
1987   Japan 2,227 3 strokes United States  Andy Bean 269 −19 5 strokes Japan  Masahiro Kuramoto
1986   United States 2,229 7 strokes United States  Curtis Strange 271 −17 4 strokes United States  Chip Beck
1985   Japan 2,557 2 strokes Japan  Tateo Ozaki
United States  Corey Pavin		 276 −12 Title shared [3]
Uchida Yoko Cup Japan vs USA Match
1984   United States 30–18 United States  Tom Watson (2) 135 −7 1 stroke United States  Mark O'Meara
Japan  Naomichi Ozaki		 [4]
Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA
1983   United States 29–19 Japan  Tsuneyuki Nakajima 141 −3 1 stroke United States  Hale Irwin [5]
1982   United States 33–15 United States  Bob Gilder
United States  Calvin Peete		 134 −10 Title shared [6]
ABC Cup Japan vs USA
1981   United States 2,246 35 strokes United States  Bobby Clampett 271 −17 7 strokes Japan  Akira Yabe [7]
ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches
1980   Japan
  United States		 2,280 Tie United States  Jerry Pate 276 −12 1 stroke United States  Tom Purtzer
Japan  Norio Suzuki		 [8]
1979   Japan 2,306 5 strokes United States  Tom Purtzer 276 −12 10 strokes United States  Bill Rogers [9]
1978   Japan 2,273 53 strokes Japan  Isao Aoki (2) 273 −15 5 strokes Japan  Kosaku Shimada [10]
1977   Japan 2,079 2 strokes Japan  Isao Aoki 280 −8 2 strokes United States  Tom Weiskopf [11]
1976   Japan 2,273 15 strokes United States  Tom Watson 277 −11 3 strokes Japan  Isao Aoki [12]
1975   Japan 2,266 42 strokes Japan  Tōru Nakamura 273 −15 7 strokes United States  Al Geiberger [13]
1974   United States 1,752 9 strokes Japan  Teruo Sugihara 209 −7 1 stroke United States  Hubert Green [14]
1973   Japan 1,785 17 strokes United States  Al Geiberger 218 +2 2 strokes Japan  Takashi Murakami [15]
1972   United States 1,488 18 strokes United States  Tommy Aaron 209 −4 1 stroke United States  Bert Yancey [16]
Miki Gold Cup
1971   United States 1,484 9 strokes United States  Billy Casper
Japan  Masashi Ozaki		 208 −8 Title shared [17]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Aggregate scores counting best 7 from 9 in 1971 and 1972; aggregate scores counting best 8 from 9 between 1973 and 1981, and from 1985; matches with 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie between 1982 and 1984.

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. and Japan champs to collide in November". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP. 11 August 1982. p. C10. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. なお、今年52回と長きにわたり歴史を紡いできた「マイナビABCチャンピオンシップ（兵庫県・ABCGC）」は開催中止となりました。 [In addition, the "Mynavi ABC Championship (ABCGC, Hyogo Prefecture)", which has a long history of 52 times this year, has been canceled.]
  3. ^ "Japan golfers top Americans match". The Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. UPI. 4 November 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U.S. golfers defeat Japan". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. 5 November 1984. p. 4-C. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eight U.S. golfers win Goldwin Cup Championship". The Galveston Daily News. Galveston, Texas. AP. 14 November 1983. p. 4-B. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Gilder, Peete lead U.S. over Japan in team event". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. AP. 8 November 1982. p. C4. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Clampett, US easy winners". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 9 November 1981. p. 31. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ^ "Pate's victory earns U.S. tie with Japan match". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 10 November 1980. p. Sports 2. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Japan comeback sinks U.S. linkers in dual match". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. AP. 12 November 1979. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Aoki lifts Japan past U.S. golfers". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. AP. 13 November 1978. p. 2-7. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Golf: Aoki leads Japan to close victory over US". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 14 November 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Japanese stops U.S. in golf". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. AP. 6 December 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Japanese golfers whip Yanks in 5th tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 November 1975. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  14. ^ "Green sparks U.S. win". Asbury Park Press. Asbury, New Jersey. Associated Press. 3 December 1974. p. C5. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Japanese defeat U.S.". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. AP. 26 November 1973. p. 46. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Aaron leads U.S. win". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. Associated Press. 6 November 1972. p. 22. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Palmer comes into his own – second". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Province Wire Services. 8 November 1971. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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