Golf

The 2016 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters tournament of the Japan Golf Tour was held from November 10 to 13, at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course in Shizuoka. Hideki Matsuyama of US PGA Tour player took part in the tournament for the first time in 3 years. Matsuyama had won the Japan Open Golf Championship 2016 in October and …

The 2016 TOTO Japan Classic of the US LPGA tour tournament was held from November 4 to 6, at the Taiheiyo Club Minori Course in Ibaraki. In Japan LPGA Tour, the top 35 players of the prize money ranking took part in the tournament. 43 players of the US LPGA Tour took part in the tournament …

Hisako Higuchi Mitsubishielectric Ladies 2016 of Japan LPGA tour was held from October 28 to 30, at the Musashigaoka Golf Course in Saitama. The top 5 players of the prize money ranking took part in the tournament, Bo-Mee Lee, Ai Suzuki, Ha-Neul Kim and Jiyai Shin. In the top 5 players of the prize money ranking, only Ritsuko Ryu didn’t take …

The Mynavi ABC Championship 2016 of Japan PGA tour was held from October 27 to 30, at the ABC Golf Club in Hyogo. The top 5 players of the prize money ranking didn’t take part in the tournament, Hideto Tanihara, Young-Han Song and Kyung-Tae Kim. They took part in the WGC-HSBC Champions of US PGA tour tournament with Hideki Matsuyama. So there was a good …

The Bridgestone Open 2016 of Japan PGA tour was held from October 20 to 23, at the Sodegaura Country Club in Chiba. This tournament’s organizer is Bridgestone Corporation so the winner of this tournament can participate in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2017 of the US PGA Tour in the Firestone Country Club. And in this tournament, Brandt Snedeker and Bryson DeChambeau of US …

The Fujitsu Ladies 2016 of Japan LPGA tour was held from October 14 to 16, at the Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba. The top 5 players of the prize money ranking didn’t take part in the tournament, Bo-Mee Lee, Ai Suzuki, Ha-Neul Kim and Jiyai Shin. So there was a good opportunity of the first victory for the young players. …

The Japan Open Golf Championship 2016 was held from October 13 to 16, at the Sayama Golf Club in Saitama. This is a national open for Men in Japan, so this is a match to decide the men’s golfer of number 1. Adam Scott of US PGA tour player took part in the tournament 3 years in a …

“Japan Women’s Open Golf Championship” of Japan LPGA Tour tournament was held from September 29 to October 2, at Karasuyamajo Country Club in Tochigi. This is a national open for Women in Japan, so this is a match to decide the no.1 women’s golfer. In this tournament, Nasa Hataoka of an amateur golfer shot a 70 …

The legend of Golfer, Arnold Palmer died in Pittsburgh of Pennsylvania, on September 25. His age was 87. Palmer debuted as a professional golfer in 1955, and was seven wins in a major tournament. He win 65 times in US PGA tour, this is the 5th in tour record. He also was called the Big Three, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. …