The Woodone Open Hiroshima was a professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament in Japan. Founded in 1972 as the Hiroshima Open, it was an event on the
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...
from 1973 to 2007. Except for the 1997 tournament, which was held at Yonex Country Club in
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
, and the 1980 tournament, which was held at Kam Country Club in
Ichihara, Chiba
is a Cities of Japan, city, located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 274,117 in 128,316 households and a population density of 240 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is home, together w ...
, it was played at Hiroshima Country Club near
Higashihiroshima
270px, Sake Brewers in Saijō
270px, Panorama from Saijō Station
270px, Aerial view of Saijō area of Higashihiroshima
is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,186 in 90,294 households a ...
in
Hiroshima Prefecture.
Winners
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Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
Former Japan Golf Tour events
Defunct golf tournaments in Japan
Sports competitions in Hiroshima
Recurring sporting events established in 1972
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007
1972 establishments in Japan
2007 disestablishments in Japan
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