The Sapporo Tokyu Open was a professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament that was held in Japan from 1973 to 1998. It was an event on the
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after ...
. It was held in June on the Shimamatsu course at Sapporo Kokusai Country Club in
Kitahiroshima
is a city located in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. "Kita" is the Japanese word for "north", so the town's name, ''Kitahiroshima-shi'', is translated as "North-Hiroshima city" or "city of North-Hiroshima".
As of April 30, 2017, the city has an est ...
,
Hokkaido
is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
from 1975. The Shimamatsu course previously hosted the
All Japan Doubles, a team event, from 1969 to 1973.
Tournament hosts
Winners
References
External links
Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
Former Japan Golf Tour events
Defunct golf tournaments in Japan
Sports competitions in Hokkaido
Recurring sporting events established in 1973
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1998
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