Casio World Open

The Casio World Open (カシオワールドオープンゴルフトーナメント, Kashio wārudo ōpun gorufu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1981, it is played in November and is one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers. It was held at the Ibusuki Golf Club, Kaimon Course in Ibusuki, Kagoshima from 1981 to 2004. In 2005, it moved to the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kōchi.

Casio World Open

Tournament information
Location	Geisei, Kōchi, Japan
Established	1981
Course(s)	Kochi Kuroshio Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,335 yards (6,707 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥200,000,000
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	256 Chan Kim (2022)
To par	−32 as above
Current champion
Hiroshi Iwata
Location map
Kochi Kuroshio CC Location in Japan Kochi Kuroshio CC Location in the Kōchi Prefecture

The event is organized by Casio, Kuroshio Kanko Kaihatsu and TV Kochi.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2024	Hiroshi Iwata	274	−14	1 stroke	Taisei Shimizu
2023	Taichi Nabetani	274	−14	1 stroke	Song Young-han Ren Yonezawa
2022	Chan Kim	256	−32	6 strokes	Aguri Iwasaki
2021	Mikumu Horikawa	269	−19	2 strokes	Shugo Imahira Yūsaku Miyazato
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Kim Kyung-tae	268	−20	2 strokes	Shaun Norris
2018	Choi Ho-sung	273	−15	1 stroke	Brendan Jones
2017	Seungsu Han	275	−13	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa Brendan Jones Kim Kyung-tae Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016	Yuta Ikeda	203	−13	1 stroke	Ryuji Masaoka
2015	Hwang Jung-gon (2)	273	−15	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa
2014	Shingo Katayama	271	−17	3 strokes	Satoshi Tomiyama
2013	Hideki Matsuyama	276	−12	1 stroke	Yuta Ikeda
2012	Hwang Jung-gon	269	−19	3 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
2011	Tadahiro Takayama	273	−15	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato
2010	Michio Matsumura	275	−13	Playoff	Kim Do-hoon
2009	Koumei Oda (2)	267	−21	3 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa
2008	Koumei Oda	277	−11	3 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
2007	Taichi Teshima	275	−13	1 stroke	Chris Campbell
2006	Jeev Milkha Singh	272	−16	2 strokes	David Smail
2005	Toru Taniguchi	277	−11	2 strokes	Kim Jong-duck
2004	David Smail (2)	276	−12	1 stroke	Hunter Mahan
2003	Katsumune Imai	264	−24	7 strokes	Brendan Jones Shingo Katayama
2002	David Smail	200	−16	2 strokes	Brendan Jones
2001	Kiyoshi Murota	264	−24	2 strokes	Dinesh Chand
2000	Toru Suzuki	267	−21	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1999	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	274	−14	1 stroke	Taichi Teshima
1998	Brian Watts	274	−14	Playoff	Toshimitsu Izawa
1997	Mitsutaka Kusakabe	278	−10	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori Hirofumi Miyase Naomichi Ozaki
1996	Paul Stankowski	277	−11	Playoff	David Ishii
1995	Seiki Okuda	274	−14	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1994	Robert Gamez	271	−17	4 strokes	Scott Hoch
1993	Tom Lehman	274	−14	1 stroke	Phil Mickelson
1992	Isao Aoki (2)	277	−11	2 strokes	Chen Tze-ming
1991	Naomichi Ozaki	270	−18	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai
1990	Mike Reid	274	−14	2 strokes	Yoshinori Kaneko
1989	Isao Aoki	274	−14	1 stroke	Larry Mize
1988	Larry Mize	284	−4	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1987	David Ishii	276	−12	2 strokes	Sam Torrance
1986	Scott Hoch (2)	276	−12	6 strokes	José María Olazábal
1985	Hubert Green	289	1	Playoff	Wayne Grady Scott Hoch Nobumitsu Yuhara
1984	Sandy Lyle	279	−9	Playoff	Gary Koch
1983	Bernhard Langer	287	−1	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1982	Scott Hoch	282	−6	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981	Lee Trevino	275	−13	4 strokes	Isao Aoki

External links

• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Official site (in Japanese)