# Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters

The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (三井住友Visa太平洋マスターズ, Mitsui sumitomo biza taiheiyō masutāzu) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000. It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.
The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.
The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.

## Tournament hosts

| Years | Venue | Location |
| 1977–present | Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course | Gotemba, Shizuoka |
| 1972–1976 | Sobu Country Club | Inzai, Chiba |

## Winners

| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 2024 | JPN | Ryo Ishikawa (4) | 269 | −11 | 1 stroke | Riki Kawamoto Hideto Tanihara |
| 2023 | JPN | Shugo Imahira | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | Taiki Yoshida |
| 2022 | JPN | Ryo Ishikawa (3) | 272 | −8 | Playoff | Rikuya Hoshino |
| 2021 | JPN | Hideto Tanihara (2) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | Takumi Kanaya |
| 2020 | JPN | Jinichiro Kozuma | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ryosuke Kinoshita |
| 2019 | JPN | Takumi Kanaya (a) | 267 | −13 | 1 stroke | Shaun Norris |
| 2018 | JPN | Tatsunori Nukaga | 201 | −9 | 2 strokes | Kim Seung-hyuk |
| 2017 | JPN | Satoshi Kodaira | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato |
| 2016 | JPN | Hideki Matsuyama (2) | 265 | −23 | 7 strokes | Song Young-han |
| 2015 | JPN | Shingo Katayama (2) | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke | Thanyakon Khrongpha |
| 2014 | JPN | David Oh | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Toshinori Muto |
| 2013 | JPN | Hideto Tanihara | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Ryo Ishikawa Masahiro Kawamura Tomohiro Kondo |
| 2012 | JPN | Ryo Ishikawa (2) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Michio Matsumura |
| 2011 | JPN | Hideki Matsuyama (a) | 203 | −13 | 2 strokes | Toru Taniguchi |
| 2010 | JPN | Ryo Ishikawa | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Brendan Jones |
| 2009 | JPN | Yasuharu Imano | 275 | –13 | 2 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya Han Lee |
| 2008 | JPN | Shingo Katayama | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano |
| 2007 | JPN | Brendan Jones | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi |
| 2006 | JPN | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi |
| 2005 | JPN | Darren Clarke (2) | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Mitsuhiro Tateyama |
| 2004 | JPN | Darren Clarke | 266 | −22 | 6 strokes | Nozomi Kawahara Lee Westwood |
| 2003 | JPN | Kiyoshi Murota | 272 | −16 | 6 strokes | Ben Curtis Hiroyuki Fujita Kim Jong-duck |
| 2002 | JPN | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Hidemichi Tanaka |
| 2001 | JPN | Toshimitsu Izawa | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato (a) Shigeru Nonaka |
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| 2000 | JPN | Toshimitsu Izawa | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori |
| 1999 | JPN | Hirofumi Miyase | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Darren Clarke Ryoken Kawagishi |
| 1998 | JPN | Lee Westwood (3) | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
| 1997 | JPN | Lee Westwood (2) | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki |
| 1996 | JPN | Lee Westwood | 206 | −10 | Playoff | Costantino Rocca Jeff Sluman |
| 1995 | JPN | Satoshi Higashi | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Shigeki Maruyama |
| 1994 | JPN | Masashi Ozaki | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Bob Estes |
| 1993 | JPN | Greg Norman | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Yoshi Mizumaki |
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| 1992 | JPN | Masashi Ozaki | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Masahiro Kuramoto Bernhard Langer Tsukasa Watanabe |
| 1991 | JPN | Roger Mackay | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Yoshinori Kaneko |
| 1990 | JPN | José María Olazábal (2) | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Bernhard Langer Masashi Ozaki |
| 1989 | JPN | José María Olazábal | 203 | −13 | 3 strokes | Isao Aoki Naomichi Ozaki |
| 1988 | JPN | Seve Ballesteros | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Yasuhiro Funatogawa |
| 1987 | JPN | Graham Marsh | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Tom Watson |
| 1986 | JPN | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Larry Nelson |
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| 1985 | JPN | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 280 | −8 | Playoff | David Graham |
| 1984 | JPN | Shinsaku Maeda | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Kikuo Arai Naomichi Ozaki |
| 1983: No tournament |||||||
| 1982 | JPN | Scott Hoch | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto |
| Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters |||||||
| 1981 | JPN | Danny Edwards | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Jerry Pate Tom Watson |
| 1980 | JPN | Norio Suzuki (2) | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Masashi Ozaki |
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| 1979 | JPN | Norio Suzuki | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | Rod Curl Bill Rogers Tom Watson |
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| 1978 | JPN | Gil Morgan | 273 | −11 | 3 strokes | Jerry Pate |
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| 1977 | JPN | Bill Rogers | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Mike Morley Teruo Sugihara |
| 1976 | JPN | Jerry Pate | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki |
| 1975 | JPN | Gene Littler (2) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Lee Elder Hubert Green Allen Miller Masashi Ozaki |
| 1974 | | Gene Littler | 279 | −5 | 5 strokes | Bert Yancey |
| 1973 | JPN | Masashi Ozaki | 278 | −6 | Playoff | Bert Yancey |
| 1972 | | Gay Brewer | 276 | −8 | Playoff | David Graham |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records Sources: