# Kirin Open

The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event. It was also a fixture on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 until 2001.
It was played at Sobu Country Club in Inzai until 1976. In 1977 Dunlop became title sponsors and the tournament was moved to Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.

## Winners

| Year | Tour(s) | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open ||||||||
| 2001 | JPN | Shingo Katayama (2) | 271 | −13 | 6 strokes | Hajime Meshiai |
| 2000 | JPN | Shingo Katayama | 280 | −4 | 2 strokes | Lin Keng-chi Peter Senior Andre Stolz |
| Kirin Open ||||||||
| 1999 | AGC, JPN | K. J. Choi | 204 | −9 | Playoff | Jeev Milkha Singh |
| 1998 | AGC, JPN | Frankie Miñoza (2) | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Hidemichi Tanaka Tsukasa Watanabe Brian Watts |
| 1997 | AGC, JPN | Kim Jong-duck | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Shigeki Maruyama Hirofumi Miyase Tateo Ozaki Brian Watts |
| 1996 | AGC, JPN | Yoshinori Kaneko | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Tsuneyuki Nakajima Nobuo Serizawa |
| Dunlop Open ||||||||
| 1995 | AGC, JPN | Peter Senior | 279 | −9 | 5 strokes | Brian Watts |
| 1994 | AGC, JPN | Masashi Ozaki (4) | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Hsieh Chin-sheng |
| 1993 | AGC, JPN | Hajime Meshiai | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Katsunari Takahashi Kevin Wentworth |
| 1992 | AGC, JPN | Masashi Ozaki (3) | 286 | −2 | Playoff | Brent Franklin |
| 1991 | AGC, JPN | Roger Mackay | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Teruo Sugihara |
| 1990 | AGC, JPN | Frankie Miñoza | 205 | −11 | Playoff | Teruo Sugihara |
| 1989 | AGC, JPN | Terry Gale | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Chen Tze-ming Peter Senior |
| 1988 | AGC, JPN | Masashi Ozaki (2) | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | David Ishii |
| Dunlop International Open ||||||||
| 1987 | AGC, JPN | Isao Aoki | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Tsuneyuki Nakajima Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
| 1986 | AGC, JPN | Hideto Shigenobu | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | David Ishii Masahiro Kuramoto |
| 1985 | AGC, JPN | Chen Tze-chung | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
| 1984 | AGC, JPN | John Jacobs | 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Tateo Ozaki |
| 1983 | AGC, JPN | Larry Nelson | 201 | −15 | 1 stroke | Masahiro Kuramoto |
| 1982 | AGC, JPN | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 276 | −12 | 5 strokes | Saburo Fujiki |
| 1981 | AGC, JPN | Kosaku Shimada | 286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Payne Stewart Koichi Uehara Akira Yabe |
| 1980 | AGC, JPN | Masashi Ozaki | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | Ho Ming-chung Graham Marsh |
| 1979 | AGC, JPN | Hiroshi Ishii | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Seiji Ebihara Tateo Ozaki Katsunari Takahashi |
| 1978 | AGC, JPN | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | 265 | −23 | 11 strokes | Bob Byman |
| 1977 | AGC, JPN | Ben Arda (2) | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Terry Kendall Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
| Sobu International Open ||||||||
| 1976 | AGC, JPN | Ben Arda | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | Chen Chien-chung |
| 1975 | AGC, JPN | Teruo Sugihara | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Ted Ball Hsu Sheng-san Hideyo Sugimoto |
| 1974 | AGC, JPN | Lu Liang-Huan | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes | Masashi Ozaki Fumio Tanaka |
| 1973 | AGC | Shigeru Uchida | 279 | −9 | Playoff | Masashi Ozaki |
| 1972 | AGC | Hsieh Min-Nan | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Ben Arda |