Nikkei Cup

The Nikkei Cup, also known as the Torakichi Nakamura Memorial tournament, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1985 to 1998. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour and played at a variety of courses in Japan. It was dedicated in recognition of the achievements of Torakichi Nakamura.

Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
Tournament information
LocationKasama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1985
Course(s)Fuji Country Club
Par72
Length7,072 yards (6,467 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥110,000,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Toru Suzuki (1994)
268 Masashi Ozaki (1998)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Mitsutaka Kusakabe
Location Map
Fuji CC
Location in Japan
Fuji CC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
1998 Mitsutaka Kusakabe280−81 stroke Masashi OzakiFuji
(Dejima)
1997 Yeh Chang-ting272−16Playoff Tsukasa WatanabeFuji
(Dejima)
1996 Hideki Kase271−172 strokes Lin Keng-chiFuji
(Dejima)
1995 Tetsu Nishikawa269−192 strokes Tomohiro MaruyamaFuji
(Dejima)
Nikkei Cup
1994 Toru Suzuki268−205 strokes Katsunari TakahashiMitsui Tomakomai
1993 Samson Gimson276−122 strokes Hisayuki SasakiMitsui Tomakomai
1992 Kiyoshi Murota280−8Playoff Masahiro KuramotoMitsui Tomakomai
1991 Naomichi Ozaki (2)203[lower-alpha 1]−7Playoff Eiichi ItaiYasukogen
1990 Satoshi Higashi282−61 stroke Nobuo SerizawaMitsui Tomakomai
1989 Yoshimi Niizeki271−9Playoff Saburo FujikiIzu Nirayama
1988 Masashi Ozaki (2)283−54 strokes Naomichi OzakiSanyo
(Yoshii)
1987 Nobuo Serizawa277−71 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Naomichi Ozaki
Masahiro Shiota
Gifuseki
1986 Masashi Ozaki268−204 strokes Ikuo ShirahamaGamou
1985 Naomichi Ozaki270−144 strokes Yoshihisa IwashitaKawagoe
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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