Tournament article
DAY4
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Yuki Inamori failed to defend his title attends ceremony with full of regrets
Defending champion, Yuki Inamori attended the winner's ceremony to present the champion jacket to this year's winner Shaun Norris. Yuki fin...
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Yuta Ikeda showed his fighting spirit with great sport to finish as runner-up, 3rd time this season
Yuta started off his Final Round, 7 shots behind of leader Shaun Norris, but made a great charge to lessen the deficit to 3 at one point."A...
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Ryosuke Kinoshita 3T finish reaches 100million yen mark & gets back to No.1 on Money Rankings
Ryosuke Kinoshita finished 8 shots behind the winner Shaun Norris with 11 under at 3-way tie at 3rd. But the biggest purse of the Japan Tou...
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Victorious winner Shaun Norris wishes to dedicate this Major title to 3 important loved ones
Shaun Norris now holds 6 Japan Tour victories including 2 Japan major titles and says, there was very important reason for him to must win ...
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Shaun Norris wins Japan Open and shed tears in joy saying "National Open is special anywhere"
South Africa's Shaun Norris succeeded in keeping his lead and won by 4 shots at Japan Open. He had comfortable 6 shot lead on the final rou...
DAY42021/10/18 (Mon)Ren Yonezawa accomplished his 1st crowning of Best Amateur title winning through the intense battle
This year's Japan Open, 9 out of 15 players surviving onto the weekends. It was intense battle among the amateurs, but Ren Yonezawa came th...
DAY3
DAY32021/10/17 (Sun)Shaun Norris takes the outright lead with expanding his margin to 5 shots at total 18 under par
Shaun Norris made magnificent birdie charge on 3R Saturday, playing bogey free round with 7 birdies to score 64. His hands are getting real...
DAY32021/10/17 (Sun)Yuki Inamori says, "I want to defeat my perennial nemesis Shaun and defend my title"
Yuki Inamori finished solo 3rd, 6 shots behind the leader Shaun Norris."I just knew that Shaun would make great charge. He seems unstoppabl...
DAY32021/10/17 (Sun)Satoshi Kodaira as solo 2nd, pledges to go maximum aggressive to catch up 5 shots deficit in FR
Satoshi Kodaira has 1 US PGA Tour and 7 Japan Tour victories, including 2015 Japan Open. He finished as solo 2nd but has 5 shots deficit wi...
DAY2
DAY22021/10/16 (Sat)Yuta Ikeda energetic on 2R finishes as Top tie enjoyed the round with Kodaira and Teshima
Yuta enjoyed 2 rounds with Satoshi Kodaira and Taichi Teshima, the past winner group. They have showed off their technics and experiences o...
DAY22021/10/16 (Sat)Shaun Norris emerges to Top tie, but his heart is aching with worries for his friend's illness
Shaun Norris made his 8th birdie of the day at 18th to catch up with Yuta Ikeda to become co-leader after 2R. But Shaun's face expression w...
DAY22021/10/16 (Sat)16 years old amateur Masato Sumiuchi made "youngest Hole-in-One" record
16 years old amateur made history at the Japan Open. Masato Sumiuchi, a junior at Mito Keimei High School made hole-in-one at 211yds Par 3 ...
DAY22021/10/16 (Sat)3T after 2T fighting tough at Biwako CC, but Satoshi Kodaira's heart belongs to USA
Satoshi Kodaira is playing a great golf in Biwako CC, but his heart is longing to be in USA."My mind is set for going back to US Tours. Tha...
DAY1
DAY12021/10/15 (Fri)Hiroshi Iwata becomes 1R leader has his thoughts moving toward challenging US Tour again
Hiroshi Iwata is a man of worries and struggle, but he always comes through with good score anyhow. He is also known to be not chatty, but ...
DAY12021/10/15 (Fri)"This is what we live for, right?" Yuta Ikeda all motivated in front of the fans to finish solo 3rd
Yuta Ikeda who holds, 2 Japan Open titles (2014 and 2017), is aiming to join as 6th player to 3-peat this Major. He played his 1R bogey fre...
DAY12021/10/15 (Fri)Junya Kameshiro finishes at 4T and surfaces as new big hitter on the Tour
Japan Golf Association, who supervises the amateurs of Japan, is the organizing body this week. With that said, JGA makes very interesting ...
DAY12021/10/15 (Fri)Tomohiro Ishizaka finishes solo 2nd after 1R aims join the "youngest winner" record list
Tour rookie, Tomoharu Ishizaka played bogey free with 7 birdies to score 64 and finished as solo 2nd after 1R."I only missed the fairway 3 ...
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PREVIOUS2021/10/14 (Thu)Mr. Accuracy Yuki Inamori pledges to defend his Champion Title and make 3-peat at Japan Open
A road of victory is set at the entrance of practice range, which has big billboards with past winners' photos. Yuki Inamori appeared in be...
PREVIOUS2021/10/14 (Thu)Both winning at professional tournaments Riki & Keita all prepped to fight tough at Japan Open
2 super amateur are making a lot of noise at Biwako CC as they walk around the course. Everywhere they go, all of the top professionals wil...
PREVIOUS2021/10/14 (Thu)Last week's winner Tomoyasu Sugiyama' great memories on Japan Open
Yuki Inamori, 2-time winner and Defending Champion of the Japan Open and last week's winner, Tomoyasu Sugiyama are like real brothers. Tomo...
PREVIOUS2021/10/14 (Thu)Honoring Olympian Rikuya Hoshino, Biwako CC places Olympic memorabilia gallery for the spectators
Rikiya Hoshino was honored at Japan Open by getting presented with Olympic memorabilia gallery."Wow! They have really displayed them!"He wa...
