Tournament article
DAY4
DAY42021/11/21 (Sun)Jay Choi marks tournament's first double-eagle, "I will treat myself beef" with 600,000-yen Bonus
Jay Choi marked first ever double eagle in 48 years history of Dunlop Phoenix. Korean born American professional has been playing on th...
DAY42021/11/21 (Sun)Ryosuke Kinoshita's plan to win and come back to No.1 for the Money Race was put on hold
Ryosuke Kinoshita was hoping that he could win this week and make a come back to No.1 position on the Money Rankings but couldn't m...
DAY42021/11/21 (Sun)Naoyuki Kataoka just couldn't pull through the tough battle against winner Chan Kim
23 years old rookie, and Srixon sponsored tournament hosting professional Naoyuki Kataoka couldn't pull through. Naoyuki was fighting...
DAY42021/11/21 (Sun)Chan Kim steals the win and marks his V3 of the season & becomes No.1 on the Money race
Another big move was made on the Order of Merit race. Chan Kim succeeded in winning his 3rd victory of the season, 7th on this Japan ...
DAY42021/11/21 (Sun)Chan Kim may be slimmer now, but still has power to dominate and marks his V3 of the season
Cham Kim won his 3rd victory of the season and became No.1 on the Money Rankings. He started out at 9T, 3 shots behind the leader, bu...
DAY3
DAY32021/11/20 (Sat)Yusaku Miyazato made bogey free 8 under performance with his new bloomstick putter
19th year professional has made a gigantic move on Saturday with bogey free round with 8 birdies to score 63."Thinking back to my per...
DAY32021/11/20 (Sat)Sponsor invited player Hideto Kobukoro jumps up to 2T to get him the chance for 1st career win
9th year professional Hideto Kobukuro, who is currently 163rd on Money Rankings made a great performance on Saturday to finish as 2T, 1 sho...
DAY32021/11/20 (Sat)Shota Akiyoshi 2T just 1 shot behind the leader says he likes to chase rather than being chased
Shota Akiyoshi was co-leader as he reached final 18th, but as he recalled, "I slipped my feet and topped the ball" on the 2nd shot fr...
DAY32021/11/20 (Sat)Ryosuke Kinoshita makes big move solo leader & gains big chance for the Order of Merit race
Ryosuke Kinoshita placed all of his might, confidence and his strong will on the tee shot he made at 183 yards Par 3 17th."Pin posi...
DAY2
DAY22021/11/19 (Fri)Eric Sugimoto on the hunt for his 1st victory, finishes as 3T 2 shots behind the leader after 2R
Many great names of worldly famous super stars have their names enlisted as past winners of this Dunlop Phoenix Open. Who will be cro...
DAY22021/11/19 (Fri)Great rivalry battle on the way tomorrow in the final group between Kataoka & Furukawa
24 years old Naoyuki Kataoka will be in the same final grouping with his rival Yuki Furukawa tomorrow."I am really happy and lookin...
DAY22021/11/19 (Fri)Yuki Furukawa's "risky gamble-like shot" at 18th was awarded and jumped up to solo 2nd
24 years old rookie, Yuki Furukawa made a great move on Friday and became solo 2nd with total of 9 under, just 1 shot behind the le...
DAY22021/11/19 (Fri)Shota Akiyoshi keeps the Top position and wishes to join the prestigious winner's list
One of the Srixon sponsored tournament hosting professional, Shota Akiyoshi has kept his leader position after 2R, by totaling his sc...
DAY1
DAY12021/11/18 (Thu)Taiga Sugihara had a "roller coaster" first day as a professional, but managed to score 3 under par
On his first day as a professional Taiga Sugihara successfully made a great round scoring 3 under for the day. He received a surprisi...
DAY12021/11/18 (Thu)Yusaku Miyazato, who suffer COVID-19 infection showed his appreciation by wearing totally blue
1R of the Dunlop Phoenix Open was dedicated to send appreciations to the medical and health care worker. Every player wore something ...
DAY12021/11/18 (Thu)Srixon sponsored tournament hosting professional, Shota Akiyoshi made a great start on opening day
All of the Srixon sponsored tournament hosting professionals wore same outfit, as 1R was dedicated to medical and health care workers...
DAY12021/11/18 (Thu)Kodai Ichihara makes great start on 1R at his "home away from home" Phoenix CC
AKA "smiley face" Kodai Ichihara, a past winner of this tournament, had a happy face put on all day today. He marked 8 birdies and pl...
PREVIOUS
PREVIOUS2021/11/18 (Thu)Ryutaro Nagano making good start at solo 3rd, refrains on losing against the super amateur
13th year professional Ryutaro Nagano is again reaching closer to his most wanted 1st victory. He made a good start by finishing solo...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Super rookie Takumi Kanaya pledges to defend champion title & make Order of Merit title definite
Super rookie, Takumi Kanaya returns to Dunlop Phoenix as Defending Champion and current No.1 Money Ranker. Due for having prolonged 2...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Welcoming ceremony held at Miyazaki Airport for defending champion Takumi Kanaya
Last year, under serious pandemic situation, all of the players were transported out from prior week's venue Shizuoka Prefecture to M...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Happy 43rd Birthday! Hideto Tanihara aims for his 3rd back-to-back victories
On November 16th, last week's champion Hideto Tanihara turned 43 years old. He has his mind set on another big record, "back-to back ...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Tomohiro Ishizaka who lost last year in the playoff to Takumi Kanaya aims to make revenge victory
Last week at winner's interview, Hideto Tanihara mentioned a player's name."Tomohiro Ishizawa is really nice kid, way too nice and ...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Taiga Sugihara turned professional ASAP to join this week's Dunlop Phoenix Open
It was very sudden notice, but Taiga Sugihara decided to become professional ASPA. He finished as 8T at last week's SMBC VISA Taiheiy...
PREVIOUS2021/11/17 (Wed)Srixon players Kozuma & Hoshino aims to win as hosting professional & chance for Money race
Defending champion Takumi Kanaya came in this week as current No.1 on Money Rankings. At the press conference, Takumi said, "I have s...
