Dunlop Phoenix Tournament

The Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (ダンロップフェニックストーナメント, Danroppu fenikkusu tōnamento) is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November at the Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki, Miyazaki and is one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.

Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
Tournament information
LocationMiyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Phoenix Country Club
Par71
Length7,042 yards (6,439 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥200,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Brooks Koepka (2016)
263 Kazuki Higa (2022)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
Japan Yuta Sugiura (a)
Location map
Phoenix CC is located in Japan
Phoenix CC
Phoenix CC
Location in Japan
Phoenix CC is located in Miyazaki Prefecture
Phoenix CC
Phoenix CC
Location in the Miyazaki Prefecture

Course layout

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  • From 2020 :
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 386 436 180 567 415 202 521 387 447 3,541 490 165 465 332 436 465 402 186 560 3,501 7,042
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 5 4 4 36 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 71

Previous tournaments:

Year(s) Yardage Par
2012–2019 7,027 71
2008–2011 7,010 71
2007 6,919 70
2005, 2006 6,907 70
2004 6,901 70
2002, 2003 6,917 71
1999–2001 6,856 71
1998 6,846 71
1996, 1997 6,803 71
1995 6,798 71
1984–1994 6,993 72
1978–1983 6,991 72
1974–1977 7,012 72

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Dunlop Phoenix Tournament
2024    
2023   Yuta Sugiura (a) 272 −12 3 strokes   Keita Nakajima
  Taiga Semikawa
2022   Kazuki Higa 263 −21 3 strokes   Mito Pereira
2021   Chan Kim 267 −17 1 stroke   Naoyuki Kataoka
  Ryosuke Kinoshita
2020   Takumi Kanaya 271 −13 Playoff   Toshihiro Ishizaka
2019   Shugo Imahira 203[a] −10 2 strokes   Hwang Jung-gon
2018   Kodai Ichihara 269 −15 1 stroke   Mikumu Horikawa
2017   Brooks Koepka (2) 264 −20 9 strokes   Lee Sang-hee
  Prayad Marksaeng
  Xander Schauffele
2016   Brooks Koepka 263 −21 1 stroke   Yuta Ikeda
2015   Yūsaku Miyazato 270 −14 2 strokes   Yoshinori Fujimoto
  Hideki Matsuyama
2014   Hideki Matsuyama 269 −15 Playoff   Hiroshi Iwata
2013   Luke Donald (2) 270 −14 6 strokes   Kim Hyung-sung
2012   Luke Donald 268 −16 5 strokes   Hideki Matsuyama (a)
2011   Toshinori Muto 201 −12 4 strokes   Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2010   Yuta Ikeda 269 −15 2 strokes   Kim Kyung-tae
2009   Edoardo Molinari 271 −13 Playoff   Robert Karlsson
2008   Prayad Marksaeng 276 −8 1 stroke   Ryo Ishikawa
2007   Ian Poulter 269 −11 3 strokes   Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
2006   Pádraig Harrington 271 −9 Playoff   Tiger Woods
2005   Tiger Woods (2) 272 −8 Playoff   Kaname Yokoo
2004   Tiger Woods 264 −16 8 strokes   Ryoken Kawagishi
2003   Thomas Bjørn (2) 272 −12 2 strokes   Daisuke Maruyama
2002   Kaname Yokoo 269 −15 1 stroke   Sergio García
2001   David Duval 269 −15 Playoff   Taichi Teshima
2000   Shingo Katayama 265 −19 4 strokes   Bob May
1999   Thomas Bjørn 270 −14 Playoff   Sergio García
1998   Lee Westwood 271 −13 3 strokes   Darren Clarke
1997   Tom Watson (2) 275 −9 2 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
1996   Masashi Ozaki (3) 277 −7 3 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
  Tom Watson
1995   Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −11 1 stroke   Robert Gamez
  Brandt Jobe
  Peter Senior
1994   Masashi Ozaki 201 −15 1 stroke   Tom Watson
1993   Ernie Els 271 −17 4 strokes   Fred Couples
  Barry Lane
  Tsuneyuki Nakajima
  Masashi Ozaki
  Vijay Singh
1992   David Frost 277 −11 Playoff   Kiyoshi Murota
1991   Larry Nelson 276 −12 Playoff   Isao Aoki
  Seve Ballesteros
  Jay Don Blake
1990   Larry Mize (2) 274 −14 3 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
1989   Larry Mize 272 −16 4 strokes   Naomichi Ozaki
1988   Ken Green 273 −15 2 strokes   Fred Couples
1987   Craig Stadler 277 −11 1 stroke   Scott Hoch
1986   Bobby Wadkins (2) 277 −11 1 stroke   Graham Marsh
1985   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 3 strokes   Seve Ballesteros
  Chen Tze-chung
1984   Scott Simpson 282 −6 Playoff   Bernhard Langer
1983   Chen Tze-ming 286 −2 Playoff   Tom Watson
1982   Calvin Peete 281 −7 3 strokes   Seve Ballesteros
  Larry Nelson
1981   Seve Ballesteros (2) 279 −9 3 strokes   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1980   Tom Watson 282 −6 2 strokes   Mike Reid
1979   Bobby Wadkins 284 −4 3 strokes   Lu Liang-Huan
  Namio Takasu
1978   Andy Bean 275 −13 5 strokes   Graham Marsh
1977   Seve Ballesteros 282 −6 1 stroke   Kikuo Arai
1976   Graham Marsh 272 −16 6 strokes   Miller Barber
1975   Hubert Green 272 −16 6 strokes   Kosaku Shimada
1974   Johnny Miller 274 −14 7 strokes   Lu Liang-Huan
ANA Phoenix Tournament
1973   Yasuhiro Miyamoto 288 E 1 stroke   Kazuo Yoshikawa
Phoenix Tournament
1972   Seiji Noda 289 +1 2 strokes   Kosaku Shimada [1]

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to thunderstorms.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 314, 537–538. ISBN 0002119463.
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