Mynavi ABC Championship
Tournament information
LocationKatō, Hyōgo, Japan
Established1971
Course(s)ABC Golf Club
Par72
Length7,217 yards (6,599 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2023
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Ryuichi Oda (2014)
To par−24 Keita Nakajima (2023)
Final champion
Japan Keita Nakajima
Location Map
ABC GC is located in Japan
ABC GC
ABC GC
Location in Japan
ABC GC is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
ABC GC
ABC GC
Location in the Hyōgo Prefecture

The Mynavi ABC Championship (マイナビABCチャンピオンシップゴルフトーナメント, Mainabi ei-bī-shī champyon gorufu tōnamento) was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was played at the ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo, usually in October or November. It was founded in 1971 as a Japan vs. United States team match (there was also individual prize money and the event counted as an official win on tour). In 1988, it became a full-field individual event. The event is sponsored by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Mynavi Corporation.

History

The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Miki Gold Cup, a nine-man team match between golfers from Japan and the United States. Results were based on the aggregate of the best seven scores from each team after 54 holes of stroke play competition; there was also a prize for the best individual score. The event was renamed as the ABC Cup in 1972. The following year, the best eight scores were used to determine the winner, and in 1975 the event was extended to 72 holes.

Between 1982 and 1984 the event was titled as the Goldwin Cup[1] (1982–83) and the Uchida Yoko Cup (1984), during which time it was contested as stroke play matches with two points were awarded for a match win and one point for a tie. The first two rounds were played as better ball pairs and the final two rounds as singles, from which the scores were used to determine the individual winner. In 1985 the event reverted to its earlier format and name.

In 1988, the tournament became a regular 72 hole stroke play event on the Japan Golf Tour, since when it has always been held at ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo. Sponsored by Philip Morris International, it was titled using the Lark brand as the ABC Lark Cup or Lark Cup for five years, until 1994 when it became the Philip Morris Championship. After Philip Morris sponsorship came to an end, in 2003 the event became titled the ABC Championship, with Mynavi being added as title sponsor in 2008.

In 2023, following the 2024 schedule announcement by the Japan Golf Tour, it was confirmed that the 2023 tournament would be the last and would not return from 2024 onwards.[2]

Tournament hosts

YearsVenueLocation
1988–presentABC Golf ClubKatō, Hyōgo
1983Taiheiyo Club (Rokko Course)Hyōgo
1982, 1984Sobhu Country Club (Sobhu Course)Inzai, Chiba
1979–1981, 1985–1987Sports Shinko Country ClubKawanishi, Hyōgo
1976–1978Harima Country ClubOno, Hyōgo
1975Ibaraki Kokusai Golf ClubIbaraki, Osaka
1973–1974Hashimoto Country ClubHashimoto, Wakayama
1972Ikeda Country ClubIkeda, Osaka
1971Perfect Liberty (PL) Country ClubTondabayashi, Osaka

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Mynavi ABC Championship
2023Japan Keita Nakajima264−243 strokesSouth Africa Shaun Norris
2022Japan Mikumu Horikawa271−172 strokesJapan Hiroshi Iwata
Japan Daijiro Izumida
Japan Riki Kawamoto
2021Japan Yosuke Asaji272−162 strokesJapan Mikumu Horikawa
Japan Tomohiro Ishizaka
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019South Korea Hwang Jung-gon269−191 strokeJapan Shugo Imahira
2018Japan Yuta Kinoshita273−15PlayoffJapan Masahiro Kawamura
2017Japan Tatsuya Kodai203[lower-alpha 1]−131 strokeSouth Korea Im Sung-jae
Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
Japan Ryutaro Nagano
2016Japan Shingo Katayama (4)276−121 strokeJapan Shintaro Kobayashi
2015South Korea Kim Kyung-tae (2)272−122 strokesJapan Daisuke Kataoka
Australia Won Joon Lee
Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
2014Japan Ryuichi Oda263−215 strokesJapan Koumei Oda
Japan Hideto Tanihara
2013Japan Yuta Ikeda269−15PlayoffSouth Korea Hur Suk-ho
2012United States Han Lee271−171 strokeJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
2011Japan Koichiro Kawano273−15PlayoffSouth Korea Bae Sang-moon
2010South Korea Kim Kyung-tae275−131 strokeJapan Ryo Ishikawa
2009Japan Toru Suzuki274−145 strokesJapan Takashi Kanemoto
2008Japan Ryo Ishikawa279−91 strokeJapan Keiichiro Fukabori
ABC Championship
2007Philippines Frankie Miñoza274−14PlayoffSouth Korea Lee Dong-hwan
2006Japan Shingo Katayama (3)271−17PlayoffSouth Korea Yang Yong-eun
2005Japan Shingo Katayama (2)274−142 strokesFiji Dinesh Chand
2004Japan Makoto Inoue273−151 strokeJapan Ryoken Kawagishi
Japan Toru Suzuki
2003Japan Shingo Katayama265−239 strokesJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
Philip Morris K.K. Championship
2002Australia Brendan Jones269−192 strokesJapan Toshimitsu Izawa
2001Japan Toshimitsu Izawa272−161 strokeJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
Japan Toru Taniguchi
Philip Morris Championship
2000Japan Toru Taniguchi276−121 strokeJapan Hidemichi Tanaka
Japan Shingo Katayama
1999Japan Ryoken Kawagishi (2)270−181 strokeJapan Katsunori Kuwabara
1998Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)275−131 strokeParaguay Carlos Franco
Japan Mitsuo Harada
1997United States Brian Watts (2)280−82 strokesJapan Kaname Yokoo
1996Japan Naomichi Ozaki (2)278−104 strokesUnited States Russ Cochran
United States David Ishii
Japan Masashi Ozaki
1995Japan Hidemichi Tanaka278−101 strokeJapan Naomichi Ozaki
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
1994United States Brian Watts276−121 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
United States Duffy Waldorf
Lark Cup
1993Japan Hajime Meshiai283−51 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1992Japan Naomichi Ozaki279−91 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki
ABC Lark Cup
1991Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima280−82 strokesAustralia Roger Mackay
1990Japan Ryoken Kawagishi277−112 strokesJapan Masashi Ozaki
1989Australia Brian Jones280−84 strokesJapan Toshiaki Sudo
1988Japan Katsunari Takahashi277−111 strokeJapan Masashi Ozaki

Japan vs USA team matches

YearWinning teamScore[lower-alpha 2]Margin of
victory		Individual winner(s)ScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
ABC Japan-U.S. Match
1987 Japan2,2273 strokesUnited States Andy Bean269−195 strokesJapan Masahiro Kuramoto
1986 United States2,2297 strokesUnited States Curtis Strange271−174 strokesUnited States Chip Beck
1985 Japan2,5572 strokesJapan Tateo Ozaki
United States Corey Pavin		276−12Title shared[3]
Uchida Yoko Cup Japan vs USA Match
1984 United States30–18United States Tom Watson (2)135−71 strokeUnited States Mark O'Meara
Japan Naomichi Ozaki		[4]
Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA
1983 United States29–19Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima141−31 strokeUnited States Hale Irwin[5]
1982 United States33–15United States Bob Gilder
United States Calvin Peete		134−10Title shared[6]
ABC Cup Japan vs USA
1981 United States2,24635 strokesUnited States Bobby Clampett271−177 strokesJapan Akira Yabe[7]
ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches
1980 Japan
 United States		2,280TieUnited States Jerry Pate276−121 strokeUnited States Tom Purtzer
Japan Norio Suzuki		[8]
1979 Japan2,3065 strokesUnited States Tom Purtzer276−1210 strokesUnited States Bill Rogers[9]
1978 Japan2,27353 strokesJapan Isao Aoki (2)273−155 strokesJapan Kosaku Shimada[10]
1977 Japan2,0792 strokesJapan Isao Aoki280−82 strokesUnited States Tom Weiskopf[11]
1976 Japan2,27315 strokesUnited States Tom Watson277−113 strokesJapan Isao Aoki[12]
1975 Japan2,26642 strokesJapan Tōru Nakamura273−157 strokesUnited States Al Geiberger[13]
1974 United States1,7529 strokesJapan Teruo Sugihara209−71 strokeUnited States Hubert Green[14]
1973 Japan1,78517 strokesUnited States Al Geiberger218+22 strokesJapan Takashi Murakami[15]
1972 United States1,48818 strokesUnited States Tommy Aaron209−41 strokeUnited States Bert Yancey[16]
Miki Gold Cup
1971 United States1,4849 strokesUnited States Billy Casper
Japan Masashi Ozaki		208−8Title shared[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ↑ Aggregate scores counting best 7 from 9 in 1971 and 1972; aggregate scores counting best 8 from 9 between 1973 and 1981, and from 1985; matches with 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie between 1982 and 1984.

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. and Japan champs to collide in November". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. AP. 11 August 1982. p. C10. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "2024年のジャパンゴルフツアートーナメント日程を発表しました" [2024 Japan Golf Tour Tournament Dates Announced] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023. なお、今年52回と長きにわたり歴史を紡いできた「マイナビABCチャンピオンシップ（兵庫県・ABCGC）」は開催中止となりました。 [In addition, the "Mynavi ABC Championship (ABCGC, Hyogo Prefecture)", which has a long history of 52 times this year, has been canceled.]
  3. ↑ "Japan golfers top Americans match". The Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. UPI. 4 November 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "U.S. golfers defeat Japan". The Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. 5 November 1984. p. 4-C. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Eight U.S. golfers win Goldwin Cup Championship". The Galveston Daily News. Galveston, Texas. AP. 14 November 1983. p. 4-B. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Gilder, Peete lead U.S. over Japan in team event". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. AP. 8 November 1982. p. C4. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Clampett, US easy winners". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 9 November 1981. p. 31. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ↑ "Pate's victory earns U.S. tie with Japan match". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. 10 November 1980. p. Sports 2. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Japan comeback sinks U.S. linkers in dual match". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. AP. 12 November 1979. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Aoki lifts Japan past U.S. golfers". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin. AP. 13 November 1978. p. 2-7. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Golf: Aoki leads Japan to close victory over US". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. 14 November 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Japanese stops U.S. in golf". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. AP. 6 December 1976. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Japanese golfers whip Yanks in 5th tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 November 1975. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  14. ↑ "Green sparks U.S. win". Asbury Park Press. Asbury, New Jersey. Associated Press. 3 December 1974. p. C5. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Japanese defeat U.S.". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. AP. 26 November 1973. p. 46. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Aaron leads U.S. win". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. Associated Press. 6 November 1972. p. 22. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Palmer comes into his own – second". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Province Wire Services. 8 November 1971. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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