ANA Open

The ANA Open is a Japan Golf Tour event. ANA is an acronym for All Nippon Airways, the tournament's sponsor. First played in 1973, it is usually held in September each year. The host venues are the Sapporo golf club Wattsu and Yuni courses. The tournament record is currently 268(-20), set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994. He currently also holds the all time record of wins with seven victories.

The 2008 purse was ¥130,000,000, of which the winner's share was ¥26,000,000.

Winners

ANA Open
*2008 Azuma Yano
*2007 Norio Shinozaki
*2006 Tomohiro Kondo
*2005 Keiichiro Fukabori
*2004 Chawalit Plaphol
*2003 Yeh Wei-Tze
*2002 Masashi Ozaki
*2001 Lin Keng-chi
*2000 Nabuhito Sato
*1999 Kazuhiko Hosokawa
*1998 Keiichiro Fukabori
*1997 Shinichi Yokota
*1996 Carlos Franco
*1995 Masashi Ozaki
*1994 Masashi Ozaki
*1993 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
*1992 Masashi Ozaki
*1991 Akiyoshi Ohmachi
*1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
*1989 Masashi Ozaki
*1988 Naomichi Ozaki
*1987 Isao Aoki
*1986 Masahiro Kuramoto
*1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
*1984 Norio Suzuki
*1983 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
*1982 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
*1981 Masahiro Kuramoto

ANA Sapporo Open
*1980 Teruo Sugihara
*1979 Graham Marsh
*1978 Teruo Sugihara
*1977 Teruo Sugihara
*1976 Takashi Murakami
*1975 Hsieh Yung-Yo
*1974 Masashi Ozaki
*1973 Masashi Ozaki

External links

* [http://www.jgto.org/jgto/WG02090000Init.do?year=2008&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=24 Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site] - in English
* [http://ana.co.jp/anapoen/playre/rekidai.html Winners of the ANA Open from official home page] - in Japanese