Kanto Pro Championship
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The Kanto Pro Championship was a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament in Japan
Japan
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 It was first played in 1931 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...

 from 1973 to 1990. It was played in July at a variety of courses in Japan
Japan
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Winners

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  • 1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years:...

  • 1989 Saburo Fujiki
    Saburo Fujiki
    is a Japanese professional golfer.Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 13th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1981 ASO National Park Open, Hakkoku Open*1983 KBC Augusta, Kanto Open...

  • 1988 Tomohiro Maruyama
    Tomohiro Maruyama
    Tomohiro Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.Maruyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1988 Kanto Pro Championship*1993 Daikyo Open*1995 NST Niigata Open Golf Championship...

  • 1987 Naomichi Ozaki
    Naomichi Ozaki
    ) is a Japanese professional golfer.Ozaki was born in Tokushima. He turned professional in 1977 and won 32 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour between 1984 and 2005. He ranks fourth on the list of most Japan Golf Tour wins. He topped the money list in 1991 and 1999...

  • 1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years:...

  • 1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki Nakajima
    Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years:...

  • 1984 Pete Izumikawa
    Pete Izumikawa
    Pete Izumikawa is a Japanese professional golfer.Izumikawa played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1982 Suntory International Open*1984 Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Sapporo Open*1994 NST Niigata Open...

  • 1983 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

  • 1982 Motomasa Aoki
    Motomasa Aoki
    Motomasa Aokix is a Japanese professional golfer.Aoki played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.-External links:...

  • 1981 Seiichi Kanai
    Seiichi Kanai
    Seiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer.Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 18th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1976 Japan PGA Championship*1978 Kanto Open...

  • 1980 Akira Yabe
    Akira Yabe
    Akira Yabe is a Japanese professional golfer.Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.-Japan Golf Tour wins:*1978 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament*1979 Shizuoka Open*1980 Kanto Pro Championship, Descente Hokkoku Open...

  • 1979 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

  • 1978 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

  • 1977 Kenji Mori
  • 1976 Takashi Murakami
    Takashi Murakami (golfer)
    Takashi Murakami is a Japanese professional golfer.Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1975.-Japan Golf Tour wins :...

  • 1975 Hsieh Min-Nan
    Hsieh Min-Nan
    Hsieh Min-Nan is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour, 18th on the all-time win list. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title...

  • 1974 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

  • 1973 Masashi Ozaki
    Masashi Ozaki
    is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...

  • 1972 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

  • 1971 Isao Aoki
    Isao Aoki
    is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

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  • 1967 Seiichi Sato
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  • 1953 Yoshiro Hayashi

  • 1949 Son Shi Kin
  • 1948 Yoshiro Hayashi

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