Bridgestone Open
The Bridgestone Open is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1972 at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. In 1973, the event moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974 it has held at the Sodegaura Country Club. From 1972 to 1984, the name of this competition was Bridgestone Tournament, because it was only for professional players. The tournament record is 265, set by Yuta Ikeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.
The winner gets an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.Winners
† Tournament was shortened to 36 holes because of Category 5 tropical cyclone Typhoon Hagibis.
