| Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | |
| Location: | Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Establishment: | 1972 |
| Course: | Taiheiyo Club (Gotemba Course) |
| Par: | 70 |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play |
| Month Played: | November |
| Aggregate: | 265 Hideki Matsuyama (2016) |
| To-Par: | −23 as above |
| Current Champion: |  Shugo Imahira |
| Map: | Japan#Japan Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Map Label: | Taiheiyo Club |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 35.285°N 138.876°W |
The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000.[1] It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers.
The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters.
The inaugural tournament went into a playoff between America's Gay Brewer and Australia's David Graham. It was a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first ever instituted in a golf tournament. Before that, playoffs were either decided in a full round or sudden death. Brewer won the event.[2]
| Years | Venue | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–present | Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course | Gotemba, Shizuoka | |
| 1972–1976 | Sobu Country Club | Inzai, Chiba |
| Year | Tour | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | |||||||
| 2023 | 268 | −12 | 1 stroke | Taiki Yoshida | |||
| 2022 | Ryo Ishikawa (3) | 272 | −8 | Playoff | Rikuya Hoshino | ||
| 2021 | Hideto Tanihara (2) | 274 | −6 | 1 stroke | Takumi Kanaya | ||
| 2020 | 272 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ryosuke Kinoshita | |||
| 2019 | Takumi Kanaya (a) | 267 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Shaun Norris | ||
| 2018 | 201 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Kim Seung-hyuk | |||
| 2017 | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato | |||
| 2016 | Hideki Matsuyama (2) | 265 | align=center style="background: #ACE1AF" | −23 | 7 strokes | Song Young-han | |
| 2015 | Shingo Katayama (2) | 202 | −14 | 1 stroke |  Thanyakon Khrongpha | ||
| 2014 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Toshinori Muto | |||
| 2013 | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Ryo Ishikawa Masahiro Kawamura Tomohiro Kondo | |||
| 2012 | Ryo Ishikawa (2) | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Michio Matsumura | ||
| 2011 | Hideki Matsuyama (a) | 203 | −13 | 2 strokes | Toru Taniguchi | ||
| 2010 | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Brendan Jones | |||
| 2009 | 275 | –13 | 2 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya Han Lee | |||
| 2008 | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano | |||
| 2007 | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi | |||
| 2006 | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi | |||
| 2005 | Darren Clarke (2) | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Mitsuhiro Tateyama | ||
| 2004 | 266 | −22 | 6 strokes | Nozomi Kawahara Lee Westwood | |||
| 2003 | 272 | −16 | 6 strokes | Ben CurtisHiroyuki Fujita Kim Jong-duck | |||
| 2002 | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Hidemichi Tanaka | |||
| 2001 | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato (a) Shigeru Nonaka | |||
| Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | |||||||
| 2000 | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori | |||
| 1999 | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Darren Clarke Ryoken Kawagishi | |||
| 1998 | Lee Westwood (3) | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | ||
| 1997 | Lee Westwood (2) | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki | ||
| 1996 | 206 | −10 | Playoff |  Costantino Rocca Jeff Sluman | |||
| 1995 | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Shigeki Maruyama | |||
| 1994 | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Bob Estes | |||
| 1993 | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Yoshi Mizumaki | |||
| Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters | |||||||
| 1992 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Masahiro Kuramoto Bernhard Langer Tsukasa Watanabe | |||
| 1991 | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Yoshinori Kaneko | |||
| 1990 |  José María Olazábal (2) | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Bernhard Langer Masashi Ozaki | ||
| 1989 | 203 | −13 | 3 strokes | Isao Aoki Naomichi Ozaki | |||
| 1988 | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | |||
| 1987 | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Tom Watson | |||
| 1986 | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Larry Nelson | |||
| Taiheiyo Club Masters | |||||||
| 1985 | 280 | −8 | Playoff | David Graham | |||
| 1984 | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | ||||
| 1983: No tournament | |||||||
| 1982 | 278 | −10 | 3 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto | |||
| Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters | |||||||
| 1981 | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Jerry Pate Tom Watson | |||
| 1980 | Norio Suzuki (2) | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Masashi Ozaki | ||
| Taiheiyo Club Masters | |||||||
| 1979 | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | Rod Curl Bill Rogers Tom Watson | |||
| Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | |||||||
| 1978 | 273 | −11 | 3 strokes | Jerry Pate | |||
| Taiheiyo Club Masters | |||||||
| 1977 | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Mike Morley Teruo Sugihara | |||
| 1976 | 279 | −5 | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki | |||
| 1975 | Gene Littler (2) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Lee Elder Hubert Green Allen Miller Masashi Ozaki | ||
| 1974 | 279 | −5 | 5 strokes | Bert Yancey | |||
| 1973 | 278 | −6 | Playoff | Bert Yancey | |||
| 1972 | 276 | −8 | Playoff | David Graham | |||