Token Homemate Cup Explained

Token Homemate Cup
Location:Kuwana, Mie, Japan
Establishment:1993
Course:Token Tado Country Club Nagoya
Par:71
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:March
Aggregate:261 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
To-Par:−23 as above
Current Champion: Takumi Kanaya
Map:Japan#Japan Mie Prefecture
Map Label:Token Tado CC Nagoya
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:35.128°N 136.593°W

The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1993. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 (−21). It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71. Since 2009, the purse has been ¥130,000,000 with ¥26,000,000 going to the winner. Prize money was ¥90,000,000 from 1993 to 1997, ¥110,000,000 in 1998, ¥100,000,000 from 1999 to 2005 and ¥110,000,000 from 2006 to 2008.

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
2001, 2003–2005, 2007–present Token Tado Country Club Nagoya Kuwana, Mie
2006 Token Shuga Country Club Kani, Gifu
1993–2000, 2002 Kedōin Golf Club Kedōin, Kagoshima (now Satsumasendai)

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Token Homemate Cup
Takumi Kanaya (2) 261 −23 2 strokes [1]
264 −20 2 strokes [2]
270 −14 Playoff [3]
202 −11 1 stroke Keita Nakajima (a) [4]
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Brendan Jones (2) 269 −15 1 stroke [5]
272 −12 1 stroke [6]
268 −16 2 strokes [7]
271 −13 Playoff
269 −15 1 stroke [8]
270 −14 2 strokes [9]
275 −9 4 strokes
269 −15 2 strokes [10]
Tadahiro Takayama (2) 276 −8 2 strokes [11]
Koumei Oda (2) 283 −1 Playoff
275 −10 Playoff
276 −8 1 stroke
276 −8 1 stroke Lee Dong-hwan
267 −21 2 strokes
205 −8 Playoff
281 −3 2 strokes
278 −6 1 stroke
Token Corporation Cup
272 −16 2 strokes
205 −8 2 strokes
281 −7 1 stroke
Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 1 stroke
Hajime Meshiai (2) 272 −16 1 stroke
269 −19 1 stroke
275 −13 1 stroke
281 −7 1 stroke
Token Cup
208 −8 1 stroke
276 −12 2 strokes

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kanaya takes top honour at season-opening Token Homemate Cup . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 31 March 2024 . 31 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Imahira gets JGTO season off to a winning start . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 3 April 2023 . 4 April 2023.
  3. Kozuma fights back to win JGTO's season-opening Token Homemate Cup . ParGolf . Malkeet . Kaur . 3 April 2022 . 19 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Takumi Kanaya – Japan's Next Major Star? . Worldwide Golf . 2 May 2021 . 19 March 2023.
  5. Brendan Jones keeps Matt Griffin at bay for Japan Tour win No.15 . Australian Golf Digest . Tony . Webeck . 22 April 2019 . 19 March 2023.
  6. Nosferatu . VC606 . 985437331007135744 . Congrats to Atomu Shigenaga . 15 April 2018 . 5 April 2023.
  7. Web site: Liang Wins by Two at Token Homemate Cup . Titleist . 18 April 2017 . 5 April 2023.
  8. Web site: Hendry breaks through on Japan Tour . Golf Grinder . Paul . Prendergast . 20 April 2015 . 5 April 2023.
  9. News: Miyazato claims second career title . The Japan Times . 20 April 2014 . 5 April 2023.
  10. News: Jones shoots 62 to win Token Homemate Cup . Fox News . 20 November 2014 . 5 April 2023.
  11. Ishikawa falters, Takayama clinches Token Cup . Golfweek . 17 April 2011 . 5 April 2023.