Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course
Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course: Shunsuke Kato (1977), redesigned by Rees Jones and Hideki Matsuyama (consultant) (2018). Par 72, 7,327 yards. Kota Kaneko won the 2025 Taiheiyo Masters here with 263 (−17).
Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course: Shunsuke Kato (1977), redesigned by Rees Jones and Hideki Matsuyama (consultant) (2018). Par 72, 7,327 yards. Kota Kaneko won the 2025 Taiheiyo Masters here with 263 (−17).
Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course: Shunsuke Kato (1977), redesigned by Rees Jones and Hideki Matsuyama (consultant) (2018). Par 72, 7,327 yards. Kota Kaneko won the 2025 Taiheiyo Masters here with 263 (−17).
Updated October 24, 2026
50 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
Japan Golf Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kota Kaneko | 263 (−17) | by 6 strokes |
| 2024 | Ryo Ishikawa | 269 (−11) | by 1 stroke |
| 2023 | Shugo Imahira | 268 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 2022 | Ryo Ishikawa | 272 (−8) | won in a playoff |
| 2021 | Hideto Tanihara | 274 (−6) | by 1 stroke |
| 2020 | Jinichiro Kozuma | 272 (−8) | by 1 stroke |
| 2019 | Takumi Kanaya | 267 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 2018 | Tatsunori Nukaga | 201 (−9) | by 2 strokes |
| 2017 | Satoshi Kodaira | 270 (−18) | by 3 strokes |
| 2016 | Hideki Matsuyama | 265 (−23) | lowest winning score in this event · by 7 strokes |
| 2015 | Shingo Katayama | 202 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 2014 | David Oh | 276 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 2013 | Hideto Tanihara | 275 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 2012 | Ryo Ishikawa | 273 (−15) | by 1 stroke |
| 2011 | Hideki Matsuyama | 203 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 2010 | Ryo Ishikawa | 274 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 2009 | Yasuharu Imano | 275 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 2008 | Shingo Katayama | 272 (−16) | won in a playoff |
| 2007 | Brendan Jones | 274 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 2006 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 275 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 2005 | Darren Clarke | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 2004 | Darren Clarke | 266 (−22) | by 6 strokes |
| 2003 | Kiyoshi Murota | 272 (−16) | by 6 strokes |
| 2002 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 272 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 2001 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 270 (−18) | by 2 strokes |
| 2000 | Toshimitsu Izawa | 274 (−14) | by 1 stroke |
| 1999 | Hirofumi Miyase | 274 (−14) | won in a playoff |
| 1998 | Lee Westwood | 275 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 1997 | Lee Westwood | 272 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 1996 | Lee Westwood | 206 (−10) | won in a playoff |
| 1995 | Satoshi Higashi | 274 (−14) | by 4 strokes |
| 1994 | Masashi Ozaki | 270 (−18) | by 5 strokes |
| 1993 | Greg Norman | 272 (−16) | by 1 stroke |
| 1992 | Masashi Ozaki | 276 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 1991 | Roger Mackay | 272 (−16) | by 2 strokes |
| 1990 | José María Olazábal | 270 (−18) | by 5 strokes |
| 1989 | José María Olazábal | 203 (−13) | by 3 strokes |
| 1988 | Seve Ballesteros | 281 (−7) | by 3 strokes |
| 1987 | Graham Marsh | 276 (−12) | by 1 stroke |
| 1986 | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | 274 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 1985 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 280 (−8) | won in a playoff |
| 1984 | Shinsaku Maeda | 275 (−13) | by 1 stroke |
| 1982 | Scott Hoch | 278 (−10) | by 3 strokes |
| 1981 | Danny Edwards | 276 (−12) | by 3 strokes |
| 1980 | Norio Suzuki | 282 (−6) | won in a playoff |
| 1979 | Norio Suzuki | 280 (−8) | by 2 strokes |
| 1978 | Gil Morgan | 273 (−11) | by 3 strokes |
| 1977 | Bill Rogers | 275 (−9) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Yuto Katsuragawa | 263 (−17) | DP World Tour; Japan Golf Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ernie Els & Retief Goosen | 264 (−24) | won in a playoff · World Golf Championships (International Federation of PGA Tours) |
On the final day of the 2001 WGC-EMC World Cup at Gotemba, Tiger Woods, playing for the United States with David Duval, chipped in for eagle at the 18th - a shot broadcast worldwide; South Africa (Els and Goosen) still won the title in a playoff.
Source: Taiheiyo Club Gotemba information · Wikipedia 2001 WGC-World Cup
Hideki Matsuyama won the 2011 Taiheiyo Masters at Gotemba as an amateur, won it again as a pro in 2016, and was then retained as consultant for the 2018 Rees Jones remodel of the course.
Source: Wikipedia Taiheiyo Masters · Taiheiyo Club Gotemba information
Lee Westwood won the Taiheiyo Masters at Gotemba three years running, 1996-1998 - the first three-peat in the event's history.
Source: Wikipedia Taiheiyo Masters · ja.wikipedia 三井住友VISA太平洋マスターズ
The course sits at the foot of Mount Fuji, and in the 2018 renovation trees were boldly cut down so Fuji could be seen better from the course.
Rees Jones's 2018 restoration reset the tee-shot landing zone to 280 yards, the current tournament standard, and rebuilt every bunker, raising difficulty through hazard shapes rather than added length.
At Hideki Matsuyama's suggestion one hole was laid out so it can be set either as a par 5 or as a 510-yard par 4, which the club says makes it considerably harder.
In 2018 the pond right of the 18th green was extended 8 yards further back and the fairway and left greenside bunkers were reshaped, tightening the target on the closing hole.
Shunsuke Kato
Full renovation ahead of 2001 WGC-EMC World Cup (club says 2018 work was first full renovation in 17 years since 2001; Kato credited with design and remodelling)
Restoration-style remodel: landing zones reset to 280 yd, every bunker rebuilt, green surrounds and ponds reshaped (18th green pond extended 8 yd), trees cleared for Mt Fuji views; No. 1 playable as par 5 or 510-yd par 4; grand reopening 2018-10-01
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ISPS Handa Championship 25–28 April 2024 | Yuto Katsuragawa | DP World Tour |
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Data: taiheiyo-club-gotemba.json. Spot an error? See corrections.