Token Homemate Cup

The Token Homemate Cup (東建ホームメイトカップ, Tōken hōmumeito kappu) 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.

Token Homemate Cup
Tournament information
LocationKuwana, Mie, Japan
Established1993
Course(s)Token Tado Country Club Nagoya
Par71
Length7,062 yards (6,457 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥130,000,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Takumi Kanaya (2024)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Location map
Token Tado CC Nagoya is located in Japan
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Location in Japan
Token Tado CC Nagoya is located in Mie Prefecture
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Token Tado CC Nagoya
Location in the Mie Prefecture

Tournament hosts

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YearsVenueLocation
2001, 2003–2005, 2007–presentToken Tado Country Club NagoyaKuwana, Mie
2006Token Shuga Country ClubKani, Gifu
1993–2000, 2002Kedōin Golf ClubKedōin, Kagoshima (now Satsumasendai)

Winners

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YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Token Homemate Cup
2024 Takumi Kanaya (2)261−232 strokes Tatsunori Shogenji[1]
2023 Shugo Imahira264−202 strokes Rikuya Hoshino[2]
2022 Jinichiro Kozuma270−14Playoff Yuto Katsuragawa[3]
2021 Takumi Kanaya202[a]−111 stroke Keita Nakajima (a)[4]
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Brendan Jones (2)269−151 stroke Matthew Griffin[5]
2018 Atomu Shigenaga272−121 stroke Ryo Ishikawa[6]
2017 Liang Wenchong268−162 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto[7]
2016 Kim Kyung-tae271−13Playoff Tomohiro Kondo
2015 Michael Hendry269−151 stroke Kazuhiro Yamashita[8]
2014 Yūsaku Miyazato270−142 strokes Hiroshi Iwata[9]
2013 Yoshinobu Tsukada275−94 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
Koumei Oda
2012 Brendan Jones269−152 strokes Ryuichi Oda[10]
2011 Tadahiro Takayama (2)276−82 strokes Shingo Katayama[11]
2010 Koumei Oda (2)283−1Playoff Satoru Hirota
Daisuke Maruyama
2009 Koumei Oda275−10Playoff Kim Jong-duck
2008 Katsumasa Miyamoto276−81 stroke Taichi Teshima
2007 Yui Ueda276−81 stroke Lee Dong-hwan
2006 Wayne Perske267−212 strokes Brendan Jones
Yui Ueda
2005 Tadahiro Takayama205[b]−8Playoff Nozomi Kawahara
2004 Hiroyuki Fujita281−32 strokes Shingo Katayama
Charlie Wi
2003 Andre Stolz278−61 stroke Nobuhiro Masuda
Tadahiro Takayama
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Token Corporation Cup
2002 Toru Taniguchi272−162 strokes Hirofumi Miyase
2001 Shingo Katayama205[c]−82 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2000 Nobuo Serizawa281−71 stroke Satoshi Higashi
Katsunori Kuwabara
1999 Masashi Ozaki (2)273−151 stroke Toru Taniguchi
1998 Hajime Meshiai (2)272−161 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1997 Masashi Ozaki269−191 stroke Carlos Franco
1996 Yoshinori Kaneko275−131 stroke Brandt Jobe
1995 Todd Hamilton281−71 stroke Peter Senior
Token Cup
1994 Craig Warren208[d]−81 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1993 Hajime Meshiai276−122 strokes Todd Hamilton

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  3. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to snow.
  4. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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