Casio World Open
Year Winner Country Score To par Margin of victory Runner ( s ) -up
2019 Kim Kyung-tae South Korea 268 −20 2 strokes Shaun Norris
2018 Choi Ho-sung South Korea 273 −15 1 stroke Brendan Jones
2017 Seungsu Han United States 275 −13 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa Brendan Jones Kim Kyung-tae Ryuko Tokimatsu
2016 Yuta Ikeda Japan 203* −13 1 stroke Ryuji Masaoka
2015 Hwang Jung-gon ( 2 ) South Korea 273 −15 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa
2014 Shingo Katayama Japan 271 −17 3 strokes Satoshi Tomiyama
2013 Hideki Matsuyama Japan 276 −12 1 stroke Yuta Ikeda
2012 Hwang Jung-gon South Korea 269 −19 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
2011 Tadahiro Takayama Japan 273 −15 2 strokes Yusaku Miyazato
2010 Michio Matsumura Japan 275 −13 Playoff Kim Do-hoon
2009 Koumei Oda ( 2 ) Japan 267 −21 3 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
2008 Koumei Oda Japan 277 −11 3 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
2007 Taichi Teshima Japan 275 −13 1 stroke Chris Campbell
2006 Jeev Milkha Singh India 272 −16 2 strokes David Smail
2005 Toru Taniguchi Japan 277 −11 2 strokes Kim Jong-duck
2004 David Smail ( 2 ) New Zealand 276 −12 1 stroke Hunter Mahan
2003 Katsumune Imai Japan 264 −24 7 strokes Brendan Jones Shingo Katayama
2002 David Smail New Zealand 200* −16 2 strokes Brendan Jones
2001 Kiyoshi Murota Japan 264 −24 2 strokes Dinesh Chand
2000 Toru Suzuki Japan 267 −21 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
Winners
The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded and was played at the Ibusuki Golf Club, Kaimon Course in Ibusuki, Kagoshima from 1981 to 2004. In 2005, it moved to the Kochi Kuroshio Country Club in Geisei, Kōchi. The event is organized by Casio, Kuroshio Kanko Kaihatsu and TV Kochi.