Tournament article

Japan PGA Championship 2005

73rd PGA Championship

Date:2005 May 12-15
Site:Tamana Country Club
Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
7,018yds Par72
Total Prize Money: JPY 110,000,000
Winning Prize Money:JPY 22,000,000
Field: 156 Players
Defending Champion: S.K.Ho (Korea)
PGA Championship started in 1926. Oldest of all Japan's Golf Tournament, it
celebrates 73th times. 43 Past Champions include Isao Aoki, Jumbo Ozaki,
Joe Ozaki, Massy Kuramoto, Tommy Nakajima, Shingo Katayama, Shigeki Maruyama,
and many leading Japanese Professionals.
Player to watch: Naomichi Joe Ozaki challenges 3 in-a-row victory after winning Tsuruya Open and the Crowns.