The first round of the men's golf domestic tour tournament was held in Yamanashi Prefecture, and Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent, who is aiming to win the championship for the second consecutive week, took the tentative lead with 4 unders.
Vincent, who won the tour for the first time in the previous week's tournament, went through the first round with six birdies and two bogies under four.
Yuta Sugiura, a second-year college student, and Yuta Furukawa, who are amateurs, are chasing by one stroke.
Ryo Ishikawa, who has won this tournament twice, is 2 unders, 2 strokes behind the top, and Rikuya Hoshino, who won this tournament last year, is also 2 unders with 3 holes left.
On the 2nd, it was interrupted due to poor visibility due to heavy fog, and 52 people were suspended because they could not finish the first round.