Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The Mizuno Open (ミズノオープン Mizuno ōpun) is a golf tournament played in Japan since 1971. It has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Beginning in 1998 the top four finishers in the Mizuno Open that were not already exempt into The Open Championship received exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and including the Mizuno Open that earns two exemptions to The Open. This is why the event has been called Gateway to the Open (全英への道 Zen’ei eno michi) since then.