Ube Kosan Open
Professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1972 until 2001
Golf tournament
Ube 72 CC
Location in Japan
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Location in the Yamaguchi Prefecture
Show map of Yamaguchi PrefectureThe Ube Kosan Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1972 until 2001. It was played at the Ube 72 Country Club near Ube, Yamaguchi. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour.
In 1976, the Pepsi-Wilson Tournament, as it was then known, set a record for the longest sudden-death playoff in a major men's professional tournament. It took Peter Thomson fourteen holes to defeat Graham Marsh, Brian Jones and Shozo Miyamoto.[1] This record still stands today.
Tournament hosts
Year(s) | Host course | Location |
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1976, 1978, 1980–2001 | Ube 72 Country Club (various courses) | Ube, Yamaguchi |
1979 | Hachinohe Country Club | Hashikami, Aomori |
1974 | Katayamazu Golf Club (Hakusan) | Kaga, Ishikawa |
1972–1973, 1975, 1977 | Yokohama Country Club (West) | Yokohama, Kanagawa |
Winners
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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Ube Kosan Open | ||||||
2001 | Dean Wilson | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Taichi Teshima | |
2000 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Tatsuya Shiraishi Toru Taniguchi | |
1999 | K. J. Choi | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | |
1998 | Brandt Jobe | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Shigeki Maruyama | |
1997 | Shigenori Mori | 267 | −17 | 4 strokes | Shigemasa Higaki | |
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open | ||||||
1996 | Hidemichi Tanaka | 264 | −20 | 2 strokes | Tsuneyuki Nakajima Brian Watts | |
1995 | Mitsutaka Kusakabe | 206[a] | −10 | 3 strokes | Harumitsu Hamano Kōki Idoki Roger Mackay Katsunari Takahashi | |
1994 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Tsukasa Watanabe | |
1993 | Shigeki Maruyama | 264 | −20 | 2 strokes | Todd Hamilton | |
1992 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | 275 | −13 | 5 strokes | Hirofumi Miyase | |
Ube Kosan Open | ||||||
1991 | Chen Tze-chung | 274 | −10 | 2 strokes | Saburo Fujiki | |
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open | ||||||
1990 | Tadao Nakamura | 203[a] | −10 | 4 strokes | Tadami Ueno | [2] |
1989 | Akihito Yokoyama | 203[a] | −13 | Playoff[b] | Yoshimi Niizeki | [3] |
Pepsi Ube Open | ||||||
1988 | Mamoru Kondo | 169[c] | −11 | 1 stroke | Masahiro Kuramoto | [4] |
1987 | Chen Tze-ming (2) | 278 | −10 | Playoff[d] | Hiroshi Makino | [5] |
1986 | Naomichi Ozaki | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Fujio Kobayashi | |
1985 | Chen Tze-ming | 268 | −20 | 4 strokes | Katsunari Takahashi | |
1984 | Yasuhiro Funatogawa | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Kikuo Arai Naomichi Ozaki | [6] |
1983 | Seiichi Kanai | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Kouichi Inoue | [7] |
1982 | Kikuo Arai | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Motomasa Aoki | [8] |
Pepsi-Wilson Tournament | ||||||
1981 | Graham Marsh (2) | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Yutaka Hagawa | [9] |
1980 | Norio Suzuki | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki | [10] |
1979 | Mya Aye | 274 | −10 | 3 strokes | Hiroshi Ishii | [11] |
1978 | Masashi Ozaki (2) | 275 | −13 | 5 strokes | Isao Aoki Fujio Kobayashi Kosaku Shimada | [12] |
1977 | Masashi Ozaki | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | [13] |
1976 | Peter Thomson (2) | 211[a] | −5 | Playoff[e] | Brian Jones Graham Marsh Shozo Miyamoto | [1] |
1975 | Hsieh Yung-yo | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Graham Marsh Toshiaki Sekimizu | [14] |
Pepsi Tournament | ||||||
1974 | Graham Marsh | 284 | −4 | Playoff[f] | Hsieh Yung-yo | [15] |
1973 | Isao Aoki | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Kosaku Shimada | |
1972 | Peter Thomson | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Chen Chien-chung Han Chang-sang Takashi Murakami | [16] |
Notes
- ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
- ^ Yokoyama won with a bogey on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Shortened to 45 holes due to rain.
- ^ Chen won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Thomson won the sudden-death playoff at the 14th extra hole; Miyamoto was eliminated at the first extra hole, and Jones at the fourth.
- ^ Marsh won with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
- ^ a b "Thomson wins 14-hole play-off". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 285, 528. ISBN 1855925583.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 286, 529–530. ISBN 0948615389.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 279, 507. ISBN 000218284X.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 257–258, 471–472. ISBN 0002182831.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 230, 455–456. ISBN 0862541247.
- ^ "Veteran takes Papsi Ube". The Selma Times-Journal. Selma, Alabama. AP. 30 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chin is winner". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 May 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 239–240, 462–463. ISBN 0862541018.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 176, 385–386. ISBN 0862540054.
- ^ "Burma golfer blasts to Japan tourney victory". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. AP. 25 June 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 388. ISBN 0385149409.
- ^ "Jumbo Ozaki wins Yokohama golf". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. UPI. 30 May 1977. p. 2 (Section3). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 291, 482. ISBN 000211996X.
- ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 253–254, 431–432. ISBN 0002119552.
- ^ "Thomson victor in Pepsi golf". The Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. AP. 22 May 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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