Acom International

Acom International
Tournament information
LocationOmitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Ishioka Golf Club
Par71
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStableford
Modified Stableford
Stroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
Japan Mamo Osanai
Location map
Ishioka GC is located in Japan
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in Japan
Ishioka GC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Acom International was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1990 to 2006. Sponsored by Acom, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour, and used a modified Stableford scoring system until 1999, when it became a standard stroke play event. The purse for the final event in 2006 was ¥120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.

From 1983 to 1989, Acom sponsored a pairs better ball tournament, the Acom Doubles.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1999–2006 Ishioka Golf Club Omitama, Ibaraki
1993–1998 Seve Ballesteros Golf Club Iwaki, Fukushima
1991 Narita Springs Country Club Narita, Chiba
1990, 1992 Japan Classic Country Club Iga, Mie

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Acom International
2006 Japan Mamo Osanai 270 −14 Playoff Japan Taichi Teshima
2005 New Zealand David Smail 271 −13 2 strokes Japan Taichi Teshima
2004 Japan Toru Suzuki 200[a] −13 3 strokes Australia Paul Sheehan
2003 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 271 −13 Playoff Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
Japan Masashi Ozaki
2002 Japan Toru Taniguchi (2) 197[a] −16 1 stroke China Zhang Lianwei
2001 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 267 −17 2 strokes Japan Katsumune Imai
Australia Scott Laycock
Japan Nobuhito Sato
Japan Toru Taniguchi
Japan Shinichi Yokota
2000 Japan Toru Taniguchi 266 −18 6 strokes Japan Yasuharu Imano
1999 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 269 −19 5 strokes Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
1998 Japan Kaname Yokoo 46 points 3 points Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997 Japan Kazuo Kanayama 41 points Playoff Colombia Eduardo Herrera
1996 Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa 51 points 4 points Philippines Frankie Miñoza
1995 Japan Katsunori Kuwabara 46 points 5 points Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1994 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 41 points 6 points Japan Masayuki Kawamura
1993 United States Todd Hamilton 40 points 3 points Australia Craig Warren
1992 Japan Hisao Inoue 41 points 4 points Japan Shigenori Mori
1991 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 32 points 10 points Canada Brent Franklin
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Japan Tōru Nakamura		 [1]
Acom P.T.
1990 United States Bob Gilder 115 points[a] 1 point United States Bob Tway [2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1992). The World of Professional Golf 1992. Chapmans. pp. 331–332, 593. ISBN 1855926288.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 297–298, 548. ISBN 1855925583.


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