KSB Open

Georgia KSB Open
Tournament information
LocationTamano, Okayama, Japan
Established1981
Course(s)Tojigaoka Marinehills Golf Club
Par72
Length6,947 yards (6,352 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥70,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Carlos Franco (1998)
To par−17 Rick Gibson (1995)
−17 Carlos Franco (1998)
Final champion
Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
Location map
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC is located in Japan
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Location in Japan
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC is located in Okayama Prefecture
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Location in the Okayama Prefecture

The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the KSB Kagawa Open in 1981,[1] it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1999 Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club Tamano, Okayama
1998 Ayutaki Country Club Takamatsu, Kagawa
1994–1997 Kinojo Golf Club Sōja, Okayama
1990, 1992–1993 Sanyoh Golf Club Yoshii Akaiwa, Okayama
1981, 1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991 Shido Country Club Sanuki, Kagawa

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref.
Georgia KSB Open
1999 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko 275 −13 1 stroke Philippines Frankie Miñoza
Just System KSB Open
1998 Paraguay Carlos Franco 267 −17 4 strokes Philippines Frankie Miñoza
1997 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Katsunori Kuwabara
Japan Toshiaki Odate
Novell KSB Open
1996 Japan Toru Suzuki 275 −13 1 stroke Colombia Eduardo Herrera
United States Brian Watts
1995 Canada Rick Gibson 271 −17 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
United KSB Open
1994 Japan Kazuhiro Takami 281 −7 6 strokes Japan Yoshinori Kaneko
TaylorMade KSB Open
1993 Japan Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Australia Roger Mackay
1992 Japan Seiki Okuda 210[a] −6 4 strokes Japan Seiji Ebihara
Japan Satoshi Higashi
1991 Japan Masanobu Kimura 273 −15 3 strokes Japan Nobuo Serizawa
Japan Teruo Sugihara
Seto Uthumi Open
1990 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 295 +7 1 stroke Japan Ryoken Kawagishi
Japan Noboru Sugai
Setonaikai Open
1989 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 282 −6 2 strokes Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura
TaylorMade Setonaikai Open
1988 Australia Wayne Smith 213[a] −3 1 stroke Japan Norio Mikami
Japan Kenji Mori		 [2]
KSB Setonaikai Open
1987 Japan Katsunari Takahashi 140 −4 2 strokes Japan Yurio Akitomi
Australia Mike Harwood
Japan Minoru Nakamura		 [3]
1986 Japan Minoru Nakamura [4]
1985 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto [5]
1984 Japan Shuichi Sano 136 −8 2 strokes Japan Shichiro Enomoto [6]
1983 Japan Kenji Sogame 140 −4 Playoff[b] Japan Haruo Yasuda [7][1]
KSB Kagawa Open
1982 Japan Shigeru Uchida [8]
1981 Japan Toshimitsu Kai 141 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Kosaku Shimada		 [9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. ^ Sogame was awarded the title when Yasuda was unable to take part in the playoff having left the course and travelled to the airport believing he was out of contention.

References

  1. ^ a b Koga, Takayuki (20 June 2016). "【古賀敬之のゴルフあれこれ】 ゴルフにまつわる〝面白話〟第15弾 日本で唯一の〝幻のプレーオフ〟" [Takayuki Koga's golf this and that – 15th "interesting story" about golf: "The only phantom playoff in Japan"]. Golf 報知 [Golf Hochi] (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 501. ISBN 000218284X.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464. ISBN 0002182831.
  4. ^ "PGA member profile | Minoru Nakamura". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. ^ "PGA member profile | Masahiro Kuramoto". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 223, 443–444. ISBN 0862541247.
  7. ^ Muto, Kazuhiko (30 December 2020). "プレーオフ放棄事件 安田春雄が起こしたツアー初期の珍事／残したい記録" [Playoff abandonment case Haruo Yasuda's early tour rare / record to keep]. Golf Digest Online (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. ^ "PGA member profile | Shigeru Uchida". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. p. 235. ISBN 0862541018.


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