Ube Kosan Open

Ube Kosan Open
Tournament information
LocationUbe, Yamaguchi, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Ube 72 Country Club
Par72
Length6,859 yards (6,272 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥140,000,000
Month playedNovember
Final year2001
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Shigeki Maruyama (1993)
264 Hidemichi Tanaka (1996)
To par−21 Dean Wilson (2001)
Final champion
United States Dean Wilson
Location map
Ube 72 CC is located in Japan
Ube 72 CC
Ube 72 CC
Location in Japan
Ube 72 CC is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Ube 72 CC
Ube 72 CC
Location in the Yamaguchi Prefecture

The 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

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Year(s) Host course Location
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

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Ube Kosan Open
2001 United States Dean Wilson 267 −21 1 stroke Japan Taichi Teshima
2000 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −12 3 strokes Japan Tatsuya Shiraishi
Japan Toru Taniguchi
1999 South Korea K. J. Choi 272 −16 3 strokes Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998 United States Brandt Jobe 271 −17 2 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1997 Japan Shigenori Mori 267 −17 4 strokes Japan Shigemasa Higaki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1996 Japan Hidemichi Tanaka 264 −20 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
United States Brian Watts
1995 Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe 206[a] −10 3 strokes Japan Harumitsu Hamano
Japan Kōki Idoki
Australia Roger Mackay
Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1994 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 268 −16 3 strokes Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1993 Japan Shigeki Maruyama 264 −20 2 strokes United States Todd Hamilton
1992 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Ube Kosan Open
1991 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung 274 −10 2 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1990 Japan Tadao Nakamura 203[a] −10 4 strokes Japan Tadami Ueno [2]
1989 Japan Akihito Yokoyama 203[a] −13 Playoff[b] Japan Yoshimi Niizeki [3]
Pepsi Ube Open
1988 Japan Mamoru Kondo 169[c] −11 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto [4]
1987 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (2) 278 −10 Playoff[d] Japan Hiroshi Makino [5]
1986 Japan Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Fujio Kobayashi
1985 Taiwan Chen Tze-ming 268 −20 4 strokes Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1984 Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa 272 −16 2 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai
Japan Naomichi Ozaki		 [6]
1983 Japan Seiichi Kanai 274 −14 2 strokes Japan Kouichi Inoue [7]
1982 Japan Kikuo Arai 277 −11 2 strokes Japan Motomasa Aoki [8]
Pepsi-Wilson Tournament
1981 Australia Graham Marsh (2) 270 −18 1 stroke Japan Yutaka Hagawa [9]
1980 Japan Norio Suzuki 276 −12 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki [10]
1979 Myanmar Mya Aye 274 −10 3 strokes Japan Hiroshi Ishii [11]
1978 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
Japan Fujio Kobayashi
Japan Kosaku Shimada		 [12]
1977 Japan Masashi Ozaki 274 −14 4 strokes Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung [13]
1976 Australia Peter Thomson (2) 211[a] −5 Playoff[e] Australia Brian Jones
Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Shozo Miyamoto		 [1]
1975 Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo 283 −5 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Toshiaki Sekimizu		 [14]
Pepsi Tournament
1974 Australia Graham Marsh 284 −4 Playoff[f] Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo [15]
1973 Japan Isao Aoki 281 −7 Playoff Japan Kosaku Shimada
1972 Australia Peter Thomson 279 −9 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Chien-chung
South Korea Han Chang-sang
Japan Takashi Murakami		 [16]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ Yokoyama won with a bogey on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  3. ^ Shortened to 45 holes due to rain.
  4. ^ Chen won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. ^ Thomson won the sudden-death playoff at the 14th extra hole; Miyamoto was eliminated at the first extra hole, and Jones at the fourth.
  6. ^ Marsh won with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 285, 528. ISBN 1855925583.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 286, 529–530. ISBN 0948615389.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 279, 507. ISBN 000218284X.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 257–258, 471–472. ISBN 0002182831.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 230, 455–456. ISBN 0862541247.
  7. ^ "Veteran takes Papsi Ube". The Selma Times-Journal. Selma, Alabama. AP. 30 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Chin is winner". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 May 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 239–240, 462–463. ISBN 0862541018.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 176, 385–386. ISBN 0862540054.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 388. ISBN 0385149409.
  13. ^ "Jumbo Ozaki wins Yokohama golf". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. UPI. 30 May 1977. p. 2 (Section3). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 291, 482. ISBN 000211996X.
  15. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 253–254, 431–432. ISBN 0002119552.
  16. ^ "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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