Kuzuha International
The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour event.[1]
In 1985, Tsutomu Irie became the first player to break the 60 barrier in major professional tournament in Japan when he scored 59 (11 under par) in the first round.[2]
History
The first two editions were a five-man invitation event played over 18 holes, after which it was a larger single-day 36-hole tournament. The first international players competed in 1971. It was reduced to a 27-hole event in 1972 and 1973, before becoming a two-day 36 hole tournament from 1974.
Winners
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref |
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1990 | Yoshimi Niizeki | 132 | −8 | 1 stroke | Tadao Nakamura | |
1989 | Tōru Nakamura | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | Satoshi Higashi | |
1988 | Wayne Smith | 131 | −9 | 2 strokes | Yasuhiro Funatogawa Craig Parry | [3] |
1987 | Katsunari Takahashi | 131 | −9 | 1 stroke | Brian Jones | [4] |
1986 | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | 137 | −3 | Playoff[a] | Seiichi Kanai | [5] |
1985 | Tsutomu Irie | 129 | −11 | 3 strokes | David Ishii | |
1984 | Norio Suzuki | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady Yasuhiro Miyamoto | [6] |
1983 | Kikuo Arai | 138 | −2 | Playoff[b] | David Ishii Teruo Sugihara | [7] |
1982 | Namio Takasu | 102[c] | −3 | 1 stroke | Yoshikazu Yokoshima | |
1981 | Kosaku Shimada | 133 | −7 | 2 strokes | Lu Liang-Huan Nobumitsu Yuhara | [8] |
1980 | Yoshikazu Yokoshima | 134 | −6 | 2 strokes | Tsutomu Irie Shinsaku Maeda Kenichi Yamada | [9] |
1979 | Hsieh Min-Nan | 134 | −6 | 2 strokes | Fujio Kobayashi | |
1978 | Akira Yabe | 135 | −5 | 1 stroke | Brian Jones Yoshikazu Yokoshima | [10] |
1977 | Greg Norman | 135 | −5 | 2 strokes | Kikuo Arai | [11] |
1976 | Fujio Kobayashi | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | Chen Chien-chung Hsieh Min-Nan | [12] |
1975 | Norio Suzuki | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | Ted Ball | [13] |
1974 | Namio Takasu | 131 | −9 | 3 strokes | Masashi Ozaki | [14] |
1973 | Han Chang-sang | 102[c] | Playoff[d] | Graham Marsh | [15] | |
1972 | Lu Liang-Huan | 107[c] | Playoff | Walter Godfrey | ||
1971 | Guy Wolstenholme | 139 | −3 | 1 stroke | Akio Kanemoto | |
1970 | Hideyo Sugimoto | 145 | −1 | 2 strokes | Kosaku Shimada | |
1969 | Tadashi Kitta | 136 | −4 | 4 strokes | Torakichi Nakamura | |
1968 | Shozo Miyamoto | 134 | −6 | 2 strokes | Susumu Arai | |
1967 | Teruo Sugihara | 136 | −8 | Playoff | Hideyo Sugimoto | |
1966 | Tadashi Kitta | 65 | −7 | 2 strokes | Shozo Miyamoto | |
1965 | Teruo Sugihara and Toichiro Toda | 65 | −7 | Tie | n/a |
Source:[16]
Notes
- ^ Yamamoto won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- ^ Arai won with a par on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff; Sugimoto was eliminated when he made a bogey on the second extra hole.
- ^ a b c Shortened to 27 holes due to weather.
- ^ Han won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
- ^ "Tour 1978"."Tour 1979"."Tour 1980"."Tour 1981"."Tour 1982"."Tour 1983". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Irie fires lowest score in Japan's pro history". Singapore Monitor. Reuter. 7 April 1985 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 502. ISBN 000218284X.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464–465. ISBN 0002182831.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. p. 264. ISBN 0002182572.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 223, 445–446. ISBN 0862541247.
- ^ "Kukuo Arai wins Japan playoff". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. AP. 4 Apr 1983. p. 32. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 452. ISBN 0862541018.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 172, 375–376. ISBN 0862540054.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 244, 384. ISBN 0385149409.
- ^ "Norman wins in Japan". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1977. p. 37. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Japan golfer cops tourney". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. UPI. 19 Apr 1976. p. D-5. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 290, 477. ISBN 000211996X.
- ^ "Kuzuha title to Takasu". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 May 1974. p. 22. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
- ^ "Hahn Victor in Kuzuha Golf". The New York Times. AP. 7 May 1973. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "History" (in Japanese). Kuzuha Public Golf Course. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
External links
- Kuzuha Public Golf Course – Tournament history (in Japanese)
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