Acom International

Acom International
Tournament information
Location	Omitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established	1990
Course(s)	Ishioka Golf Club
Par	71
Length	7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stableford ; Modified Stableford ; Stroke play
Prize fund	¥120,000,000
Month played	September
Final year	2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par	−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score	51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
	Mamo Osanai
Location Map
	Ishioka GC Location in Japan Ishioka GC Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

Last updated September 28, 2023

The Acom International was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1990 to 2006. Sposored 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.

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

Notes

1 2 3 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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References

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

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[54rain-1] 1 2 3 Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

[2] McCormack, Mark H. (1992). The World of Professional Golf 1992. Chapmans. pp. 331–332, 593. ISBN 1855926288.

[3] McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 297–298, 548. ISBN 1855925583.

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