Tournament information | |
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Location | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
Established | 1990 |
Course(s) | Sanko 72 Country Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,066 yards (6,461 m) |
Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | ¥100,000,000 |
Month played | August |
Final year | 1998 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 Frankie Miñoza (1995) |
To par | −21 as above |
Final champion | |
Shingo Katayama | |
Location Map | |
Location in Japan Location in the Gunma Prefecture |
The Sanko Grand Summer Championship was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan during the 1990s. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1995 to 1998. It was played in August at the Sanko 72 Country Club in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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1998 | Shingo Katayama | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | |
1997 | Shoichi Kuwabara | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Masashi Shimada Taichi Teshima | |
1996 | Kazuhiko Hosokawa | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Eduardo Herrera | |
1995 | Frankie Miñoza | 267 | −21 | 4 strokes | Shinji Ikeuchi | |
1994 | Toru Suzuki | [1] | ||||
1993 | Tsukasa Watanabe | [2] | ||||
1992 | Masashi Ozaki | |||||
1991 | Seiji Ebihara | [3] | ||||
1990 | Hideki Kase | [4] |
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