Sanko Grand Summer Championship

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Sanko Grand Summer Championship
Tournament information
Location Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Sanko 72 Country Club
Par72
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund ¥100,000,000
Month playedAugust
Final year1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Frankie Miñoza (1995)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shingo Katayama
Location Map
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Sanko 72 CC
Location in Japan
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Sanko 72 CC
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.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
1998 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shingo Katayama 274−14Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1997 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shoichi Kuwabara 271−171 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Shimada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taichi Teshima
1996 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa 272−164 strokes Flag of Colombia.svg Eduardo Herrera
1995 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Frankie Miñoza 267−214 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Ikeuchi
1994 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toru Suzuki Flag placeholder.svg [1]
1993 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsukasa Watanabe Flag placeholder.svg [2]
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki Flag placeholder.svg
1991 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Seiji Ebihara Flag placeholder.svg [3]
1990 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hideki Kase Flag placeholder.svg [4]

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