Ube Kosan Open

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Ube Kosan Open
Tournament information
Location Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Ube 72 Country Club
Par72
Length6,859 yards (6,272 m)
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke 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
Flag of the United States.svg Dean Wilson
Location Map
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Ube 72 CC
Location in Japan
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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.

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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

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1976, 1978, 1980–2001Ube 72 Country Club (various courses) Ube, Yamaguchi
1979Hachinohe Country Club Hashikami, Aomori
1974Katayamazu Golf Club (Hakusan) Kaga, Ishikawa
1972–1973, 1975, 1977Yokohama Country Club (West) Yokohama, Kanagawa

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Ube Kosan Open
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Dean Wilson 267−211 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Taichi Teshima
2000 Flag of Japan.svg Keiichiro Fukabori 276−123 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Shiraishi
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Taniguchi
1999 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg K. J. Choi 272−163 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Brandt Jobe 271−172 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama
1997 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigenori Mori 267−174 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigemasa Higaki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1996 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hidemichi Tanaka 264−202 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts
1995 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mitsutaka Kusakabe 206 [lower-alpha 1] −103 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Harumitsu Hamano
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kōki Idoki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Mackay
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi
1994 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)268−163 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsukasa Watanabe
1993 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama 264−202 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Todd Hamilton
1992 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275−135 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hirofumi Miyase
Ube Kosan Open
1991 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-chung 274−102 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saburo Fujiki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1990 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tadao Nakamura 203 [lower-alpha 1] −104 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tadami Ueno [2]
1989 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Akihito Yokoyama 203 [lower-alpha 1] −13Playoff [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshimi Niizeki [3]
Pepsi Ube Open
1988 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Mamoru Kondo 169 [lower-alpha 3] −111 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Kuramoto [4]
1987 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-ming (2)278−10Playoff [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Makino [5]
1986 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki 276−121 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fujio Kobayashi
1985 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Tze-ming 268−204 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunari Takahashi
1984 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yasuhiro Funatogawa 272−162 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kikuo Arai
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Naomichi Ozaki 		[6]
1983 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Seiichi Kanai 274−142 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kouichi Inoue [7]
1982 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kikuo Arai 277−112 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Motomasa Aoki [8]
Pepsi-Wilson Tournament
1981 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh (2)270−181 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yutaka Hagawa [9]
1980 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Norio Suzuki 276−121 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki [10]
1979 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Mya Aye 274−103 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hiroshi Ishii [11]
1978 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki (2)275−135 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fujio Kobayashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kosaku Shimada 		[12]
1977 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki 274−144 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kuo Chie-Hsiung [13]
1976 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson (2)211 [lower-alpha 1] −5Playoff [lower-alpha 5] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shozo Miyamoto 		[1]
1975 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Yung-yo 283−51 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toshiaki Sekimizu 		[14]
Pepsi Tournament
1974 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh 284−4Playoff [lower-alpha 6] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Yung-yo [15]
1973 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 281−7Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kosaku Shimada
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson 279−91 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chen Chien-chung
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg Han Chang-sang
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Takashi Murakami 		[16]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.

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