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Ube Kosan Open

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.

Ube Kosan Open
Tournament information
LocationUbe, Yamaguchi, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Ube 72 Country Club
Par72
Length6,859 yards (6,272 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke 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
United States Dean Wilson
Location map
Ube 72 CC is located in Japan
Ube 72 CC
Ube 72 CC
Location in Japan
Ube 72 CC is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Ube 72 CC
Ube 72 CC
Location in the Yamaguchi Prefecture

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

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

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Ube Kosan Open
2001   Dean Wilson 267 −21 1 stroke   Taichi Teshima
2000   Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −12 3 strokes   Tatsuya Shiraishi
  Toru Taniguchi
1999   K. J. Choi 272 −16 3 strokes   Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998   Brandt Jobe 271 −17 2 strokes   Shigeki Maruyama
1997   Shigenori Mori 267 −17 4 strokes   Shigemasa Higaki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1996   Hidemichi Tanaka 264 −20 2 strokes   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
  Brian Watts
1995   Mitsutaka Kusakabe 206[a] −10 3 strokes   Harumitsu Hamano
  Kōki Idoki
  Roger Mackay
  Katsunari Takahashi
1994   Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 268 −16 3 strokes   Tsukasa Watanabe
1993   Shigeki Maruyama 264 −20 2 strokes   Todd Hamilton
1992   Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 5 strokes   Hirofumi Miyase
Ube Kosan Open
1991   Chen Tze-chung 274 −10 2 strokes   Saburo Fujiki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1990   Tadao Nakamura 203[a] −10 4 strokes   Tadami Ueno [2]
1989   Akihito Yokoyama 203[a] −13 Playoff[b]   Yoshimi Niizeki [3]
Pepsi Ube Open
1988   Mamoru Kondo 169[c] −11 1 stroke   Masahiro Kuramoto [4]
1987   Chen Tze-ming (2) 278 −10 Playoff[d]   Hiroshi Makino [5]
1986   Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke   Fujio Kobayashi
1985   Chen Tze-ming 268 −20 4 strokes   Katsunari Takahashi
1984   Yasuhiro Funatogawa 272 −16 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai
  Naomichi Ozaki		 [6]
1983   Seiichi Kanai 274 −14 2 strokes   Kouichi Inoue [7]
1982   Kikuo Arai 277 −11 2 strokes   Motomasa Aoki [8]
Pepsi-Wilson Tournament
1981   Graham Marsh (2) 270 −18 1 stroke   Yutaka Hagawa [9]
1980   Norio Suzuki 276 −12 1 stroke   Isao Aoki [10]
1979   Mya Aye 274 −10 3 strokes   Hiroshi Ishii [11]
1978   Masashi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes   Isao Aoki
  Fujio Kobayashi
  Kosaku Shimada		 [12]
1977   Masashi Ozaki 274 −14 4 strokes   Kuo Chie-Hsiung [13]
1976   Peter Thomson (2) 211[a] −5 Playoff[e]   Brian Jones
  Graham Marsh
  Shozo Miyamoto		 [1]
1975   Hsieh Yung-yo 283 −5 1 stroke   Graham Marsh
  Toshiaki Sekimizu		 [14]
Pepsi Tournament
1974   Graham Marsh 284 −4 Playoff[f]   Hsieh Yung-yo [15]
1973   Isao Aoki 281 −7 Playoff   Kosaku Shimada
1972   Peter Thomson 279 −9 1 stroke   Chen Chien-chung
  Han Chang-sang
  Takashi Murakami		 [16]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Thomson wins 14-hole play-off". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 285, 528. ISBN 1855925583.
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1990). World of Professional Golf 1990. Sackville. pp. 286, 529–530. ISBN 0948615389.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 279, 507. ISBN 000218284X.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 257–258, 471–472. ISBN 0002182831.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 230, 455–456. ISBN 0862541247.
  7. ^ "Veteran takes Papsi Ube". The Selma Times-Journal. Selma, Alabama. AP. 30 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Chin is winner". The Evening Sun. Hanover, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 May 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 239–240, 462–463. ISBN 0862541018.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 176, 385–386. ISBN 0862540054.
  11. ^ "Burma golfer blasts to Japan tourney victory". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. AP. 25 June 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 388. ISBN 0385149409.
  13. ^ "Jumbo Ozaki wins Yokohama golf". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. UPI. 30 May 1977. p. 2 (Section3). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 291, 482. ISBN 000211996X.
  15. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 253–254, 431–432. ISBN 0002119552.
  16. ^ "Thomson victor in Pepsi golf". The Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. AP. 22 May 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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