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

Acom International
Tournament information
LocationOmitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Ishioka Golf Club
Par71
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStableford
Modified Stableford
Stroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
Japan Mamo Osanai
Location map
Ishioka GC is located in Japan
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in Japan
Ishioka GC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

From 1983 to 1989, Acom sponsored a pairs better ball tournament, the Acom Doubles.

Tournament hosts edit

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 edit

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[a] −13 3 strokes   Paul Sheehan
2003   Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 271 −13 Playoff   Katsumasa Miyamoto
  Masashi Ozaki
2002   Toru Taniguchi (2) 197[a] −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[a] 1 point   Bob Tway [2]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References edit

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

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