Golf Digest Tournament

Golf Digest Tournament
Tournament information
Location	Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
Established	1971
Course(s)	Tōmei Country Club
Par	71
Length	6,781 yards (6,201 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	October
Final year	1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Eiji Mizoguchi (1994)
To par	−19 as above
Final champion
	Brandt Jobe
Location map
	Tōmei CC Location in Japan Tōmei CC Location in the Shizuoka Prefecture

The Golf Digest Tournament was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1971 and was part of the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1997. It was played in October at the Tōmei Country Club near Susono, Shizuoka.

Winners edit

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
Golf Digest Tournament
1997	Brandt Jobe	267	−17	Playoff	Toru Suzuki
1996	Yoshi Mizumaki	273	−11	1 stroke	Satoshi Higashi Shoichi Kuwabara
1995	Stewart Ginn	267	−17	2 strokes	Rick Gibson
Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament
1994	Eiji Mizoguchi	265	−19	5 strokes	Stewart Ginn Hiroshi Ueda
1993	Masashi Ozaki (3)	268	−16	2 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1992	Seiki Okuda	272	−12	1 stroke	Roger Mackay
1991	Harumitsu Hamano	273	−11	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
1990	Noboru Sugai	274	−10	3 strokes	Larry Mize Masashi Ozaki
Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament
1989	Yoshikazu Yokoshima	268	−16	6 strokes	Masaji Kusakabe Kiyoshi Murota
1988	Masashi Ozaki (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Brian Jones
1987	Ian Baker-Finch	275	−9	4 strokes	Kazushige Kono
1986	Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)	275	−6	Playoff	David Ishii
1985	D. A. Weibring	268	−16	2 strokes	Yasuhiro Funatogawa
Golf Digest Tournament
1984	Shinsaku Maeda	274	−14	3 strokes	Seiji Ebihara	^[1]
1983	Seiichi Kanai	276	−12	2 strokes	Kouichi Inoue
1982	Hsieh Min-Nan	274	−14	1 stroke	Akira Yabe	^[2]
1981	Toyotake Nakao	287	−10	Playoff	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1980	Teruo Sugihara (2)	275	−13	2 strokes	Isao Aoki	^[3]
1979	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	206^[a]	−10	3 strokes	Fujio Kobayashi	^[4]
1978	Masaru Amono	280	−8	1 stroke	Shinsaku Maeda Masashi Ozaki	^[5]
1977	Takashi Murakami (2)	275	−13	4 strokes	Masashi Ozaki	^[6]
1976	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	279	−9	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai
1975	Kenichi Yamada	240^[b]	−12	1 stroke	Shozo Miyamoto	^[7]
1974	Takashi Murakami	271	−17	1 stroke	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	^[8]
1973	Teruo Sugihara	274	−14	2 strokes	Tōru Nakamura	^[9]
1972	Haruo Yasuda	204	−12	3 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo Shohei Nishida	^[10]
1971	Masashi Ozaki

Notes edit

^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
^ Shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

References edit

^ "Golf Digest tourney". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. UPI. 15 October 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Min Nan struggles for his 13th win". The Straits Times. 18 October 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 183–184, 406–407. ISBN 0862540054.
^ "Wins Golf Digest tourney". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 22 October 1979. p. 2C. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 0385149409.
^ "Results | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 24 October 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 296, 495. ISBN 000211996X.
^ "Murukami triumphs in Golf Digest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 7 October 1974. p. 51. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 553–554. ISBN 0002119544.
^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313, 531–532. ISBN 0002119463.

External links edit

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[4] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

[8] Shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

[1] "Golf Digest tourney". The York Dispatch. York, Pennsylvania. UPI. 15 October 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Min Nan struggles for his 13th win". The Straits Times. 18 October 1982. p. 37. Retrieved 29 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

[3] McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 183–184, 406–407. ISBN 0862540054.

[5] "Wins Golf Digest tourney". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 22 October 1979. p. 2C. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 0385149409.

[7] "Results | Golf". The Guardian. London, England. 24 October 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 296, 495. ISBN 000211996X.

[10] "Murukami triumphs in Golf Digest". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 7 October 1974. p. 51. Retrieved 30 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[11] McCormack, Mark H. (1974). The World of Professional Golf 1974. Collins. pp. 324, 553–554. ISBN 0002119544.

[12] McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 313, 531–532. ISBN 0002119463.

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