The Pocari Sweat Open was a professional golf tournament that was held at Hakuryuko Country Club in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan from 1979 to 1994. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1982.

Pocari Sweat Open
Tournament information
LocationMihara, Hiroshima, Japan
Established1979
Course(s)Hakuryuko Country Club
Par71
Length6,780 yards (6,200 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥80,000,000
Month playedApril
Final year1994
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Yoshiyuki Isomura (1987)
274 Kinpachi Yoshimura (1987)
274 Yoshikazu Yokoshima (1989)
274 Shinji Ikeuchi (1993)
To par−10 as above
Final champion
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Location map
Hakuryuko CC is located in Japan
Hakuryuko CC
Hakuryuko CC
Location in Japan
Hakuryuko CC is located in Hiroshima Prefecture
Hakuryuko CC
Hakuryuko CC
Location in the Hiroshima Prefecture

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Pocari Sweat Open
1994   Yoshi Mizumaki 203[a] −10 1 stroke   Tsukasa Watanabe
1993   Shinji Ikeuchi 274 −10 1 stroke   Hirofumi Miyase
1992   Chen Tze-ming 202[a] −11 3 strokes   Saburo Fujiki
  Yoshinori Kaneko
  Hirofumi Miyase
  Kiyoshi Murota
  Nobuo Serizawa
  Koichi Suzuki
  Akihito Yokoyama
1991   Ryoken Kawagishi 199[a] −14 4 strokes   Hiroshi Makino
1990   Nobumitsu Yuhara 277 −7 2 strokes   Wayne Smith
1989   Yoshikazu Yokoshima 274 −10 1 stroke   Naomichi Ozaki
1988   Ian Baker-Finch 277 −7 2 strokes   Graham Marsh
1987   Kinpachi Yoshimura 274 −10 Playoff   Yoshiyuki Isomura
1986   Hajime Meshiai 277 −7 1 stroke   Ian Baker-Finch
  Nobumitsu Yuhara
1985   Motomasa Aoki 211[a] −2 2 strokes   Akira Yabe
  Nobumitsu Yuhara
Hakuryuko Pocari Sweat Open
1984   Tateo Ozaki (2) 277 −7 2 strokes   Kikuo Arai [1]
Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open
1983   Hiroshi Makino 207 − 6 Playoff   Saburo Fujiki
  Shinsaku Maeda
  Graham Marsh
Hakuryuko Open
1982   Toshimitsu Kai 283 −5 4 strokes   Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981: No tournament
1980   Kikuo Arai 208 −8 1 stroke   Saburo Fujiki
  Naomichi Ozaki
  Tateo Ozaki
[2]
1979   Tateo Ozaki  

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References edit

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 226, 447–448. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 177, 388–389. ISBN 0862540054.

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