The Sun Chlorella Classic (サン・クロレラクラシック, San kurorera kurashikku) was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000 to 2012.[1] The tournament record was 269 (19 under par), set by Christian Peña, Brendan Jones and Naomichi Ozaki in 2002;[1] Peña won the title in a playoff.[2] In its final year, in 2012, it was played in late July and the prize fund was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | Otaru Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,471 yards (6,831 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥150,000,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 2012 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Brendan Jones (2002) 269 Naomichi Ozaki (2002) 269 Christian Peña (2002) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Brendan Jones | |
| Location map | |
Tournament hosts edit
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2004–2012 | Otaru Country Club | Otaru, Hokkaido |
| 2001–2003 | Sapporo Bay Golf Club | Ishikari, Hokkaido |
| 2000 | Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course) | Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido |
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Brendan Jones (2) |
273 | −15 | 2 strokes |  Lee Seong-ho Hideki Matsuyama Yoshinobu Tsukada
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| 2011 | Yuta Ikeda |
274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka
|
| 2010 | Tadahiro Takayama |
271 | −17 | 3 strokes |  Dinesh Chand
|
| 2009 | Ryo Ishikawa |
271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Brendan Jones
|
| 2008 | Takuya Taniguchi |
284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Hideto Tanihara
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| 2007 | Jun Kikuchi |
283 | −5 | Playoff | Toru Suzuki
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| 2006 | Hideto Tanihara |
283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Hiroyuki Fujita Tetsuji Hiratsuka Prayad Marksaeng Katsumasa Miyamoto Masaya Tomida
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| 2005 | Keiichiro Fukabori |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Hidemasa Hoshino
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| 2004 | Yang Yong-eun |
275 | −13 | 3 strokes |  David Smail Yeh Wei-tze
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| 2003 | Brendan Jones |
280 | −8 | Playoff | Daisuke Maruyama Taichi Teshima
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| 2002 |  Christian Peña |
269 | −19 | Playoff | Brendan Jones Naomichi Ozaki
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| 2001 | Hiroyuki Fujita |
283 | −5 | Playoff | Katsuyoshi Tomori
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| 2000 | Masashi Ozaki |
276 | −12 | Playoff | Shoichi Yamamoto
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References edit
- ^ a b "Sun Chlorella Classic 2012 - Past Champions". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "Pena Wins Sun Chlorella in Japan". AP News. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
External links edit
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