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

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Ube Kosan Open
2001United States Dean Wilson267−211 strokeJapan Taichi Teshima
2000Japan Keiichiro Fukabori276−123 strokesJapan Tatsuya Shiraishi
Japan Toru Taniguchi
1999South Korea K. J. Choi272−163 strokesJapan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
1998United States Brandt Jobe271−172 strokesJapan Shigeki Maruyama
1997Japan Shigenori Mori267−174 strokesJapan Shigemasa Higaki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1996Japan Hidemichi Tanaka264−202 strokesJapan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
United States Brian Watts
1995Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe206[lower-alpha 1]−103 strokesJapan Harumitsu Hamano
Japan Kōki Idoki
Australia Roger Mackay
Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1994Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2)268−163 strokesJapan Tsukasa Watanabe
1993Japan Shigeki Maruyama264−202 strokesUnited States Todd Hamilton
1992Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima275−135 strokesJapan Hirofumi Miyase
Ube Kosan Open
1991Taiwan Chen Tze-chung274−102 strokesJapan Saburo Fujiki
Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
1990Japan Tadao Nakamura203[lower-alpha 1]−104 strokesJapan Tadami Ueno[2]
1989Japan Akihito Yokoyama203[lower-alpha 1]−13Playoff[lower-alpha 2]Japan Yoshimi Niizeki[3]
Pepsi Ube Open
1988Japan Mamoru Kondo169[lower-alpha 3]−111 strokeJapan Masahiro Kuramoto[4]
1987Taiwan Chen Tze-ming (2)278−10Playoff[lower-alpha 4]Japan Hiroshi Makino[5]
1986Japan Naomichi Ozaki276−121 strokeJapan Fujio Kobayashi
1985Taiwan Chen Tze-ming268−204 strokesJapan Katsunari Takahashi
1984Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa272−162 strokesJapan Kikuo Arai
Japan Naomichi Ozaki		[6]
1983Japan Seiichi Kanai274−142 strokesJapan Kouichi Inoue[7]
1982Japan Kikuo Arai277−112 strokesJapan Motomasa Aoki[8]
Pepsi-Wilson Tournament
1981Australia Graham Marsh (2)270−181 strokeJapan Yutaka Hagawa[9]
1980Japan Norio Suzuki276−121 strokeJapan Isao Aoki[10]
1979Myanmar Mya Aye274−103 strokesJapan Hiroshi Ishii[11]
1978Japan Masashi Ozaki (2)275−135 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
Japan Fujio Kobayashi
Japan Kosaku Shimada		[12]
1977Japan Masashi Ozaki274−144 strokesTaiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung[13]
1976Australia Peter Thomson (2)211[lower-alpha 1]−5Playoff[lower-alpha 5]Australia Brian Jones
Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Shozo Miyamoto		[1]
1975Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo283−51 strokeAustralia Graham Marsh
Japan Toshiaki Sekimizu		[14]
Pepsi Tournament
1974Australia Graham Marsh284−4Playoff[lower-alpha 6]Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo[15]
1973Japan Isao Aoki281−7PlayoffJapan Kosaku Shimada
1972Australia Peter Thomson279−91 strokeTaiwan Chen Chien-chung
South Korea Han Chang-sang
Japan Takashi Murakami		[16]

Notes
  1. 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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  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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