KSB Open
The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the Setonaikai Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Japan |
| Established | pre-1987 |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1999 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Carlos Franco (1998) |
| To par | −17 Rick Gibson (1995) −17 Carlos Franco (1998) |
| Final champion | |
 Hideto Tanihara | |
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club | Tamano, Okayama |
| 1998 | Ayutaki Country Club | Takamatsu, Kagawa |
| 1994–1997 | Kinojo Golf Club | Sōja, Okayama |
| 1990, 1992–1993 | Sanyoh Golf Club Yoshii | Akaiwa, Okayama |
| 1987–1989, 1991 | Shido Country Club | Sanuki, Kagawa |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia KSB Open | ||||||
| 1999 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yoshinori Kaneko | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Frankie Miñoza | |
| Just System KSB Open | ||||||
| 1998 |  Carlos Franco | 267 | −17 | 4 strokes | Frankie Miñoza | |
| 1997 | Keiichiro Fukabori | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Katsunori Kuwabara Toshiaki Odate | |
| Novell KSB Open | ||||||
| 1996 | Toru Suzuki | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Eduardo Herrera Brian Watts | |
| 1995 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rick Gibson | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Toshimitsu Izawa Tsukasa Watanabe | |
| United KSB Open | ||||||
| 1994 | Kazuhiro Takami | 281 | −7 | 6 strokes | Yoshinori Kaneko | |
| TaylorMade KSB Open | ||||||
| 1993 | Tateo Ozaki | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Roger Mackay | |
| 1992 | Seiki Okuda | 210[lower-alpha 1] | −6 | 4 strokes | Seiji Ebihara Satoshi Higashi | |
| 1991 | Masanobu Kimura | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Nobuo Serizawa Teruo Sugihara | |
| TaylorMade Setonaikai Open | ||||||
| 1990 | Masahiro Kuramoto | 295 | +7 | 1 stroke | Ryoken Kawagishi Noboru Sugai | |
| Setonaikai Open | ||||||
| 1989 | Naomichi Ozaki | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | Kimpachi Yoshimura | |
| TaylorMade Setonaikai Open | ||||||
| 1988 | Wayne Smith | 213[lower-alpha 2] | −3 | 1 stroke | Norio Mikami Kenji Mori | [1] |
| KSB Setonaikai Open | ||||||
| 1987 | Katsunari Takahashi | 140 | −4 | 2 strokes | Yurio Akitomi Mike Harwood Minoru Nakamura | [2] |
- Tournament reduced to 54 holes.
- Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to rain.
References
- McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 501. ISBN 000218284X.
- McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464. ISBN 0002182831.
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