Maruman Open

Maruman Open
Tournament information
LocationJapan
Established1980
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year1994
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Masahiro Kuramoto (1987)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
United States David Ishii

The Maruman Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1980 as the Descente Cup Hokkoku Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour until 1994, except for 1984 when it was held without a title sponsor. It was hosted at several different courses.

Tournament hosts

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Year(s) Host course Location
1994 Narita Springs Golf Club Narita, Chiba
1989–1993 Hatoyama Country Club Hatoyama, Saitama
1987–1988 Higashimatsuyama Country Club Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
1980–1986 Katayamazu Golf Club Kaga, Ishikawa

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Maruman Open
1994 JPN United States David Ishii 279 −9 Playoff Japan Hirofumi Miyase
Japan Nobuo Serizawa
1993 JPN Philippines Frankie Miñoza 272 −16 Playoff Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
1992 JPN United States Todd Hamilton 272 −16 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
1991 JPN Japan Tetsu Nishikawa 274 −14 Playoff Japan Tateo Ozaki
1990 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 273 −15 5 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1989 JPN Japan Koichi Suzuki 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Satoshi Higashi
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1988 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 207[b] −6 3 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Yoshimi Niizeki
1987 JPN Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 264 −24 4 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
1986 JPN Japan Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 3 strokes Japan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1985 JPN Australia Brian Jones 279 −9 1 stroke Japan Teruo Suzumura
Hokkoku Open
1984 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 279 −9 3 strokes Japan Seiji Ebihara
Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san
[1]
Descente Cup Hokkoku Open
1983 JPN Japan Shozo Miyamoto 283 −5 3 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Yu-shu
Taiwan Hung Wen-neng
Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen
[2]
1982 JPN Japan Kikuo Arai 276 −12 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981 JPN Japan Saburo Fujiki 282 −6 2 strokes Japan Katsuji Hasegawa
Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
[3]
1980 JPN Japan Akira Yabe 278 −10 4 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Yung-yo [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 234, 467–468. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Brown is back in business". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 August 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241, 465–466. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 177, 389–390. ISBN 0862540054.
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