# KSB Open

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KSB_Open
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KSB_Open.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSB_Open
> Source revision: 1312628093
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Golf tournament

Georgia KSB Open Tournament information Location Tamano, Okayama, Japan Established 1981 Course Tojigaoka Marinehills Golf Club Par 72 Length 6,947 yards (6,352 m) Tour Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥70,000,000 Month played March Final year 1999 Tournament record score Aggregate 267 Carlos Franco (1998) To par −17 Rick Gibson (1995) −17 Carlos Franco (1998) Final champion Yoshinori Kaneko Location map Tojigaoka Marinehills GC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Tojigaoka Marinehills GC Location in the Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture

The **KSB Open** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the **KSB Kagawa Open** in 1981,[1] it was an event on the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour) in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the [Descente Classic](/source/Descente_Classic) to create the [Munsingwear Open KSB Cup](/source/Munsingwear_Open_KSB_Cup).

## 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 1981, 1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991 Shido Country Club Sanuki, Kagawa

## Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner-up Ref. Georgia KSB Open 1999 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 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 Roger Mackay 1992 Seiki Okuda 210[a] −6 4 strokes Seiji Ebihara Satoshi Higashi 1991 Masanobu Kimura 273 −15 3 strokes Nobuo Serizawa Teruo Sugihara Seto Uthumi Open 1990 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 295 +7 1 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi Noboru Sugai Setonaikai Open 1989 Naomichi Ozaki 282 −6 2 strokes Kinpachi Yoshimura TaylorMade Setonaikai Open 1988 Wayne Smith 213[a] −3 1 stroke Norio Mikami Kenji Mori [2] KSB Setonaikai Open 1987 Katsunari Takahashi 140 −4 2 strokes Yurio Akitomi Mike Harwood Minoru Nakamura [3] 1986 Minoru Nakamura [4] 1985 Masahiro Kuramoto [5] 1984 Shuichi Sano 136 −8 2 strokes Shichiro Enomoto [6] 1983 Kenji Sogame 140 −4 Playoff[b] Haruo Yasuda [7][1] KSB Kagawa Open 1982 Shigeru Uchida [8] 1981 Toshimitsu Kai 141 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima Kosaku Shimada [9]

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-54weather_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-54weather_2-1) Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Sogame was awarded the title when Yasuda was unable to take part in the playoff having left the course and travelled to the airport believing he was out of contention.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ksb83_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ksb83_1-1) Koga, Takayuki (20 June 2016). ["【古賀敬之のゴルフあれこれ】 ゴルフにまつわる〝面白話〟第15弾 日本で唯一の〝幻のプレーオフ〟"](https://golf.hochi.co.jp/archives/19603) [Takayuki Koga's golf this and that – 15th "interesting story" about golf: "The only phantom playoff in Japan"]. *Golf 報知* [*Golf Hochi*] (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1989). *World of Professional Golf 1989*. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 501. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [000218284X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/000218284X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1988). *Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988*. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002182831](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002182831).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["PGA member profile | Minoru Nakamura"](http://www.smile-pga.jp/profile/?id=000676). PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["PGA member profile | Masahiro Kuramoto"](http://www.smile-pga.jp/profile/?id=001197). PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1985). *Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985*. Springwood Books. pp. 223, 443–444. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862541247](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862541247).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Muto, Kazuhiko (30 December 2020). ["プレーオフ放棄事件 安田春雄が起こしたツアー初期の珍事／残したい記録"](https://news.golfdigest.co.jp/news/record/jgto/article/133981/1/) [Playoff abandonment case Haruo Yasuda's early tour rare / record to keep]. *Golf Digest Online* (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["PGA member profile | Shigeru Uchida"](http://www.smile-pga.jp/profile/?id=001083). PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1982). *Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982*. Springwood Books. p. 235. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862541018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862541018).

## External links

- [Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2008&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=4)

v t e Former Japan Golf Tour events Acom Doubles Acom International Aiful Cup All Japan Doubles Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial Bridgestone Aso Open Bridgestone Open Canon Open The Championship by Lexus Chubu Open Chushikoku Open Daiichi Fudosan Cup Daikyo Open Daiwa International Descente Classic Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open First Flight Tournament Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Golf Digest Tournament Heiwa PGM Championship Hokkaido Open Honma TourWorld Cup Imperial Tournament Indonesia PGA Championship ISPS Handa Championship in Japan ISPS Handa Global Cup Japan PGA Match-Play Championship JCB Classic Kansai Pro Championship Kanto Open Kanto Pro Championship Kirin Open KSB Open Kuzuha International Kyusyu Open Maruman Open Munsingwear Open KSB Cup Musee Platinum Open Myanmar Open Mynavi ABC Championship Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers Nikkei Cup NST Niigata Open Okinawa Open PGA Philanthropy Tournament Pine Valley Beijing Open Pocari Sweat Open Sanko Grand Summer Championship Sanpo Classic Sapporo Tokyu Open Shizuoka Open Singapore Open Sports Shinko International Sun Chlorella Classic Suntory Open Thailand Open Tokyo Charity Classic Toshin Golf Tournament Totoumi Hamamatsu Open Tsuruya Open Ube Kosan Open Woodone Open Hiroshima World Friendship Yomiuri Open Current Japan Golf Tour events

This article on a golf tournament is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Golf-tournament-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3AGolf-tournament-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Golf-tournament-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [KSB Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSB_Open) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KSB_Open?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.