# Ube Kosan Open

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Professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1972 until 2001

Golf tournament

Ube Kosan Open Tournament information Location Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan Established 1972 Course Ube 72 Country Club Par 72 Length 6,859 yards (6,272 m) Tour Japan Golf Tour Format Stroke play Prize fund ¥140,000,000 Month played November Final year 2001 Tournament record score Aggregate 264 Shigeki Maruyama (1993) 264 Hidemichi Tanaka (1996) To par −21 Dean Wilson (2001) Final champion Dean Wilson Location map Ube 72 CC Location in Japan Show map of Japan Ube 72 CC Location in the Yamaguchi Prefecture Show map of Yamaguchi Prefecture

The **Ube Kosan Open** was a professional [golf](/source/Golf) tournament that was held in Japan from 1972 until 2001. It was played at the Ube 72 Country Club near [Ube](/source/Ube%2C_Yamaguchi), [Yamaguchi](/source/Yamaguchi_Prefecture). It was an event on the [Japan Golf Tour](/source/Japan_Golf_Tour).

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](/source/Peter_Thomson_(golfer)) fourteen holes to defeat [Graham Marsh](/source/Graham_Marsh), [Brian Jones](/source/Brian_Jones_(golfer)) and [Shozo Miyamoto](/source/Shozo_Miyamoto).[1] This record still stands[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*].

## Tournament hosts

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

## Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Ref. Ube Kosan Open 2001 Dean Wilson 267 −21 1 stroke Taichi Teshima 2000 Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −12 3 strokes Tatsuya Shiraishi Toru Taniguchi 1999 K. J. Choi 272 −16 3 strokes Kazuhiko Hosokawa 1998 Brandt Jobe 271 −17 2 strokes Shigeki Maruyama 1997 Shigenori Mori 267 −17 4 strokes Shigemasa Higaki Pepsi Ube Kosan Open 1996 Hidemichi Tanaka 264 −20 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima Brian Watts 1995 Mitsutaka Kusakabe 206[a] −10 3 strokes Harumitsu Hamano Kōki Idoki Roger Mackay Katsunari Takahashi 1994 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 268 −16 3 strokes Tsukasa Watanabe 1993 Shigeki Maruyama 264 −20 2 strokes Todd Hamilton 1992 Tsuneyuki Nakajima 275 −13 5 strokes Hirofumi Miyase Ube Kosan Open 1991 Chen Tze-chung 274 −10 2 strokes Saburo Fujiki Pepsi Ube Kosan Open 1990 Tadao Nakamura 203[a] −10 4 strokes Tadami Ueno [2] 1989 Akihito Yokoyama 203[a] −13 Playoff[b] Yoshimi Niizeki [3] Pepsi Ube Open 1988 Mamoru Kondo 169[c] −11 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto [4] 1987 Chen Tze-ming (2) 278 −10 Playoff[d] Hiroshi Makino [5] 1986 Naomichi Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Fujio Kobayashi 1985 Chen Tze-ming 268 −20 4 strokes Katsunari Takahashi 1984 Yasuhiro Funatogawa 272 −16 2 strokes Kikuo Arai Naomichi Ozaki [6] 1983 Seiichi Kanai 274 −14 2 strokes Kouichi Inoue [7] 1982 Kikuo Arai 277 −11 2 strokes Motomasa Aoki [8] Pepsi-Wilson Tournament 1981 Graham Marsh (2) 270 −18 1 stroke Yutaka Hagawa [9] 1980 Norio Suzuki 276 −12 1 stroke Isao Aoki [10] 1979 Mya Aye 274 −10 3 strokes Hiroshi Ishii [11] 1978 Masashi Ozaki (2) 275 −13 5 strokes Isao Aoki Fujio Kobayashi Kosaku Shimada [12] 1977 Masashi Ozaki 274 −14 4 strokes Kuo Chie-Hsiung [13] 1976 Peter Thomson (2) 211[a] −5 Playoff[e] Brian Jones Graham Marsh Shozo Miyamoto [1] 1975 Hsieh Yung-yo 283 −5 1 stroke Graham Marsh Toshiaki Sekimizu [14] Pepsi Tournament 1974 Graham Marsh 284 −4 Playoff[f] Hsieh Yung-yo [15] 1973 Isao Aoki 281 −7 Playoff Kosaku Shimada 1972 Peter Thomson 279 −9 1 stroke Chen Chien-chung Han Chang-sang Takashi Murakami [16]

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-54rain_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-54rain_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-54rain_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-54rain_2-3) Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Yokoyama won with a bogey on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Shortened to 45 holes due to rain.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Chen won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** Thomson won the sudden-death playoff at the 14th extra hole; Miyamoto was eliminated at the first extra hole, and Jones at the fourth.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** Marsh won with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-smh1976_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-smh1976_1-1) ["Thomson wins 14-hole play-off"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H_5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6704%2C8250974). *Sydney Morning Herald*. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1976. p. 13. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Google News Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1991). *The World of Professional Golf 1991*. Chapmans. pp. 285, 528. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1855925583](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1855925583).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1990). *World of Professional Golf 1990*. Sackville. pp. 286, 529–530. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0948615389](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0948615389).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1989). *World of Professional Golf 1989*. Collins Willow. pp. 279, 507. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [000218284X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/000218284X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1988). *Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988*. Collins Willow. pp. 257–258, 471–472. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002182831](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002182831).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wopg1985_10-0)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1985). *Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985*. Springwood Books. pp. 230, 455–456. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862541247](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862541247).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Veteran takes Papsi Ube"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/569964129/). *The Selma Times-Journal*. Selma, Alabama. AP. 30 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Chin is winner"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/521855984/). *The Evening Sun*. Hanover, Pennsylvania. AP. 25 May 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1982). *Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982*. Collins. pp. 239–240, 462–463. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862541018](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862541018).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1981). *Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981*. Collins. pp. 176, 385–386. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0862540054](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0862540054).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Burma golfer blasts to Japan tourney victory"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/98964468/). *Detroit Free Press*. Detroit, Michigan. AP. 25 June 1979. p. 22. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wopg1979_16-0)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1979). *Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979*. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 245, 388. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0385149409](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0385149409).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Jumbo Ozaki wins Yokohama golf"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/386645727/). *Chicago Tribune*. Chicago, Illinois. UPI. 30 May 1977. p. 2 (Section3). Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1976). *The World of Professional Golf 1976*. Collins. pp. 291, 482. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [000211996X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/000211996X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** [McCormack, Mark H.](/source/Mark_McCormack) (1975). *The World of Professional Golf 1975*. Collins. pp. 253–254, 431–432. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002119552](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002119552).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["Thomson victor in Pepsi golf"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/675596808/). *The Journal*. Meriden, Connecticut. AP. 22 May 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

## External links

- [Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site](https://www.jgto.org/pc/TourChampionsEng.do?year=2001&tournaKbnCd=0&conferenceCd=10)

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