KSB Open

The KSB Open was a professional 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 in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.

Georgia KSB Open
Tournament information
LocationTamano, Okayama, Japan
Established1981
Course(s)Tojigaoka Marinehills Golf Club
Par72
Length6,947 yards (6,352 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥70,000,000
Month playedMarch
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 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
Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Location in the Okayama Prefecture

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1999Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf ClubTamano, Okayama
1998Ayutaki Country ClubTakamatsu, Kagawa
1994–1997Kinojo Golf ClubSōja, Okayama
1990, 1992–1993Sanyoh Golf Club YoshiiAkaiwa, Okayama
1981, 1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991Shido Country ClubSanuki, Kagawa

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-upRef.
Georgia KSB Open
1999 Yoshinori Kaneko275−131 stroke Frankie Miñoza
Just System KSB Open
1998 Carlos Franco267−174 strokes Frankie Miñoza
1997 Keiichiro Fukabori276−122 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara
Toshiaki Odate
Novell KSB Open
1996 Toru Suzuki275−131 stroke Eduardo Herrera
Brian Watts
1995 Rick Gibson271−171 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa
Tsukasa Watanabe
United KSB Open
1994 Kazuhiro Takami281−76 strokes Yoshinori Kaneko
TaylorMade KSB Open
1993 Tateo Ozaki276−121 stroke Roger Mackay
1992 Seiki Okuda210[lower-alpha 1]−64 strokes Seiji Ebihara
Satoshi Higashi
1991 Masanobu Kimura273−153 strokes Nobuo Serizawa
Teruo Sugihara
Seto Uthumi Open
1990 Masahiro Kuramoto (2)295+71 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi
Noboru Sugai
Setonaikai Open
1989 Naomichi Ozaki282−62 strokes Kinpachi Yoshimura
TaylorMade Setonaikai Open
1988 Wayne Smith213[lower-alpha 1]−31 stroke Norio Mikami
Kenji Mori		[2]
KSB Setonaikai Open
1987 Katsunari Takahashi140−42 strokes Yurio Akitomi
Mike Harwood
Minoru Nakamura		[3]
1986 Minoru Nakamura[4]
1985 Masahiro Kuramoto[5]
1984 Shuichi Sano136−82 strokes Shichiro Enomoto[6]
1983 Kenji Sogame140Playoff[lower-alpha 2] Haruo Yasuda[7][1]
KSB Kagawa Open
1982 Shigeru Uchida[8]
1981 Toshimitsu Kai1411 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Kosaku Shimada		[9]
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
  2. 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. 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〟" [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.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 501. ISBN 000218284X.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464. ISBN 0002182831.
  4. "PGA member profile | Minoru Nakamura". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. "PGA member profile | Masahiro Kuramoto". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 223, 443–444. ISBN 0862541247.
  7. 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" [Playoff abandonment case Haruo Yasuda's early tour rare / record to keep]. Golf Digest Online (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. "PGA member profile | Shigeru Uchida". PGA of Japan. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. p. 235. ISBN 0862541018.


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