Acom Doubles
The Acom Doubles, also known as the Acom Team Championship, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1983 to 1989. A pairs event, it was held on the Tashiro Course at Shigaraki Country Club near Kōka in Shiga Prefecture for five years before moving to Chiba Springs Country Club near Nagara in Chiba Prefecture. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in its first year.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Japan |
| Established | 1983 |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Better ball (pairs) stroke play |
| Final year | 1989 |
| Final champion | |
| Toshiaki Sudo and Kinya Aoyagi | |
From 1990, Acom sponsored an individual tournament, the Acom International.
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1989 | Chiba Springs Country Club | Nagara, Chiba |
| 1983–1987 | Shigaraki Country Club (Tashiro Course) | Kōka, Shiga |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Toshiaki Sudo and Kinya Aoyagi | 255 | −33 | Playoff[lower-alpha 1] | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Roger Mackay and Wayne Smith | [2] |
| 1988 |  Bob Gilder and Doug Tewell | 256 | −32 | 1 stroke | Masanobu Kimura and Takanori Hiraishi | [3] |
| 1987 | Tomohiro Maruyama and Nobuo Serizawa | |||||
| 1986 | Hajime Meshiai and Satoshi Higashi | 257 | −31 | 1 stroke | Brian Jones and Mike Ferguson Kazushige Kono and Futoshi Irino Saburo Fujiki and Yoshimi Niizeki Kunio Hihama and Kenjiro Iwama | [4] |
| 1985 | Brian Jones and Mike Ferguson | 263 | −25 | 1 stroke | [5] | |
| 1984 | Kosaku Shimada and Isao Isozaki | 256 | −32 | 2 strokes | David Ishii and Nobumitsu Yuhara | [6] |
| 1983 |  Lu Liang-Huan and Lu Hsi-chuen | 261 | −27 | Playoff[lower-alpha 2] | Hajime Meshiai and Masashi Ozaki | [7] |
- Sudo and Aoyagi won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- Lu and Lu won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
- "Tour 1983". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- "Japanese pair wins title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. 6 November 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tewell and Gilder win Acom event". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Hilo, Hawaii. AP. 7 November 1988. p. 18. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Springwood Books. pp. 271, 486–489. ISBN 0002182572.
- "Australian golfers win doubles tourney". The Philadelphia Enquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AP. 29 July 1985. p. 4-F. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 475. ISBN 0862541247.
- "Taiwanese duo win Acom Doubles tourney". Singapore Monitor. 22 August 1983. p. 35. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
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