Descente Classic
The Descente Classic was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1992 by sponsors Descente, it was renamed the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup in 1995 and played until 1999, after which it was merged with the KSB Open to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Japan |
| Established | 1992 |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Final year | 1999 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 270 Peter Teravainen (1997) |
| To par | −17 Dinesh Chand (1998) |
| Final champion | |
 Masayuki Kawamura | |
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1998–1999 | Taiheiyo Club (Ichihara Course) | Ichihara, Chiba |
| 1996–1997 | Edosaki Country Club | Inashiki, Ibaraki |
| 1993–1995 | Century Miki Golf Club | Miki, Hyōgo |
| 1992 | Century Yokawa Golf Club | Miki, Hyōgo |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup | |||||
| 1999 | Masayuki Kawamura | 205[lower-alpha 1] | −11 | Playoff | Kazuhiko Hosokawa Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
| 1998 |  Dinesh Chand | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Carlos Franco Hidemichi Tanaka |
| 1997 |  Peter Teravainen | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | Todd Hamilton |
| 1996 | Masanobu Kimura | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes | Hideyuki Sato |
| 1995 | Satoshi Higashi | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Katsuyoshi Tomori |
| Descente Classic | |||||
| 1994 | Brian Watts | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | Hisao Inoue Hideki Kase Frankie Miñoza Tsukasa Watanabe |
| 1993 | Tetsu Nishikawa | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Shigenori Mori Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
| 1992 | Yoshinori Kaneko | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Masanobu Kimura |
- Tournament contested over 54 holes.
References
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