KSB Open

The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the Setonaikai Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.

KSB Open
Tournament information
LocationJapan
Establishedpre-1987
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Carlos Franco (1998)
To par−17 Rick Gibson (1995)
−17 Carlos Franco (1998)
Final champion
Hideto Tanihara

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
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
TaylorMade Setonaikai Open
1990 Masahiro Kuramoto295+71 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi
Noboru Sugai
Setonaikai Open
1989 Naomichi Ozaki282−62 strokes Kimpachi Yoshimura
TaylorMade Setonaikai Open
1988 Wayne Smith213[lower-alpha 2]−31 stroke Norio Mikami
Kenji Mori
[1]
KSB Setonaikai Open
1987 Katsunari Takahashi140−42 strokes Yurio Akitomi
Mike Harwood
Minoru Nakamura
[2]
  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes.
  2. Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 501. ISBN 000218284X.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464. ISBN 0002182831.


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