Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers

Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers
Tournament information
Location	Japan
Established	1977
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1982
Final champion
	Teruo Sugihara

The Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers (Japanese: 日本国土計画サマーズ) was a professional golf tournament in Japan from 1977 to 1982. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)	Host course	Location
1981–1982	Budo Country Club	Ichihara, Chiba
1980	New Tateshina Country Club	Chino, Nagano
1977–1979	Shirasagi Country Club	Utsunomiya, Tochigi

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1982	Teruo Sugihara	275	−13			[1]
1981	Masahiro Kuramoto	280	−8	5 strokes	Saburo Fujiki Keiichi Hoshino	[2]
1980	Yasuhiro Funatogawa	206[lower-alpha 1]	+1	Playoff[lower-alpha 2]	Hsieh Min-Nan	[3]
1979	Norio Mikami	279	−9	3 strokes		[4]
1978	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	279	−9	3 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan	[5]
1977	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	209	−7	2 strokes	Isao Aoki Koichi Uehara	[5][6]

Tournament reduced to 54 holes after fog and rain delays caused the first round to extend over two days; the weather also resulted in the course being shortened from a par 71 to par 67 for the final two rounds.
Funatogawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

"Teruo Sugihara | Career record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 242, 469–470. ISBN 0862541018.
McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 178–179, 394–395. ISBN 0862540054.
"Morio (sic) coasts to easy win". The Straits Times. 6 August 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday. pp. 249, 399. ISBN 0385149409.
"North sinks 2 crucial putts for first win". New Nation. 22 August 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

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[3] Tournament reduced to 54 holes after fog and rain delays caused the first round to extend over two days; the weather also resulted in the course being shortened from a par 71 to par 67 for the final two rounds.

[4] Funatogawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

[1] "Teruo Sugihara | Career record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[2] McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 242, 469–470. ISBN 0862541018.

[5] McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 178–179, 394–395. ISBN 0862540054.

[6] "Morio (sic) coasts to easy win". The Straits Times. 6 August 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

[wpog1979-7] McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday. pp. 249, 399. ISBN 0385149409.

[8] "North sinks 2 crucial putts for first win". New Nation. 22 August 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 4 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).