Sun Chlorella Classic

The Sun Chlorella Classic (サン・クロレラクラシック, San kurorera kurashikku) was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000 to 2012.[1] The tournament record was 269 (19 under par), set by Christian Pena,Brendan Jones and Naomichi Ozaki in 2002;[1] Pena won the title in a playoff.[2] In its final year, in 2012, it was played in late July and the prize fund was 150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

Sun Chlorella Classic
Tournament information
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Established2000
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Christian Pena (2002)
269 Brendan Jones (2002)
269 Naomichi Ozaki (2002)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Brendan Jones

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
2004–2012Otaru Country ClubOtaru, Hokkaido
2001–2003Sapporo Bay Golf ClubIshikari, Hokkaido
2000Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course)Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2012 Brendan Jones (2)273−152 strokes Lee Seong-ho
Hideki Matsuyama
Yoshinobu Tsukada
2011 Yuta Ikeda274−141 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2010 Tadahiro Takayama271−173 strokes Dinesh Chand
2009 Ryo Ishikawa271−171 stroke Brendan Jones
2008 Takuya Taniguchi284−41 stroke Hideto Tanihara
2007 Jun Kikuchi283−5Playoff Toru Suzuki
2006 Hideto Tanihara283−51 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Prayad Marksaeng
Katsumasa Miyamoto
Masaya Tomida
2005 Keiichiro Fukabori273−151 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
2004 Yang Yong-eun275−133 strokes David Smail
Yeh Wei-tze
2003 Brendan Jones280−8Playoff Daisuke Maruyama
Taichi Teshima
2002 Christian Pena269−19Playoff Brendan Jones
Naomichi Ozaki
2001 Hiroyuki Fujita283−5Playoff Katsuyoshi Tomori
2000 Masashi Ozaki276− 12Playoff Shoichi Yamamoto

References

  1. "Sun Chlorella Classic 2012 - Past Champions". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. "Pena Wins Sun Chlorella in Japan". AP News. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2021.


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