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Kuzuha International Location
Hirakata ,
Osaka , Japan Established 1965 Course(s) Kuzuha Public Golf Course Par 70 Tour(s)
Japan Golf Tour Format
Stroke play Prize fund
¥ 15,000,000 Final year 1990 Aggregate 129
Tsutomu Irie (1985) To par −11 as above
Yoshimi Niizeki
Kuzuha Public Golf Course
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The Kuzuha International was a professional
golf tournament in
Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in
Kuzuha ,
Hirakata ,
Osaka . From 1978 to 1983, it was a
Japan Golf Tour event.
[1]
In 1985,
Tsutomu Irie became the first player to break the
60 barrier in major professional tournament in Japan when he scored 59 (11 under par) in the first round.
[2]
History
The first two editions were a five-man invitation event played over 18 holes, after which it was a larger single-day 36-hole tournament. The first international players competed in 1971. It was reduced to a 27-hole event in 1972 and 1973, before becoming a two-day 36 hole tournament from 1974.
Winners
Source:
[16]
Notes
^ Yamamoto won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
^ Arai won with a par on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff; Sugimoto was eliminated when he made a bogey on the second extra hole.
^
a
b
c Shortened to 27 holes due to weather.
^ Han won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
^
"Tour 1978" .
"Tour 1979" .
"Tour 1980" .
"Tour 1981" .
"Tour 1982" .
"Tour 1983" . Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 January 2021 .
^
"Irie fires lowest score in Japan's pro history" . Singapore Monitor . Reuter. 7 April 1985 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
^ McCormack, Mark (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989 . Collins Willow. pp. 276, 502.
ISBN
000218284X .
^ McCormack, Mark (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988 . Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464–465.
ISBN
0002182831 .
^ McCormack, Mark (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . Collins Willow. p. 264.
ISBN
0002182572 .
^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 . Springwood Books. pp. 223, 445–446.
ISBN
0862541247 .
^
"Kukuo Arai wins Japan playoff" . The Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. AP. 4 Apr 1983. p. 32. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982 . Springwood Books. pp. 235, 452.
ISBN
0862541018 .
^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981 . Springwood Books. pp. 172, 375–376.
ISBN
0862540054 .
^ McCormack, Mark (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 . Doubleday Publishing. pp. 244, 384.
ISBN
0385149409 .
^
"Norman wins in Japan" . The Age . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1977. p. 37. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
^
"Japan golfer cops tourney" . The Honolulu Advertiser . Honolulu, Hawaii. UPI. 19 Apr 1976. p. D-5. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976 . Collins. pp. 290, 477.
ISBN
000211996X .
^
"Kuzuha title to Takasu" . The Straits Times . Singapore. 7 May 1974. p. 22. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
^
"Hahn Victor in Kuzuha Golf" . The New York Times . AP. 7 May 1973. Retrieved 26 January 2021 .
^
"History" (in Japanese). Kuzuha Public Golf Course. Retrieved 25 January 2021 .
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