Acom International

Acom International
Tournament information
LocationOmitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Ishioka Golf Club
Par71
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStableford
Modified Stableford
Stroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
Mamo Osanai
Location map
Ishioka GC
Location in Japan
Ishioka GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

The Acom International was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1990 to 2006. Sponsored by Acom, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour, and used a modified Stableford scoring system until 1999, when it became a standard stroke play event. The purse for the final event in 2006 was ¥120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.

From 1983 to 1989, Acom sponsored a pairs better ball tournament, the Acom Doubles.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1999–2006 Ishioka Golf Club Omitama, Ibaraki
1993–1998 Seve Ballesteros Golf Club Iwaki, Fukushima
1991 Narita Springs Country Club Narita, Chiba
1990, 1992 Japan Classic Country Club Iga, Mie

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Acom International
2006 Mamo Osanai 270 −14 Playoff Taichi Teshima
2005 David Smail 271 −13 2 strokes Taichi Teshima
2004 Toru Suzuki 200[a] −13 3 strokes Paul Sheehan
2003 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 271 −13 Playoff Katsumasa Miyamoto
Masashi Ozaki
2002 Toru Taniguchi (2) 197[a] −16 1 stroke Zhang Lianwei
2001 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2) 267 −17 2 strokes Katsumune Imai
Scott Laycock
Nobuhito Sato
Toru Taniguchi
Shinichi Yokota
2000 Toru Taniguchi 266 −18 6 strokes Yasuharu Imano
1999 Hidemichi Tanaka 269 −19 5 strokes Keiichiro Fukabori
1998 Kaname Yokoo 46 points 3 points Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997 Kazuo Kanayama 41 points Playoff Eduardo Herrera
1996 Kazuhiko Hosokawa 51 points 4 points Frankie Miñoza
1995 Katsunori Kuwabara 46 points 5 points Tsukasa Watanabe
1994 Naomichi Ozaki 41 points 6 points Masayuki Kawamura
1993 Todd Hamilton 40 points 3 points Craig Warren
1992 Hisao Inoue 41 points 4 points Shigenori Mori
1991 Masahiro Kuramoto 32 points 10 points Brent Franklin
Yoshi Mizumaki
Tōru Nakamura		 [1]
Acom P.T.
1990 Bob Gilder 115 points[a] 1 point Bob Tway [2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1992). The World of Professional Golf 1992. Chapmans. pp. 331–332, 593. ISBN 1855926288.
  2. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 297–298, 548. ISBN 1855925583.


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