JCB Classic

JCB Classic
Tournament information
LocationSendai, Miyagi, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Hananomori Golf Club
Par71
Length7,038 yards (6,436 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedMay/June
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Katsuyoshi Tomori (2003)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Tomohiro Kondo
Location map
Hananomori GC
Location in Japan
Hananomori GC
Location in the Miyagi Prefecture

The JCB Classic was a professional golf tournament held near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the Tohoku Classic, and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 until 2007.

The Tohoku Classic was held at Nishisendai Country Club until 1987. In 1988 it moved to Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club and was renamed the Sendai Classic; sponsored as the JCB Classic Sendai from 1990. The final event, in 2007, was held at Hananomori Golf Club as the JCB Classic and the prize fund was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
2007 Hananomori Golf Club Ōhira, Miyagi
1988–2006 Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club Shibata, Miyagi
1972–1987 Nishisendai Country Club Sendai, Miyagi

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
JCB Classic
2007 Tomohiro Kondo 271 −13 1 stroke Lee Seong-ho
Koumei Oda
Mamo Osanai
Azuma Yano
JCB Classic Sendai
2006 Hideto Tanihara 266 −18 5 strokes Shingo Katayama
2005 Hur Suk-ho 265 −19 1 stroke Shinichi Yokota
2004 Takashi Kamiyama 271 −13 Playoff Tomohiro Kondo
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2003 Katsuyoshi Tomori 264 −20 2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato
2002 Toru Suzuki 271 −13 Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2001 Toshiaki Odate 275 −9 2 strokes Taichi Teshima
2000 Nobuhito Sato (2) 271 −13 3 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
1999 Shingo Katayama 268 −16 Playoff Shigemasa Higaki
1998 Yoshi Mizumaki (2) 270 −14 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama
1997 Nobuhito Sato 267 −17 4 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
Naomichi Ozaki
1996 Masashi Ozaki (5) 277 −7 Playoff David Ishii
1995 Ryoken Kawagishi 271 −13 3 strokes Toru Suzuki
1994 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 271 −13 2 strokes Toshiaki Sudo
1993 Yoshi Mizumaki 273 −11 Playoff Hajime Meshiai
Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Roger Mackay (2) 271 −13 6 strokes Paul Hoad
1991 Tadami Ueno 271 −13 1 stroke Graham Marsh
1990 Roger Mackay 269 −15 3 strokes Graham Marsh
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Sendai Classic
1989 Masashi Ozaki (4) 272 −12 3 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Katsunari Takahashi
1988 Masahiro Kuramoto 204[a] −9 2 strokes Futoshi Irino
Tohoku Classic
1987 Seiichi Kanai 275 −13 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai
1986 Teruo Sugihara (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Namio Takasu
1985 David Ishii 275 −13 5 strokes Naomichi Ozaki
1984 Kouichi Inoue 276 −12 1 stroke Chen Tze-ming [1]
1983 Yutaka Hagawa 277 −11 7 strokes Teruo Sugihara [2]
1982 Shinsaku Maeda 208[a] −8 2 strokes Graham Marsh
Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama		 [3]
1981 Teruo Sugihara 281 −7 4 strokes Shozo Miyamoto [4]
1980 Haruo Yasuda (3) 273 −15 2 strokes Shinsaku Maeda [5]
1979 Tōru Nakamura 278 −10 Playoff Hsieh Min-Nan
1978 Haruo Yasuda (2) 283 −5 1 stroke Shinsaku Maeda
Masashi Ozaki		 [6]
1977 Isao Aoki 278 −10 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan [7]
1976 Haruo Yasuda 277 −11 Playoff Fumio Tanaka
1975 Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −10 1 stroke Isao Aoki [8]
1974 Masashi Ozaki (2) 280 −8 3 strokes Haruo Yasuda [9]
1973 Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 3 strokes Lu Liang-Huan [10]
1972 Takashi Murakami 283 −5 Playoff Masaji Kusakabe [11]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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