Maruman Open

Maruman Open
Tournament information
LocationJapan
Established1980
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Final year1994
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Masahiro Kuramoto (1987)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
David Ishii

The Maruman Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded in 1980 as the Descente Cup Hokkoku Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour until 1994, except for 1984 when it was held without a title sponsor. It was hosted at several different courses.

Tournament hosts

Year(s) Host course Location
1994 Narita Springs Golf Club Narita, Chiba
1989–1993 Hatoyama Country Club Hatoyama, Saitama
1987–1988 Higashimatsuyama Country Club Higashimatsuyama, Saitama
1980–1986 Katayamazu Golf Club Kaga, Ishikawa

Winners

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
Maruman Open
1994 JPN David Ishii 279 −9 Playoff Hirofumi Miyase
Nobuo Serizawa
1993 JPN Frankie Miñoza 272 −16 Playoff Chen Tze-chung
1992 JPN Todd Hamilton 272 −16 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
1991 JPN Tetsu Nishikawa 274 −14 Playoff Tateo Ozaki
1990 JPN Masashi Ozaki (3) 273 −15 5 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1989 JPN Koichi Suzuki 278 −10 1 stroke Satoshi Higashi
Tsukasa Watanabe
1988 JPN Masashi Ozaki (2) 207[b] −6 3 strokes Hajime Meshiai
Yoshimi Niizeki
1987 JPN Masahiro Kuramoto 264 −24 4 strokes Masashi Ozaki
1986 JPN Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 3 strokes Saburo Fujiki
Naomichi Ozaki
1985 JPN Brian Jones 279 −9 1 stroke Teruo Suzumura
Hokkoku Open
1984 Shinsaku Maeda 279 −9 3 strokes Seiji Ebihara
Hsu Sheng-san
[1]
Descente Cup Hokkoku Open
1983 JPN Shozo Miyamoto 283 −5 3 strokes Hsieh Yu-shu
Hung Wen-neng
Lu Hsi-chuen
[2]
1982 JPN Kikuo Arai 276 −12 2 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima
1981 JPN Saburo Fujiki 282 −6 2 strokes Katsuji Hasegawa
Masahiro Kuramoto
[3]
1980 JPN Akira Yabe 278 −10 4 strokes Hsieh Yung-yo [4]

Notes

  1. ^ JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 234, 467–468. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Brown is back in business". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 August 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241, 465–466. ISBN 0862541018.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 177, 389–390. ISBN 0862540054.