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.

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
United States David Ishii

Tournament hosts edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

  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.

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