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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

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
1990 Japan Yoshimi Niizeki 132 −8 1 stroke Japan Tadao Nakamura
1989 Japan Tōru Nakamura 133 −7 1 stroke Japan Satoshi Higashi
1988 Australia Wayne Smith 131 −9 2 strokes Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa
Australia Craig Parry		 [3]
1987 Japan Katsunari Takahashi 131 −9 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones [4]
1986 Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto 137 −3 Playoff[a] Japan Seiichi Kanai [5]
1985 Japan Tsutomu Irie 129 −11 3 strokes United States David Ishii
1984 Japan Norio Suzuki 133 −7 1 stroke Australia Wayne Grady
Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto		 [6]
1983 Japan Kikuo Arai 138 −2 Playoff[b] United States David Ishii
Japan Teruo Sugihara		 [7]
1982 Japan Namio Takasu 102[c] −3 1 stroke Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
1981 Japan Kosaku Shimada 133 −7 2 strokes Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara		 [8]
1980 Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima 134 −6 2 strokes Japan Tsutomu Irie
Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Kenichi Yamada		 [9]
1979 Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan 134 −6 2 strokes Japan Fujio Kobayashi
1978 Japan Akira Yabe 135 −5 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones
Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima		 [10]
1977 Australia Greg Norman 135 −5 2 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai [11]
1976 Japan Fujio Kobayashi 133 −7 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Chien-chung
Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan		 [12]
1975 Japan Norio Suzuki 133 −7 1 stroke Australia Ted Ball [13]
1974 Japan Namio Takasu 131 −9 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki [14]
1973 South Korea Han Chang-sang 102[c] Playoff[d] Australia Graham Marsh [15]
1972 Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan 107[c] Playoff New Zealand Walter Godfrey
1971 England Guy Wolstenholme 139 −3 1 stroke Japan Akio Kanemoto
1970 Japan Hideyo Sugimoto 145 −1 2 strokes Japan Kosaku Shimada
1969 Japan Tadashi Kitta 136 −4 4 strokes Japan Torakichi Nakamura
1968 Japan Shozo Miyamoto 134 −6 2 strokes Japan Susumu Arai
1967 Japan Teruo Sugihara 136 −8 Playoff Japan Hideyo Sugimoto
1966 Japan Tadashi Kitta 65 −7 2 strokes Japan Shozo Miyamoto
1965 Japan Teruo Sugihara and
Japan Toichiro Toda		 65 −7 Tie n/a

Source:[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Yamamoto won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Shortened to 27 holes due to weather.
  4. ^ Han won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. ^ "Tour 1978"."Tour 1979"."Tour 1980"."Tour 1981"."Tour 1982"."Tour 1983". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Irie fires lowest score in Japan's pro history". Singapore Monitor. Reuter. 7 April 1985 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. ^ McCormack, Mark (1989). World of Professional Golf 1989. Collins Willow. pp. 276, 502. ISBN 000218284X.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark (1988). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988. Collins Willow. pp. 252, 464–465. ISBN 0002182831.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Collins Willow. p. 264. ISBN 0002182572.
  6. ^ McCormack, Mark (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 223, 445–446. ISBN 0862541247.
  7. ^ "Kukuo Arai wins Japan playoff". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. AP. 4 Apr 1983. p. 32. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 235, 452. ISBN 0862541018.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 172, 375–376. ISBN 0862540054.
  10. ^ McCormack, Mark (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Doubleday Publishing. pp. 244, 384. ISBN 0385149409.
  11. ^ "Norman wins in Japan". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1977. p. 37. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "Japan golfer cops tourney". The Honolulu Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. UPI. 19 Apr 1976. p. D-5. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ McCormack, Mark (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 290, 477. ISBN 000211996X.
  14. ^ "Kuzuha title to Takasu". The Straits Times. Singapore. 7 May 1974. p. 22. Retrieved 26 January 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
  15. ^ "Hahn Victor in Kuzuha Golf". The New York Times. AP. 7 May 1973. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  16. ^ "History" (in Japanese). Kuzuha Public Golf Course. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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