Maruman Open

Maruman Open
Tournament information
Location	Japan
Established	1980
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Final year	1994
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 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

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

References

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

External links

Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site

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[1] JPN − PGA of Japan Tour.

[2] Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

[3] McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 234, 467–468. ISBN 0862541247.

[4] "Brown is back in business". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 August 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

[5] McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 241, 465–466. ISBN 0862541018.

[6] McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 177, 389–390. ISBN 0862540054.

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