Acom Doubles Explained

Acom Doubles
Location:Nagara, Chiba, Japan
Establishment:1983
Course:Chiba Springs Country Club
Par:72
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Better ball (pairs) stroke play
Final Year:1989
Aggregate:255 Kinya Aoyagi and
Toshiaki Sudo (1989)
To-Par:−33 as above
Final Champion: Kinya Aoyagi and Toshiaki Sudo
Map:Japan#Japan Chiba Prefecture
Map Label:Chiba Springs CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:35.483°N 140.211°W

The Acom Doubles, also known as the Acom Team Championship, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1983 to 1989. A pairs event, it was held on the Tashiro Course at Shigaraki Country Club near Kōka in Shiga Prefecture for five years before moving to Chiba Springs Country Club near Nagara in Chiba Prefecture. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in its first year.[1]

From 1990, Acom sponsored an individual tournament, the Acom International.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1988–1989 Chiba Springs Country Club Nagara, Chiba
1983–1987 Shigaraki Country Club (Tashiro Course) Kōka, Shiga

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Acom Team Championship
1989 255 −33 Playoff [2]
1988 256 −32 1 stroke [3]
1987
1986 257 −31 1 stroke [4]
1985 263 −25 1 stroke [5]
1984 256 −32 2 strokes [6]
Acom Doubles
261 −27 Playoff [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tour 1983 . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 1 February 2021.
  2. News: Japanese pair wins title . 1 February 2021 . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 6 November 1989 . Fort Worth, Texas . 18 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  3. News: Tewell and Gilder win Acom event . 1 February 2021 . Hawaii Tribune-Herald . AP . 7 November 1988 . Hilo, Hawaii . 18 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  4. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987 . 1987 . Springwood Books . 0002182572 . 271, 486–489.
  5. News: Australian golfers win doubles tourney . 1 February 2021 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . AP . 29 July 1985 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 4-F . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  6. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 . 1985 . Springwood Books . 0862541247 . 237, 475.
  7. News: Taiwanese duo win Acom Doubles tourney . 1 February 2021 . Singapore Monitor . 22 August 1983 . 35 . National Library Board (Singapore).