Golf Digest Tournament Explained

Golf Digest Tournament
Location:Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
Establishment:1971
Course:Tōmei Country Club
Par:71
Yardage:6781yd
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:October
Final Year:1997
Aggregate:265 Eiji Mizoguchi (1994)
To-Par:−19 as above
Final Champion: Brandt Jobe
Map:Japan#Japan Shizuoka Prefecture
Map Label:Tōmei CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:35.181°N 138.886°W

The Golf Digest Tournament was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1971 and was part of the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1997. It was played in October at the Tōmei Country Club near Susono, Shizuoka.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Golf Digest Tournament
267 −17 Playoff
273 −11 1 stroke
267 −17 2 strokes
Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament
265 −19 5 strokes
Masashi Ozaki (3) 268 −16 2 strokes
272 −12 1 stroke
273 −11 1 stroke
274 −10 3 strokes
Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament
268 −16 6 strokes
Masashi Ozaki (2) 272 −12 Playoff
275 −9 4 strokes
Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) 275 −6 Playoff
268 −16 2 strokes
Golf Digest Tournament
274 −14 3 strokes [1]
276 −12 2 strokes
274 −14 1 stroke [2]
287 −10 Playoff
Teruo Sugihara (2) 275 −13 2 strokes [3]
206 −10 3 strokes [4]
280 −8 1 stroke [5]
Takashi Murakami (2) 275 −13 4 strokes [6]
279 −9 2 strokes
240 −12 1 stroke [7]
271 −17 1 stroke [8]
274 −14 2 strokes [9]
1972 204 −12 3 strokes [10]
1971

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Notes and References

  1. News: Golf Digest tourney . 30 January 2021 . The York Dispatch . UPI . 15 October 1984 . York, Pennsylvania . 29 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  2. News: Min Nan struggles for his 13th win . 29 January 2021 . The Straits Times . 18 October 1982 . 37 . National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981 . 1981 . Collins . 0862540054 . 183–184, 406–407.
  4. News: Wins Golf Digest tourney . 30 January 2021 . The Times Leader . 22 October 1979 . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . 2C . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979 . 1979 . Knopf Doubleday Publishing . 0385149409 . 252.
  6. News: Results Golf . 30 January 2021 . The Guardian . 24 October 1977 . London, England . 17 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  7. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . The World of Professional Golf 1976 . 1976 . Collins . 000211996X . 296, 495.
  8. News: Murukami triumphs in Golf Digest . 30 January 2021 . Hartford Courant . AP . 7 October 1974 . Hartford, Connecticut . 51 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  9. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . The World of Professional Golf 1974 . 1974 . Collins . 0002119544 . 324, 553–554.
  10. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . The World of Professional Golf 1973 . 1973 . Collins . 0002119463 . 313, 531–532.