KSB Open explained

Georgia KSB Open
Location:	Tamano, Okayama, Japan
Establishment:	1981
Course:	Tojigaoka Marinehills Golf Club
Par:	72
Yardage:	6947yd
Month Played:	March
Tour:	Japan Golf Tour
Format:	Stroke play
Final Year:	1999
Aggregate:	267 Carlos Franco (1998)
To-Par:	−17 Rick Gibson (1995) −17 Carlos Franco (1998)
Final Champion:	Yoshinori Kaneko
Map:	Japan#Japan Okayama Prefecture
Map Label:	Tojigaoka Marinehills GC
Map Relief:	yes
Map Size:	200
Coordinates:	34.556°N 134.009°W

The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the KSB Kagawa Open in 1981,^[1] it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)	Host course	Location
1999	Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club	Tamano, Okayama
1998	Ayutaki Country Club	Takamatsu, Kagawa
1994–1997	Kinojo Golf Club	Sōja, Okayama
1990, 1992–1993	Sanyoh Golf Club Yoshii	Akaiwa, Okayama
1981, 1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991	Shido Country Club	Sanuki, Kagawa

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
Georgia KSB Open
		275	−13	1 stroke
Just System KSB Open
		267	−17	4 strokes
		276	−12	2 strokes
Novell KSB Open
		275	−13	1 stroke
		271	−17	1 stroke
United KSB Open
		281	−7	6 strokes
TaylorMade KSB Open
		276	−12	1 stroke
		210	−6	4 strokes
		273	−15	3 strokes
Seto Uthumi Open
	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	295	+7	1 stroke
Setonaikai Open
		282	−6	2 strokes
TaylorMade Setonaikai Open
1988		213	−3	1 stroke		^[2]
KSB Setonaikai Open
1987		140	−4	2 strokes		^[3]
1986						^[4]
1985						^[5]
1984		136	−8	2 strokes		^[6]
		140	−4	Playoff		^[7]
KSB Kagawa Open
1982						^[8]
1981		141		1 stroke		^[9]

External links

• Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Koga . Takayuki . 【古賀敬之のゴルフあれこれ】 ゴルフにまつわる〝面白話〟第15弾 日本で唯一の〝幻のプレーオフ〟 . Takayuki Koga's golf this and that – 15th "interesting story" about golf: "The only phantom playoff in Japan" . Golf 報知 . Golf Hochi . Hochi Shimbun . 13 February 2021 . Japanese . 20 June 2016.
2. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . World of Professional Golf 1989 . 1989 . Collins Willow . 000218284X . 276, 501.
3. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1988 . 1988 . Collins Willow . 0002182831 . 252, 464.
4. Web site: PGA member profile Minoru Nakamura . PGA of Japan . 13 February 2021.
5. Web site: PGA member profile Masahiro Kuramoto . PGA of Japan . 13 February 2021.
6. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 . 1985 . Springwood Books . 0862541247 . 223, 443–444.
7. Web site: プレーオフ放棄事件 安田春雄が起こしたツアー初期の珍事／残したい記録 . Playoff abandonment case Haruo Yasuda's early tour rare / record to keep . Golf Digest Online . Japan . Kazuhiko . Muto . Japanese . 13 February 2021 . 30 December 2020.
8. Web site: PGA member profile Shigeru Uchida . PGA of Japan . 13 February 2021.
9. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982 . 1982 . Springwood Books . 0862541018 . 235.