Kuzuha International | |
Location: | Hirakata, Osaka, Japan |
Establishment: | 1965 |
Course: | Kuzuha Public Golf Course |
Par: | 70 |
Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Format: | Stroke play |
Final Year: | 1990 |
Aggregate: | 129 Tsutomu Irie (1985) |
To-Par: | −11 as above |
Final Champion: | ![]() |
Map: | Japan#Japan Osaka Prefecture |
Map Label: | Kuzuha Public Golf Course |
Map Relief: | yes |
Map Size: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 34.863°N 135.673°W |
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]
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.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | ||
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1990 | 132 | −8 | 1 stroke | ||||
1989 | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | ||||
1988 | 131 | −9 | 2 strokes | [3] | |||
1987 | 131 | −9 | 1 stroke | [4] | |||
1986 | 137 | −3 | Playoff | [5] | |||
1985 | 129 | −11 | 3 strokes | ||||
1984 | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | [6] | |||
138 | −2 | Playoff | [7] | ||||
102 | −3 | 1 stroke | |||||
133 | −7 | 2 strokes | [8] | ||||
134 | −6 | 2 strokes | [9] | ||||
134 | −6 | 2 strokes | |||||
135 | −5 | 1 stroke | [10] | ||||
1977 | 135 | −5 | 2 strokes | [11] | |||
1976 | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | [12] | |||
1975 | 133 | −7 | 1 stroke | [13] | |||
1974 | 131 | −9 | 3 strokes | [14] | |||
1973 | 102 | Playoff | [15] | ||||
1972 | 107 | Playoff | |||||
1971 | 139 | −3 | 1 stroke | ||||
1970 | 145 | −1 | 2 strokes | ||||
1969 | 136 | −4 | 4 strokes | ||||
1968 | 134 | −6 | 2 strokes | ||||
1967 | 136 | −8 | Playoff | ||||
1966 | 65 | −7 | 2 strokes | ||||
1965 | 65 | −7 | Tie | n/a |