Sun Chlorella Classic Explained

Sun Chlorella Classic
Location:Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Establishment:2000
Course:Otaru Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7471yd
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:July
Final Year:2012
Aggregate:269 Brendan Jones (2002)
269 Naomichi Ozaki (2002)
269 Christian Peña (2002)
To-Par:−19 as above
Final Champion: Brendan Jones
Map:Japan#Japan Hokkaido
Map Label:Otaru CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:43.149°N 141.202°W

The was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000 to 2012.[1] The tournament record was 269 (19 under par), set by Christian Peña, Brendan Jones and Naomichi Ozaki in 2002;[1] Peña won the title in a playoff.[2] In its final year, in 2012, it was played in late July and the prize fund was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
2004–2012 Otaru Country Club Otaru, Hokkaido
2001–2003 Sapporo Bay Golf Club Ishikari, Hokkaido
2000 Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course) Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Brendan Jones (2) 273 −15 2 strokes Lee Seong-ho
Hideki Matsuyama
Yoshinobu Tsukada
274 −14 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
271 −17 3 strokes Dinesh Chand
271 −17 1 stroke Brendan Jones
284 −4 1 stroke Hideto Tanihara
283 −5 Playoff Toru Suzuki
283 −5 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Prayad Marksaeng
Katsumasa Miyamoto
Masaya Tomida
273 −15 1 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
275 −13 3 strokes David Smail
Yeh Wei-tze
280 −8 Playoff Daisuke Maruyama
Taichi Teshima
269 −19 Playoff Brendan Jones
Naomichi Ozaki
283 −5 Playoff Katsuyoshi Tomori
276 −12 Playoff Shoichi Yamamoto

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sun Chlorella Classic 2012 - Past Champions . Japan Golf Tour Organization . 2 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Pena Wins Sun Chlorella in Japan . AP News . 17 January 2021 . 11 August 2002.