KBC Augusta explained

Sansan KBC Augusta
Location:Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
Establishment:1973
Course:Keya Golf Club
Par:72
Tour:Japan Golf Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:August
Aggregate:262 Kazuki Higa (2019)
To-Par:−26 as above
Current Champion: Song Young-han
Map:Japan#Japan Fukuoka Prefecture
Map Label:Keya GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:33.589°N 130.135°W

The KBC Augusta is a professional golf tournament that is held in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The title sponsor is the Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting and it is held in August. Since its foundation in 1973, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour.

Since 1992, the KBC Augusta has been played at Keya Golf Club near Itoshima. Before then it was played at Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) near Fukuoka until 1982 and then at Kyushu Shima Country Club near Itoshima between 1983 and 1991. The tournament scoring records are 262 (aggregate) and −26 (to par) set by Kazuki Higa in 2019.

The 2021 purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1992–present Keya Golf Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1983–1991 Kyushu Shima Country Club Itoshima, Fukuoka
1973–1982 Fukuoka Country Club (Wajiro Course) Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo ParMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Sansan KBC Augusta
271 −17 1 stroke
272 −16 1 stroke
271 −17 1 stroke
RIZAP KBC Augusta
align=center colspan=5Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
262 −26 5 strokes Rikuya Hoshino
274 −14 1 stroke Choi Ho-sung
Yuta Ikeda (3) 270 −18 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
273 −15 5 strokes Michael Hendry
Brad Kennedy
Tadahiro Takayama
Yuta Ikeda (2) 268 −20 5 strokes Koumei Oda
RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta
276 −12 Playoff Liang Wenchong
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta
204 −12 2 strokes Hwang Jung-gon
270 −22 1 stroke Akio Sadakata
266 −22 2 strokes Ryo Ishikawa
Tomohiro Kondo
266 −22 1 stroke Mitsuhiro Tateyama
267 −21 Playoff Yasuharu Imano
278 −10 1 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
KBC Augusta
269 −15 1 stroke Steven Conran
Koumei Oda
Under Armour KBC Augusta
268 −16 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Toshimitsu Izawa (2) 264 −20 5 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
Ryuichi Oda
Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta
277 −7 1 stroke Takashi Kamiyama
Toru Taniguchi
269 −19 4 strokes Dinesh Chand
Hisayuki Sasaki
209 −7 1 stroke Shigemasa Higaki
Katsunori Kuwabara
Toshimasa Nakajima
Christian Peña
Zhang Lianwei
273 −15 Playoff Shigemasa Higaki
Hideki Kase
270 −18 4 strokes Shusaku Sugimoto
205 −11 1 stroke Takao Nogami
Masashi Ozaki (4) 275 −13 4 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara
Masashi Ozaki (3) 266 −22 12 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa
Taichi Teshima
Masashi Ozaki (2) 273 −15 Playoff Taichi Teshima
271 −17 1 stroke Todd Hamilton
Tomohiro Maruyama
271 −17 2 strokes Masashi Ozaki
Daiwa KBC Augusta
277 −11 Playoff Lin Chie-hsiang
Chen Tze-ming (2) 276 −12 Playoff Bradley Hughes
Norikazu Kawakami
273 −15 1 stroke Frankie Miñoza
269 −19 10 strokes Chen Tze-chung
281 −7 2 strokes Graham Marsh
KBC Augusta
276 −12 2 strokes Hajime Meshiai
Masashi Ozaki
Nobumitsu Yuhara
Saburo Fujiki (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Tateo Ozaki
Isao Aoki (3) 282 −6 1 stroke Masahiro Kuramoto
Masashi Ozaki
206 −10 1 stroke Isao Aoki
Eitaro Deguchi
Masashi Ozaki
Satsuki Takahashi
Fuzzy Zoeller
275 −13 1 stroke Kouichi Inoue
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
[1]
273 −15 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki
209 −7 1 stroke Hal Sutton[2]
279 −9 Playoff Chen Tze-chung
Nobumitsu Yuhara
Isao Aoki (2) 137 −7 2 strokes Hiroshi Tahara[3]
240 −12 3 strokes Kuo Chie-Hsiung[4]
276 −12 2 strokes Isao Aoki
Shiro Kubo
Gene Littler
Yasuhiro Miyamoto
[5]
278 −10 Playoff Akira Yabe
207 −9 Playoff Haruo Yasuda
278 −10 Playoff Hiroshi Ishii
273 −15 1 stroke Teruo Sugihara[6]
266 −22 13 strokes Yasuhiro Miyamoto[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985 . 1985 . Springwood Books . 0862541247 . 237, 476.
  2. News: Tze Ming wins by a stroke . 29 January 2021 . The Straits Times . AP . 30 August 1982 . 38 . National Library Board (Singapore).
  3. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981 . 1981 . Collins . 0862540054 . 179, 395–396.
  4. News: Rains can't stop Kusakabe . 29 January 2021 . The Times Leader . 27 Aug 1979 . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania . 30 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. News: 12 under wins . 29 January 2021 . The Age . 29 August 1978 . Melbourne, Victoria, Australia . 30 . Google News Archive.
  6. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . The World of Professional Golf 1975 . 1975 . Collins . 0002119552 . 255, 436–437.
  7. Book: McCormack . Mark H. . Mark McCormack . The World of Professional Golf 1974 . 1974 . Collins . 0002119544 . 324, 548–549.