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JCB Classic
Tournament information
LocationSendai, Miyagi, Japan
Established1972
Course(s)Hananomori Golf Club
Par71
Length7,038 yards (6,436 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥100,000,000
Month playedMay/June
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Katsuyoshi Tomori (2003)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Location map
Hananomori GC is located in Japan
Hananomori GC
Hananomori GC
Location in Japan
Hananomori GC is located in Miyagi Prefecture
Hananomori GC
Hananomori GC
Location in the Miyagi Prefecture

The JCB Classic was a professional golf tournament held near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the Tohoku Classic, and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 until 2007.

The Tohoku Classic was held at Nishisendai Country Club until 1987. In 1988 it moved to Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club and was renamed the Sendai Classic; sponsored as the JCB Classic Sendai from 1990. The final event, in 2007, was held at Hananomori Golf Club as the JCB Classic and the prize fund was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts[edit]

Year(s) Host course Location
2007 Hananomori Golf Club Ōhira, Miyagi
1988–2006 Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club Shibata, Miyagi
1972–1987 Nishisendai Country Club Sendai, Miyagi

Winners[edit]

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
JCB Classic
2007 Japan Tomohiro Kondo 271 −13 1 stroke South Korea Lee Seong-ho
Japan Koumei Oda
Japan Mamo Osanai
Japan Azuma Yano
JCB Classic Sendai
2006 Japan Hideto Tanihara 266 −18 5 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
2005 South Korea Hur Suk-ho 265 −19 1 stroke Japan Shinichi Yokota
2004 Japan Takashi Kamiyama 271 −13 Playoff Japan Tomohiro Kondo
Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2003 Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori 264 −20 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
2002 Japan Toru Suzuki 271 −13 Playoff Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2001 Japan Toshiaki Odate 275 −9 2 strokes Japan Taichi Teshima
2000 Japan Nobuhito Sato (2) 271 −13 3 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
1999 Japan Shingo Katayama 268 −16 Playoff Japan Shigemasa Higaki
1998 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki (2) 270 −14 1 stroke Japan Shigeki Maruyama
1997 Japan Nobuhito Sato 267 −17 4 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1996 Japan Masashi Ozaki (5) 277 −7 Playoff United States David Ishii
1995 Japan Ryoken Kawagishi 271 −13 3 strokes Japan Toru Suzuki
1994 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 271 −13 2 strokes Japan Toshiaki Sudo
1993 Japan Yoshi Mizumaki 273 −11 Playoff Japan Hajime Meshiai
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
1992 Australia Roger Mackay (2) 271 −13 6 strokes England Paul Hoad
1991 Japan Tadami Ueno 271 −13 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh
1990 Australia Roger Mackay 269 −15 3 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Sendai Classic
1989 Japan Masashi Ozaki (4) 272 −12 3 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Japan Katsunari Takahashi
1988 Japan Masahiro Kuramoto 204[a] −9 2 strokes Japan Futoshi Irino
Tohoku Classic
1987 Japan Seiichi Kanai 275 −13 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
1986 Japan Teruo Sugihara (2) 280 −8 2 strokes Japan Namio Takasu
1985 United States David Ishii 275 −13 5 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
1984 Japan Kouichi Inoue 276 −12 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Tze-ming [1]
1983 Japan Yutaka Hagawa 277 −11 7 strokes Japan Teruo Sugihara [2]
1982 Japan Shinsaku Maeda 208[a] −8 2 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
Japan Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama		 [3]
1981 Japan Teruo Sugihara 281 −7 4 strokes Japan Shozo Miyamoto [4]
1980 Japan Haruo Yasuda (3) 273 −15 2 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda [5]
1979 Japan Tōru Nakamura 278 −10 Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
1978 Japan Haruo Yasuda (2) 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Shinsaku Maeda
Japan Masashi Ozaki		 [6]
1977 Japan Isao Aoki 278 −10 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan [7]
1976 Japan Haruo Yasuda 277 −11 Playoff Japan Fumio Tanaka
1975 Japan Masashi Ozaki (3) 278 −10 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki [8]
1974 Japan Masashi Ozaki (2) 280 −8 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda [9]
1973 Japan Masashi Ozaki 273 −15 3 strokes Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan [10]
1972 Japan Takashi Murakami 283 −5 Playoff Japan Masaji Kusakabe [11]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References[edit]

  1. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 231, 457–458. ISBN 0862541247.
  2. ^ "Hagawa wins golf title". Winona Daily News. Winona, Minnesota. AP. 6 June 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Maeda takes Tohoku golf". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. AP. 7 June 1982. p. C5. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Collins. pp. 238, 459–460. ISBN 0862541018.
  5. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Collins. pp. 175, 383–384. ISBN 0862540054.
  6. ^ "Veteran Yasuda cops Tohoku golf title". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. 13 June 1977. p. 48. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Aoki captures Tohoku crown". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. AP. 13 June 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1976). The World of Professional Golf 1976. Collins. pp. 292, 483–484. ISBN 000211996X.
  9. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1975). The World of Professional Golf 1975. Collins. pp. 254, 434. ISBN 0002119552.
  10. ^ "Ozaki triumphs in Tohoku golf". The Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. AP. 6 August 1973. p. 6-D. Retrieved 28 January 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ McCormack, Mark H. (1973). The World of Professional Golf 1973. Collins. pp. 523–524. ISBN 0002119463.

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