Acom Doubles
The Acom Doubles, also known as the Acom Team Championship, was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1983 to 1989. A pairs event, it was held on the Tashiro Course at Shigaraki Country Club near Kōka in Shiga Prefecture for five years before moving to Chiba Springs Country Club near Nagara in Chiba Prefecture. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in its first year.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Nagara, Chiba, Japan |
| Established | 1983 |
| Course(s) | Chiba Springs Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Better ball (pairs) stroke play |
| Final year | 1989 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 255 Kinya Aoyagi and Toshiaki Sudo (1989) |
| To par | −33 as above |
| Final champion | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Kinya Aoyagi and Toshiaki Sudo | |
| Location Map | |
  Chiba Springs CC Location in Japan  Chiba Springs CC Location in the Chiba Prefecture | |
From 1990, Acom sponsored an individual tournament, the Acom International.
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1989 | Chiba Springs Country Club | Nagara, Chiba |
| 1983–1987 | Shigaraki Country Club (Tashiro Course) | Kōka, Shiga |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acom Team Championship | ||||||
| 1989 | Kinya Aoyagi and Toshiaki Sudo | 255 | −33 | Playoff[lower-alpha 1] | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Roger Mackay and Wayne Smith | [2] |
| 1988 |  Bob Gilder and Doug Tewell | 256 | −32 | 1 stroke | Takanori Hiraishi and Masanobu Kimura | [3] |
| 1987 | Tomohiro Maruyama and Nobuo Serizawa | |||||
| 1986 | Satoshi Higashi and Hajime Meshiai | 257 | −31 | 1 stroke | Mike Ferguson and Brian Jones Futoshi Irino and Kazushige Kono Saburo Fujiki and Yoshimi Niizeki Kunio Hihama and Kenjiro Iwama | [4] |
| 1985 | Mike Ferguson and Brian Jones | 263 | −25 | 1 stroke | [5] | |
| 1984 | Isao Isozaki and Kosaku Shimada | 256 | −32 | 2 strokes | David Ishii and Nobumitsu Yuhara | [6] |
| Acom Doubles | ||||||
| 1983 |  Lu Hsi-chuen and Lu Liang-Huan | 261 | −27 | Playoff[lower-alpha 2] | Hajime Meshiai and Masashi Ozaki | [7] |
Notes
- Sudo and Aoyagi won with a par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- Lu and Lu won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
References
- "Tour 1983". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- "Japanese pair wins title". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. 6 November 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tewell and Gilder win Acom event". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Hilo, Hawaii. AP. 7 November 1988. p. 18. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- McCormack, Mark H. (1987). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1987. Springwood Books. pp. 271, 486–489. ISBN 0002182572.
- "Australian golfers win doubles tourney". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AP. 29 July 1985. p. 4-F. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- McCormack, Mark H. (1985). Ebel World of Professional Golf 1985. Springwood Books. pp. 237, 475. ISBN 0862541247.
- "Taiwanese duo win Acom Doubles tourney". Singapore Monitor. 22 August 1983. p. 35. Retrieved 1 February 2021 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
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