Acom International

The Acom International was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1990 to 2006. Sposored by Acom, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour, and used a modified Stableford scoring system until 1999, when it became a standard stroke play event. The purse for the final event in 2006 was ¥120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.

Acom International
Tournament information
LocationOmitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Ishioka Golf Club
Par71
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStableford
Modified Stableford
Stroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
Japan Mamo Osanai
Location Map
Ishioka GC is located in Japan
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in Japan
Ishioka GC is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Ishioka GC
Ishioka GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

From 1983 to 1989, Acom sponsored a pairs better ball tournament, the Acom Doubles.

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1999–2006Ishioka Golf ClubOmitama, Ibaraki
1993–1998Seve Ballesteros Golf ClubIwaki, Fukushima
1991Narita Springs Country ClubNarita, Chiba
1990, 1992Japan Classic Country ClubIga, Mie

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Acom International
2006Japan Mamo Osanai270−14PlayoffJapan Taichi Teshima
2005New Zealand David Smail271−132 strokesJapan Taichi Teshima
2004Japan Toru Suzuki200[lower-alpha 1]−133 strokesAustralia Paul Sheehan
2003Japan Masahiro Kuramoto (2)271−13PlayoffJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
Japan Masashi Ozaki
2002Japan Toru Taniguchi (2)197[lower-alpha 1]−161 strokeChina Zhang Lianwei
2001Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)267−172 strokesJapan Katsumune Imai
Australia Scott Laycock
Japan Nobuhito Sato
Japan Toru Taniguchi
Japan Shinichi Yokota
2000Japan Toru Taniguchi266−186 strokesJapan Yasuharu Imano
1999Japan Hidemichi Tanaka269−195 strokesJapan Keiichiro Fukabori
1998Japan Kaname Yokoo46 points3 pointsJapan Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997Japan Kazuo Kanayama41 pointsPlayoffColombia Eduardo Herrera
1996Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa51 points4 pointsPhilippines Frankie Miñoza
1995Japan Katsunori Kuwabara46 points5 pointsJapan Tsukasa Watanabe
1994Japan Naomichi Ozaki41 points6 pointsJapan Masayuki Kawamura
1993United States Todd Hamilton40 points3 pointsAustralia Craig Warren
1992Japan Hisao Inoue41 points4 pointsJapan Shigenori Mori
1991Japan Masahiro Kuramoto32 points10 pointsCanada Brent Franklin
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
Japan Tōru Nakamura		[1]
Acom P.T.
1990United States Bob Gilder115 points[lower-alpha 1]1 pointUnited States Bob Tway[2]

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References
  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1992). The World of Professional Golf 1992. Chapmans. pp. 331–332, 593. ISBN 1855926288.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 297–298, 548. ISBN 1855925583.


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