Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers

The Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers (Japanese: 日本国土計画サマーズ) was a professional golf tournament in Japan from 1977 to 1982. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1978.

Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers
Tournament information
LocationJapan
Established1977
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥30,000,000
Month playedAugust
Final year1982
Tournament record score
Aggregate275 Teruo Sugihara (1982)
To par−13 as above
Final champion
Japan Teruo Sugihara

Tournament hosts

Year(s)Host courseLocation
1981–1982Budo Country ClubIchihara, Chiba
1980New Tateshina Country ClubChino, Nagano
1977–1979Shirasagi Country ClubUtsunomiya, Tochigi

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
1982Japan Teruo Sugihara275−13[1]
1981Japan Masahiro Kuramoto280−85 strokesJapan Saburo Fujiki
Japan Keiichi Hoshino
[2]
1980Japan Yasuhiro Funatogawa206[lower-alpha 1]+1Playoff[lower-alpha 2]Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan[3]
1979Japan Norio Mikami279−93 strokes[4]
1978Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto279−93 strokesTaiwan Hsieh Min-Nan[5]
1977Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima209−72 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
Japan Koichi Uehara
[5][6]

Notes

  1. Tournament reduced to 54 holes after fog and rain delays caused the first round to extend over two days; the weather also resulted in the course being shortened from a par 71 to par 67 for the final two rounds.
  2. Funatogawa won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

  1. "Teruo Sugihara | Career record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1982). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1982. Springwood Books. pp. 242, 469–470. ISBN 0862541018.
  3. McCormack, Mark H. (1981). Dunhill World of Professional Golf 1981. Springwood Books. pp. 178–179, 394–395. ISBN 0862540054.
  4. "Morio (sic) coasts to easy win". The Straits Times. 6 August 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 4 February 2021 via National Library Board (Singapore).
  5. McCormack, Mark H. (1979). Dunhill Golf Yearbook 1979. Knopf Doubleday. pp. 249, 399. ISBN 0385149409.
  6. "North sinks 2 crucial putts for first win". New Nation. 22 August 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 4 February 2021 via National Library Board (Singapore).


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