1990 - Men Japan
The winners in the category "1990 - Men Japan" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Japan
Lark
Played as the ABC Lark Cup (Oct 25-28; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Kawagishi (Jpn), who recorded his third Japan Tour win. [ABC GC, Kato, Hyogo, Japan].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Aso Open (Japan Tr event). Second-placed Nobumitsu Yuhara (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Sugihara (Jpn). Friday's round was cancelled due to heavy rain. [Aso GC, Aso, Kumamoto].
Japan
Bridgestone
Played as the Bridgestone Open (Oct 18-21; Japan Tr event). Fujiki (Jpn) beat Akihito Yokoyama (Jpn) in a playoff. [Sodegaura course, Sodegaura CC, Chiba, Jpn].
Japan
Casio
Played as the Casio World Open (Nov 22-25; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Yoshinori Kaneko (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Reid (USA), who recorded his first and only Japan Tour win. [Kaimon course, Ibusuki GC, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan].
Japan
Dunlop
Played as the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Nov 15-18; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Mize (USA), who recorded the last of his three Japan Tour wins. [Phoenix CC, Miyazaki, Japan].
Japan
JGA
Played as the Japan Open (Oct 4-7; Japanese major ch'ship). Second-placed Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn). [New course, Otaru CC, Otaru, Hokkaido, Jpn].
Japan
PGA of Japan
Played as the Japan PGA Championship (Aug 2-5; Japanese major ch'ship). Second-placed Saburo Fujiki (Jpn) and Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind first-time Japan Tour winner Kase (Jpn). [Amanosan CC, Bessho, Sakai, Osaka, Jpn].
Japan
Hitachi
Played as the Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (Nov 28-Dec 2; Japanese major ch'ship). Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Jpn) beat Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Jpn) in a playoff. [Tokyo Yomiuri CC, Inagi, nr Tokyo].
Japan
Visa
Played as the VISA Taiheiyo Masters (Nov 8-11; Japan Tr event). Second-placed Bernhard Langer (Ger) and Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind defending champion Olazabal (Esp). [Gotemba course, Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba, Shizuoka, Jpn].
Japan
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Played as The Crowns - International Invitation Golf (April 26-29; Japan Tr event; aka the Chunichi Crowns). Sugai (Jpn) beat Steve Pate (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th), to win his second Japan Tour event. [Wago course, Nagoya GC, Aichi, Japan].
Japan
Pepsi
Played as the Pepsi Ube Kosan Open (May 17-20). Second-placed Tadami Ueno (Jpn) finished 4 shots behind Nakamura (Jpn). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Ube 72 CC, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7). After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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