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Sun Chlorella Classic

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Sun Chlorella Classic
Tournament information
LocationOtaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Established2000
Course(s)Otaru Country Club
Par72
Length7,471 yards (6,831 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund¥150,000,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Brendan Jones (2002)
269 Naomichi Ozaki (2002)
269 Christian Peña (2002)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
Australia Brendan Jones
Location map
Otaru CC is located in Japan
Otaru CC
Otaru CC
Location in Japan
Otaru CC is located in Hokkaido
Otaru CC
Otaru CC
Location in Hokkaido

The Sun Chlorella Classic (サン・クロレラクラシック, San kurorera kurashikku) was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000 to 2012.[1] The tournament record was 269 (19 under par), set by Christian Peña, Brendan Jones and Naomichi Ozaki in 2002;[1] Peña won the title in a playoff.[2] In its final year, in 2012, it was played in late July and the prize fund was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

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Year(s) Host course Location
2004–2012 Otaru Country Club Otaru, Hokkaido
2001–2003 Sapporo Bay Golf Club Ishikari, Hokkaido
2000 Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course) Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012 Australia Brendan Jones (2) 273 −15 2 strokes South Korea Lee Seong-ho
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
2011 Japan Yuta Ikeda 274 −14 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2010 Japan Tadahiro Takayama 271 −17 3 strokes Fiji Dinesh Chand
2009 Japan Ryo Ishikawa 271 −17 1 stroke Australia Brendan Jones
2008 Japan Takuya Taniguchi 284 −4 1 stroke Japan Hideto Tanihara
2007 Japan Jun Kikuchi 283 −5 Playoff Japan Toru Suzuki
2006 Japan Hideto Tanihara 283 −5 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
Japan Masaya Tomida
2005 Japan Keiichiro Fukabori 273 −15 1 stroke Japan Hidemasa Hoshino
2004 South Korea Yang Yong-eun 275 −13 3 strokes New Zealand David Smail
Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze
2003 Australia Brendan Jones 280 −8 Playoff Japan Daisuke Maruyama
Japan Taichi Teshima
2002 United States Christian Peña 269 −19 Playoff Australia Brendan Jones
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2001 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita 283 −5 Playoff Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
2000 Japan Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 Playoff Japan Shoichi Yamamoto

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sun Chlorella Classic 2012 - Past Champions". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Pena Wins Sun Chlorella in Japan". AP News. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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