Tohoku_Classic

JCB Classic
Tournament information
Location	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Established	1972
Course(s)	Hananomori Golf Club
Par	71
Length	7,038 yards (6,436 m)
Tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	¥100,000,000
Month played	May/June
Final year	2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Katsuyoshi Tomori (2003)
To par	−20 as above
Final champion
	Tomohiro Kondo
Location map
	Hananomori GC Location in Japan Hananomori GC Location in the Miyagi Prefecture

JCB Classic

Professional golf tournament in Japan

The JCB Classic was a professional golf tournament held near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the Tohoku Classic, and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 until 2007.

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The Tohoku Classic was held at Nishisendai Country Club until 1987. In 1988 it moved to Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club and was renamed the Sendai Classic; sponsored as the JCB Classic Sendai from 1990. The final event, in 2007, was held at Hananomori Golf Club as the JCB Classic and the prize fund was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

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[54holes-1] Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
JCB Classic
2007	Tomohiro Kondo	271	−13	1 stroke	Lee Seong-ho Koumei Oda Mamo Osanai Azuma Yano
JCB Classic Sendai
2006	Hideto Tanihara	266	−18	5 strokes	Shingo Katayama
2005	Hur Suk-ho	265	−19	1 stroke	Shinichi Yokota
2004	Takashi Kamiyama	271	−13	Playoff	Tomohiro Kondo Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2003	Katsuyoshi Tomori	264	−20	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato
2002	Toru Suzuki	271	−13	Playoff	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
2001	Toshiaki Odate	275	−9	2 strokes	Taichi Teshima
2000	Nobuhito Sato (2)	271	−13	3 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa
1999	Shingo Katayama	268	−16	Playoff	Shigemasa Higaki
1998	Yoshi Mizumaki (2)	270	−14	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama
1997	Nobuhito Sato	267	−17	4 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa Naomichi Ozaki
1996	Masashi Ozaki (5)	277	−7	Playoff	David Ishii
1995	Ryoken Kawagishi	271	−13	3 strokes	Toru Suzuki
1994	Masahiro Kuramoto (2)	271	−13	2 strokes	Toshiaki Sudo
1993	Yoshi Mizumaki	273	−11	Playoff	Hajime Meshiai Tsukasa Watanabe
1992	Roger Mackay (2)	271	−13	6 strokes	Paul Hoad
1991	Tadami Ueno	271	−13	1 stroke	Graham Marsh
1990	Roger Mackay	269	−15	3 strokes	Graham Marsh Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Sendai Classic
1989	Masashi Ozaki (4)	272	−12	3 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima Katsunari Takahashi
1988	Masahiro Kuramoto	204^{[lower-alpha 1]}	−9	2 strokes	Futoshi Irino
Tohoku Classic
1987	Seiichi Kanai	275	−13	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai
1986	Teruo Sugihara (2)	280	−8	2 strokes	Namio Takasu
1985	David Ishii	275	−13	5 strokes	Naomichi Ozaki
1984	Kouichi Inoue	276	−12	1 stroke	Chen Tze-ming	^[1]
1983	Yutaka Hagawa	277	−11	7 strokes	Teruo Sugihara	^[2]
1982	Shinsaku Maeda	208^{[lower-alpha 1]}	−8	2 strokes	Graham Marsh Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama	^[3]
1981	Teruo Sugihara	281	−7	4 strokes	Shozo Miyamoto	^[4]
1980	Haruo Yasuda (3)	273	−15	2 strokes	Shinsaku Maeda	^[5]
1979	Tōru Nakamura	278	−10	Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan
1978	Haruo Yasuda (2)	283	−5	1 stroke	Shinsaku Maeda Masashi Ozaki	^[6]
1977	Isao Aoki	278	−10	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan	^[7]
1976	Haruo Yasuda	277	−11	Playoff	Fumio Tanaka
1975	Masashi Ozaki (3)	278	−10	1 stroke	Isao Aoki	^[8]
1974	Masashi Ozaki (2)	280	−8	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda	^[9]
1973	Masashi Ozaki	273	−15	3 strokes	Lu Liang-Huan	^[10]
1972	Takashi Murakami	283	−5	Playoff	Masaji Kusakabe	^[11]

Tohoku_Classic

JCB Classic

Tournament hosts

Winners

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Year(s)	Host course	Location
2007	Hananomori Golf Club	Ōhira, Miyagi
1988–2006	Omotezao Kokusai Golf Club	Shibata, Miyagi
1972–1987	Nishisendai Country Club	Sendai, Miyagi