Sun Chlorella Classic
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The is a golf
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
. It has been played annually since 2000. The tournament record is −19 (67–67–66–69=269). It was set by Christian Pena
in 2002. In 2011, it was played from 28–31 July. The purse was ￥
150,000,000 with ￥30,000,000 going to the winner.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
. It has been played annually since 2000. The tournament record is −19 (67–67–66–69=269). It was set by Christian Pena
Christian Pena
Christian Pena is an American professional golfer.Pena played on the Nike Tour in 1993 and 1994. His best finishes were a pair of T-6s, at the 1993 NIKE Monterrey Open and the 1994 NIKE Sonoma County Open. He played briefly on the European Tour in 2000. He played on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000...
in 2002. In 2011, it was played from 28–31 July. The purse was ￥
Japanese yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...
150,000,000 with ￥30,000,000 going to the winner.
Tournament hosts
- 2004–11 Otaru Country Club
- 2001–03 Sapporo Bay Golf Club
- 2000 Sapporo Kokusai Country Club, Shimamatsu Course
Winners
| Season | Winner | Nationality |
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| 2011 | Yuta Ikeda Yuta Ikeda Yuta Ikeda is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008 where he has won eight tournaments... |
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| 2010 | Tadahiro Takayama Tadahiro Takayama is a Japanese professional golfer.Takayama was born in Wakayama. He took up golf at eighteen, an unusually advanced age for a future professional, and turned pro three years later... |
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| 2009 | Ryo Ishikawa Ryo Ishikawa , also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" , is a Japanese professional golfer.On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it... |
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| 2008 | Takuya Taniguchi Takuya Taniguchi is a Japanese professional golfer.Taniguchi plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has won twice on tour and once on the Japan Challenge Tour.-External links:... |
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| 2007 | Jun Kikuchi Jun Kikuchi Jun Kikuchi is a Japanese professional golfer.Kikuchi plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won once.-External links:... |
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| 2006 | Hideto Tanihara Hideto Tanihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Tanihara was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He has won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings with his highest ranking coming in December 2007 when he reached 68th... |
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| 2005 | Keiichiro Fukabori Keiichiro Fukabori is a Japanese professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has eight wins on the Tour, and had his best year during the 2000 season.Fukabori was born in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1995.... |
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| 2004 | Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round.... |
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| 2003 | Brendan Jones | |
| 2002 | Christian Pena Christian Pena Christian Pena is an American professional golfer.Pena played on the Nike Tour in 1993 and 1994. His best finishes were a pair of T-6s, at the 1993 NIKE Monterrey Open and the 1994 NIKE Sonoma County Open. He played briefly on the European Tour in 2000. He played on the Japan Golf Tour from 2000... |
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| 2001 | Hiroyuki Fujita Hiroyuki Fujita Hiroyuki Fujita is a Japanese professional golfer.Fujita has won ten tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings... |
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| 2000 | Masashi Ozaki Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998... |