Acom International

The Acom International was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1990 to 2006. Sposored by Acom, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour, and used a modified Stableford scoring system until 1999, when it became a standard stroke play event. The purse for the final event in 2006 was ¥120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.

Acom International
Tournament information
LocationOmitama, Ibaraki, Japan
Established1990
Course(s)Ishioka Golf Club
Par71
Length7,066 yards (6,461 m)
Tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
FormatStableford
Modified Stableford
Stroke play
Prize fund¥120,000,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Toru Taniguchi (2000)
To par−19 Hidemichi Tanaka (1999)
Score51 points Kazuhiko Hosokawa (1996)
Final champion
Mamo Osanai
Location Map
Ishioka GC
Location in Japan
Ishioka GC
Location in the Ibaraki Prefecture

From 1983 to 1989, Acom sponsored a pairs better ball tournament, the Acom Doubles.

Tournament hosts
Year(s)Host courseLocation
1999–2006Ishioka Golf ClubOmitama, Ibaraki
1993–1998Seve Ballesteros Golf ClubIwaki, Fukushima
1991Narita Springs Country ClubNarita, Chiba
1990, 1992Japan Classic Country ClubIga, Mie

Winners
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
Acom International
2006 Mamo Osanai270−14Playoff Taichi Teshima
2005 David Smail271−132 strokes Taichi Teshima
2004 Toru Suzuki200[lower-alpha 1]−133 strokes Paul Sheehan
2003 Masahiro Kuramoto (2)271−13Playoff Katsumasa Miyamoto
Masashi Ozaki
2002 Toru Taniguchi (2)197[lower-alpha 1]−161 stroke Zhang Lianwei
2001 Kazuhiko Hosokawa (2)267−172 strokes Katsumune Imai
Scott Laycock
Nobuhito Sato
Toru Taniguchi
Shinichi Yokota
2000 Toru Taniguchi266−186 strokes Yasuharu Imano
1999 Hidemichi Tanaka269−195 strokes Keiichiro Fukabori
1998 Kaname Yokoo46 points3 points Katsumasa Miyamoto
1997 Kazuo Kanayama41 pointsPlayoff Eduardo Herrera
1996 Kazuhiko Hosokawa51 points4 points Frankie Miñoza
1995 Katsunori Kuwabara46 points5 points Tsukasa Watanabe
1994 Naomichi Ozaki41 points6 points Masayuki Kawamura
1993 Todd Hamilton40 points3 points Craig Warren
1992 Hisao Inoue41 points4 points Shigenori Mori
1991 Masahiro Kuramoto32 points10 points Brent Franklin
Yoshi Mizumaki
Tōru Nakamura		[1]
Acom P.T.
1990 Bob Gilder115 points[lower-alpha 1]1 point Bob Tway[2]

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References
  1. McCormack, Mark H. (1992). The World of Professional Golf 1992. Chapmans. pp. 331–332, 593. ISBN 1855926288.
  2. McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 297–298, 548. ISBN 1855925583.


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