The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the KSB Kagawa Open in 1981, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descente Classic to create the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.
Tournament hosts Year(s)Host courseLocation 1999 Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club Tamano, Okayama 1998 Ayutaki Country Club Takamatsu, Kagawa 1994–1997 Kinojo Golf Club Sōja, Okayama 1990, 1992–1993 Sanyoh Golf Club Yoshii Akaiwa, Okayama 1981, 1983–1984, 1987–1989, 1991 Shido Country Club Sanuki, Kagawa
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upGeorgia KSB Open 1999 Yoshinori Kaneko 275 −13 1 stroke Frankie Miñoza Just System KSB Open 1998 Carlos Franco 267 −17 4 strokes Frankie Miñoza 1997 Keiichiro Fukabori 276 −12 2 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara Toshiaki Odate Novell KSB Open 1996 Toru Suzuki 275 −13 1 stroke Eduardo Herrera Brian Watts 1995 Rick Gibson 271 −17 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa Tsukasa Watanabe United KSB Open 1994 Kazuhiro Takami 281 −7 6 strokes Yoshinori Kaneko TaylorMade KSB Open 1993 Tateo Ozaki 276 −12 1 stroke Roger Mackay 1992 Seiki Okuda 210 −6 4 strokes Seiji Ebihara Satoshi Higashi 1991 Masanobu Kimura 273 −15 3 strokes Nobuo Serizawa Teruo Sugihara Seto Uthumi Open 1990 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) 295 +7 1 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi Noboru Sugai Setonaikai Open 1989 Naomichi Ozaki 282 −6 2 strokes Kinpachi Yoshimura TaylorMade Setonaikai Open 1988 Wayne Smith 213 −3 1 stroke Norio Mikami Kenji Mori KSB Setonaikai Open 1987 Katsunari Takahashi 140 −4 2 strokes Yurio Akitomi Mike Harwood Minoru Nakamura 1986 Minoru Nakamura 1985 Masahiro Kuramoto 1984 Shuichi Sano 136 −8 2 strokes Shichiro Enomoto 1983 Kenji Sogame 140 −4 Playoff Haruo Yasuda KSB Kagawa Open 1982 Shigeru Uchida 1981 Toshimitsu Kai 141 1 stroke Tsuneyuki Nakajima Kosaku Shimada
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External links Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site