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

Year(s)Host courseLocation
2004–2012Otaru Country ClubOtaru, Hokkaido
2001–2003Sapporo Bay Golf ClubIshikari, Hokkaido
2000Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course)Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012Australia Brendan Jones (2)273−152 strokesSouth Korea Lee Seong-ho
Japan Hideki Matsuyama
Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
2011Japan Yuta Ikeda274−141 strokeJapan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2010Japan Tadahiro Takayama271−173 strokesFiji Dinesh Chand
2009Japan Ryo Ishikawa271−171 strokeAustralia Brendan Jones
2008Japan Takuya Taniguchi284−41 strokeJapan Hideto Tanihara
2007Japan Jun Kikuchi283−5PlayoffJapan Toru Suzuki
2006Japan Hideto Tanihara283−51 strokeJapan Hiroyuki Fujita
Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
Japan Masaya Tomida
2005Japan Keiichiro Fukabori273−151 strokeJapan Hidemasa Hoshino
2004South Korea Yang Yong-eun275−133 strokesNew Zealand David Smail
Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze
2003Australia Brendan Jones280−8PlayoffJapan Daisuke Maruyama
Japan Taichi Teshima
2002United States Christian Peña269−19PlayoffAustralia Brendan Jones
Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2001Japan Hiroyuki Fujita283−5PlayoffJapan Katsuyoshi Tomori
2000Japan Masashi Ozaki276−12PlayoffJapan Shoichi Yamamoto

References

  1. 1 2 "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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