The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour event.

In 1985, Tsutomu Irie became the first player to break the 60 barrier in major professional tournament in Japan when he scored 59 (11 under par) in the first round.

History The first two editions were a five-man invitation event played over 18 holes, after which it was a larger single-day 36-hole tournament. The first international players competed in 1971. It was reduced to a 27-hole event in 1972 and 1973, before becoming a two-day 36 hole tournament from 1974.

Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up 1990 Yoshimi Niizeki 132 −8 1 stroke Tadao Nakamura 1989 Tōru Nakamura 133 −7 1 stroke Satoshi Higashi 1988 Wayne Smith 131 −9 2 strokes Yasuhiro Funatogawa Craig Parry 1987 Katsunari Takahashi 131 −9 1 stroke Brian Jones 1986 Yoshitaka Yamamoto 137 −3 Playoff Seiichi Kanai 1985 Tsutomu Irie 129 −11 3 strokes David Ishii 1984 Norio Suzuki 133 −7 1 stroke Wayne Grady Yasuhiro Miyamoto 1983 Kikuo Arai 138 −2 Playoff David Ishii Teruo Sugihara 1982 Namio Takasu 102 −3 1 stroke Yoshikazu Yokoshima 1981 Kosaku Shimada 133 −7 2 strokes Lu Liang-Huan Nobumitsu Yuhara 1980 Yoshikazu Yokoshima 134 −6 2 strokes Tsutomu Irie Shinsaku Maeda Kenichi Yamada 1979 Hsieh Min-Nan 134 −6 2 strokes Fujio Kobayashi 1978 Akira Yabe 135 −5 1 stroke Brian Jones Yoshikazu Yokoshima 1977 Greg Norman 135 −5 2 strokes Kikuo Arai 1976 Fujio Kobayashi 133 −7 1 stroke Chen Chien-chung Hsieh Min-Nan 1975 Norio Suzuki 133 −7 1 stroke Ted Ball 1974 Namio Takasu 131 −9 3 strokes Masashi Ozaki 1973 Han Chang-sang 102 Playoff Graham Marsh 1972 Lu Liang-Huan 107 Playoff Walter Godfrey 1971 Guy Wolstenholme 139 −3 1 stroke Akio Kanemoto 1970 Hideyo Sugimoto 145 −1 2 strokes Kosaku Shimada 1969 Tadashi Kitta 136 −4 4 strokes Torakichi Nakamura 1968 Shozo Miyamoto 134 −6 2 strokes Susumu Arai 1967 Teruo Sugihara 136 −8 Playoff Hideyo Sugimoto 1966 Tadashi Kitta 65 −7 2 strokes Shozo Miyamoto 1965 Teruo Sugihara and Toichiro Toda 65 −7 Tie n/a Source:

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External links Kuzuha Public Golf Course – Tournament history