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.

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

Tournament hosts

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Year(s) Host course Location
2004–2012 Otaru Country Club Otaru, Hokkaido
2001–2003 Sapporo Bay Golf Club Ishikari, Hokkaido
2000 Sapporo Kokusai Country Club (Shimamatsu Course) Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012   Brendan Jones (2) 273 −15 2 strokes   Lee Seong-ho
  Hideki Matsuyama
  Yoshinobu Tsukada
2011   Yuta Ikeda 274 −14 1 stroke   Tetsuji Hiratsuka
2010   Tadahiro Takayama 271 −17 3 strokes   Dinesh Chand
2009   Ryo Ishikawa 271 −17 1 stroke   Brendan Jones
2008   Takuya Taniguchi 284 −4 1 stroke   Hideto Tanihara
2007   Jun Kikuchi 283 −5 Playoff   Toru Suzuki
2006   Hideto Tanihara 283 −5 1 stroke   Hiroyuki Fujita
  Tetsuji Hiratsuka
  Prayad Marksaeng
  Katsumasa Miyamoto
  Masaya Tomida
2005   Keiichiro Fukabori 273 −15 1 stroke   Hidemasa Hoshino
2004   Yang Yong-eun 275 −13 3 strokes   David Smail
  Yeh Wei-tze
2003   Brendan Jones 280 −8 Playoff   Daisuke Maruyama
  Taichi Teshima
2002   Christian Peña 269 −19 Playoff   Brendan Jones
  Naomichi Ozaki
2001   Hiroyuki Fujita 283 −5 Playoff   Katsuyoshi Tomori
2000   Masashi Ozaki 276 −12 Playoff   Shoichi Yamamoto

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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