Sun Chlorella Classic
Golf tournament
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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 information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course | Otaru Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,471 yards (6,831 m) |
| Tour | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥150,000,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 2012 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 269 Brendan Jones (2002) 269 Naomichi Ozaki (2002) 269 Christian Peña (2002) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Brendan Jones | |
| Location map | |
Tournament hosts
| 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
| 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 |
