The Ube Kosan Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1972 until 2001. It was played at the Ube 72 Country Club near Ube, Yamaguchi. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Established | 1972 |
| Course(s) | Ube 72 Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,859 yards (6,272 m) |
| Tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥140,000,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Final year | 2001 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Shigeki Maruyama (1993) 264 Hidemichi Tanaka (1996) |
| To par | −21 Dean Wilson (2001) |
| Final champion | |
 Dean Wilson | |
| Location map | |
  Ube 72 CC Location in Japan  Ube 72 CC Location in the Yamaguchi Prefecture | |
In 1976, the Pepsi-Wilson Tournament, as it was then known, set a record for the longest sudden-death playoff in a major men's professional tournament. It took Peter Thomson fourteen holes to defeat Graham Marsh, Brian Jones and Shozo Miyamoto.[1] This record still stands today.
Tournament hosts
| Year(s) | Host course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1976, 1978, 1980–2001 | Ube 72 Country Club (various courses) | Ube, Yamaguchi |
| 1979 | Hachinohe Country Club | Hashikami, Aomori |
| 1974 | Katayamazu Golf Club (Hakusan) | Kaga, Ishikawa |
| 1972–1973, 1975, 1977 | Yokohama Country Club (West) | Yokohama, Kanagawa |
