The Descente Classic was a professional

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tournament on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...

. Founded in 1992 by sponsors

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, it was renamed the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup in 1995 and played until 1999, after which it was merged with the KSB Open to create the

Munsingwear Open KSB Cup The Munsingwear Open KSB Cup was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was created in 2000 as a result of the merger of two previous tournaments, the Georgia KSB Open and the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup. The Georgia KSB O ...

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Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
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