The Gene Sarazen Jun Classic, sometimes shortened to Jun Classic, was a professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

tournament that was held in Japan from 1977 to 1999. It was an event 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 ...

from 1978. It was named in honour of

Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen (; born Eugenio Saraceni, February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) was an American professional golfer, one of the world's top players in the 1920s and 1930s, and the winner of seven major championships. He is one of five players (along ...

, and played at the Jun Classic Country Club and the Rope Club in

Tochigi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Tochigi Prefecture has a population of 1,943,886 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 6,408 Square kilometre, km2 (2,474 Square mile, sq mi). Tochigi ...

Tournament hosts

Winners

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References

External links

Japan Golf Tour's Official site
Former Japan Golf Tour events Defunct golf tournaments in Japan Sport in Tochigi Prefecture 1977 establishments in Japan 1999 disestablishments in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1977 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1999 {{golf-tournament-stub