The Munsingwear Open KSB Cup was a professional

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tournament on the

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. It was created in 2000 as a result of the merger of two previous tournaments, the Georgia KSB Open and the

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. The Georgia KSB Open started in 1989, and the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup started in 1992. From 2004, the tournament was played at the Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club near

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, Okayama. The purse for 2008 was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner. At the 2007 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup,

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, an amateur, became the youngest ever winner on the Japan Golf Tour, aged 15 years and 8 months.

Tournament hosts

Winners

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External links

Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
Defunct golf tournaments in Japan Former Japan Golf Tour events Sport in Okayama Prefecture Recurring sporting events established in 2000 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 2000 establishments in Japan 2008 disestablishments in Japan {{Golf-tournament-stub