title: Descente Classic
text: # Descente Classic
  
  The Descente Classic was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1992 by sponsors Descente, 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.
  
  ## Tournament hosts
  
  | Year(s) | Host course | Location |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1998–1999 | Taiheiyo Club (Ichihara Course) | Ichihara, Chiba |
  | 1996–1997 | Edosaki Country Club | Inashiki, Ibaraki |
  | 1993–1995 | Century Miki Golf Club | Miki, Hyōgo |
  | 1992 | Century Yokawa Golf Club | Miki, Hyōgo |
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup ||||||
  | 1999 | Masayuki Kawamura | 205 | −11 | Playoff | Kazuhiko Hosokawa Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
  | 1998 | Dinesh Chand | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Carlos Franco Hidemichi Tanaka |
  | 1997 | Peter Teravainen | 270 | −14 | 2 strokes | Todd Hamilton |
  | 1996 | Masanobu Kimura | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes | Hideyuki Sato |
  | 1995 | Satoshi Higashi | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Katsuyoshi Tomori |
  | Descente Classic ||||||
  | 1994 | Brian Watts | 280 | −8 | 3 strokes | Hisao Inoue Hideki Kase Frankie Miñoza Tsukasa Watanabe |
  | 1993 | Tetsu Nishikawa | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | Shigenori Mori Tsuyoshi Yoneyama |
  | 1992 | Yoshinori Kaneko | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Masanobu Kimura |
  