Seiichi Kanai

Seiichi Kanai
金井清一
Personal information
Born(1940-07-24)24 July 1940
Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Died30 November 2022(2022-11-30) (aged 82)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
SpouseSachiko
Career
Turned professional1965
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins20
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour11
Other9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1986

Seiichi Kanai (金井 清一, Kanai Seiichi, 24 July 1940 − 30 November 2022[1]) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (20)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 26 Sep 1976 Japan PGA Championship −7 (64-70-69-70=273) Playoff Japan Shichiro Enomoto, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan,
Japan Haruo Yasuda
2 16 Jul 1978 Kanto Open −3 (70-72-74-69=285) Playoff Japan Minoru Hiyoshi, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
3 23 Aug 1981 Kanto Pro Championship −8 (71-68-69=208)* Playoff Japan Yutaka Hagawa
4 27 Sep 1981 Hiroshima Open −14 (66-69-67=202)* Playoff Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen
5 29 May 1983 Pepsi Ube Open −14 (68-70-68-68=274) 2 strokes Japan Kouichi Inoue
6 16 Oct 1983 Golf Digest Tournament −12 (69-70-69-68=276) 2 strokes Japan Kouichi Inoue
7 24 Mar 1985 Shizuoka Open −4 (71-70-71-72=284) 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki, Japan Tomishege Ikeda,
Japan Tōru Nakamura
8 8 Sep 1985 Kanto Open −11 (70-69-70-68=277) 5 strokes Japan Toshiharu Kawada
9 15 Dec 1985 Daikyo Open −14 (67-66-70-71=274) 5 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Hisashi Suzumura,
Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
10 7 Jun 1987 Tohoku Classic −13 (71-69-70-65=275) 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
11 29 Jul 1990 NST Niigata Open −10 (70-72-67-69=278) 1 stroke Japan Yukio Noguchi

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (4–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1976 Japan PGA Championship Japan Shichiro Enomoto, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan,
Japan Haruo Yasuda 		Won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole
2 1978 Kanto Open Japan Minoru Hiyoshi, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
3 1981 Kanto Pro Championship Japan Yutaka Hagawa Won with par on first extra hole
4 1981 Hiroshima Open Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 1985 Japan PGA Championship Japan Tateo Ozaki Lost to birdie on first extra hole
6 1988 Mizuno Open Japan Yoshimi Niizeki Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 2 Mar 1986 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open +1 (72-73-70-70=285) 1 stroke Australia Ian Baker-Finch

Other wins (3)

this list is probably incomplete

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "ゴルファーの金井清一さん死去　日本プロ選手権2勝、82歳" [Golfer Seiichi Kanai dies at the age of 82 after winning two Japanese professional championships] (in Japanese). 20 January 2023.