Yoshitaka Yamamoto

Yoshitaka Yamamoto
山本善隆
Personal information
Born (1951-01-29) 29 January 1951 (age 73)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins18
Highest ranking98 (4 October 1987)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour13
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT57: 1979

Yoshitaka Yamamoto (山本善隆, Yamamoto Yoshitaka, born 29 January 1951) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yamamoto was born in Osaka. He won 13 tournaments[2] on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (18)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (13)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 7 Sep 1975 Suntory Open −20 (70-67-65-66=268) 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
2 2 Nov 1975 Bridgestone Tournament −5 (68-74-69-72=283) 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda
3 7 Nov 1976 Sony Charity Classic −6 (70-67-72-73=282) 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
4 10 Jul 1977 Kansai Open −3 (74-71-70-70=285) 3 strokes Japan Tsutomu Irie, Japan Tadashi Kitta,
Japan Shiro Kubo, Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto
5 13 Aug 1978 Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers −9 (68-71-72-68=279) 3 strokes Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
6 30 Sep 1979 Hiroshima Open −18 (67-70-67-66=270) 8 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda, Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
7 5 Oct 1980 Japan PGA Championship −2 (71-72-71-68=282) 1 stroke Japan Seiichi Kanai, Japan Namio Takasu
8 11 Jul 1982 Niigata Open −6 (69-69=138) Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
9 3 Jul 1983 Kansai Pro Championship −17 (70-66-65-66=267) 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
10 10 Nov 1985 Hiroshima Open (2) −11 (69-71-69-68=277) 2 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai, Japan Tōru Nakamura,
Japan Masashi Ozaki
11 5 Jul 1987 Kansai Pro Championship (2) −14 (68-70-70-66=274) 5 strokes Japan Takeshi Nakaya, Japan Hideto Shigenobu
12 3 Sep 1989 Kansai Open (2) −5 (67-74-70=211) 1 stroke Japan Kazuo Kanayama, Japan Toshiaki Nakagawa,
Japan Tōru Nakamura
13 5 Sep 1993 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 3 and 2 Japan Koichi Suzuki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1975 Japan PGA Championship Japan Takashi Murakami Lost three-hole aggregate playoff;
Murakami: −1 (4-4-3=11),
Yamamoto: E (4-4-4=12)
2 1979 Japan Open Golf Championship Japan Isao Aoki, Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung,
Japan Koichi Uehara 		Kuo won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Aoki and Uehara eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 1982 Niigata Open Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Won with par on fourth extra hole

Other wins (4)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

  • 2002 Okinawa Senior Open

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 40 1987 Ending 4 Oct 1987" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ Japan Golf Tour profile


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