Yasuharu Imano

Yasuharu Imano
今野康晴
Personal information
Born (1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 51)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking75 (27 December 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2000, 2006

Yasuharu Imano (Japanese: 今野康晴, born 28 May 1973) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Imano was born in Gifu Prefecture.[2]

He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won seven times between 1999 and 2009.[3]

Professional wins (9)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 May 1999 The Crowns −9 (73-68-65-65=271) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2 25 Jun 2000 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −14 (66-71-72-65=274) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
3 28 Jul 2002 Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship −18 (70-64-70-66=270) 4 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
4 4 Aug 2002 Aiful Cup −20 (64-66-66-72=268) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
5 11 Sep 2005 Suntory Open −13 (65-64-70-68=267) 2 strokes Japan Mamo Osanai
6 4 Dec 2005 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −11 (72-67-63-67=269) 2 strokes Japan Shinichi Yokota
7 15 Nov 2009 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −13 (69-65-68-73=275) 2 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya, United States Han Lee

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–6)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2005 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa, New Zealand David Smail Hosokawa won with par on second extra hole
2 2005 ANA Open Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2007 ANA Open Thailand Chawalit Plaphol, Japan Norio Shinozaki Shinozaki won with par on fifth extra hole
Imano eliminated by par on first hole
4 2008 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Japan Shingo Katayama Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 2009 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Japan Yuta Ikeda Lost to birdie on second extra hole
6 2009 Japan Open Golf Championship Japan Ryo Ishikawa, Japan Ryuichi Oda Oda won with birdie on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 23 Feb 1997 Konica U-Bix Manila Open −7 (70-74-71-71=281) 2 strokes Paraguay Pedro Martínez, United States Kevin Wentworth,
Philippines Danny Zarate

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Open Championship CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Imano only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2005
Match Play
Championship T25
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ "Week 52 2009 Ending 27 Dec 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ Profile on Japan Golf Tour's official site
  3. ^ Lifetime record on Japan Golf Tour's official site


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