Tadahiro Takayama
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is a Japan
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Takayama was born in Wakayama. He took up golf at eighteen, an unusually advanced age for a future professional, and turned pro three years later. He made his mark by winning the 2001 PGA Rookie Pro Tournament and has since won five times on the Japan Golf Tour
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Japan
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Takayama was born in Wakayama. He took up golf at eighteen, an unusually advanced age for a future professional, and turned pro three years later. He made his mark by winning the 2001 PGA Rookie Pro Tournament and has since won five times on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
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Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
- 2005 Token Homemate CupToken Homemate CupThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1990. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 . It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71...
- 2006 Asia Japan Okinawa Open (played in December 2005, official event for 2006 season, co-sanctioned with Asian TourAsian TourThe Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...
) - 2010 Sun Chlorella ClassicSun Chlorella ClassicThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 2000. The tournament record is −19 . It was set by Christian Pena in 2002. In 2011, it was played from 28–31 July...
- 2011 Token Homemate CupToken Homemate CupThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1990. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 . It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71...
, Casio World OpenCasio World OpenThe is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1981...