Yoshinori Kaneko
Encyclopedia
Yoshinori Kaneko is a Japan
ese professional golfer
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Kaneko played on the Japan Golf Tour
, winning six times.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
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Kaneko played 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...
, winning six times.
Japan Golf Tour wins
- 1991 Kanto OpenKanto OpenThe Kanto Open is a golf tournament in Japan. It was played as early as 1955 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in Japan.-Winners:this list is incomplete*1999 Hisayuki Sasaki...
- 1992 Descente Classic
- 1996 Token Corporation Cup, Kirin OpenKirin OpenThe Kirin Open was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 1974 to 2001. From 1977 it was played at the Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki.-Winners:Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Kirin Open*2001 Shingo Katayama*2000 Shingo Katayama...
, Mizuno OpenMizuno OpenThe is a golf tournament played in Japan since 1971. It has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Beginning in 1998, the top four finishers in the Mizuno Open that were not already exempt into The Open Championship received exemptions. There is also a mini-money list of events up to and... - 1999 Georgia KSB Open