Akihito Yokoyama

Akihito Yokoyama
横山 明仁
Personal information
Born (1961-01-12) 12 January 1961 (age 63)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other1

Akihito Yokoyama (横山 明仁, Yokoyama Akihito, born 12 January 1961) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yokoyama played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. He is sponsored by ISPS.

Professional wins (4)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 4 Sep 1988 Kanto Open −2 (70-66-67-75=278) 6 strokes Japan Tomohiro Maruyama, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 21 May 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open −13 (67-69-67=203)* Playoff Japan Yoshimi Niizeki
3 4 Aug 1991 NST Niigata Open −10 (73-67-69-69=278) 2 strokes Japan Hideki Kase, Japan Koichi Suzuki

*Note: The 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1989 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open Japan Yoshimi Niizeki Won with bogey on second extra hole
2 1990 Bridgestone Open Japan Saburo Fujiki Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)


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