Akio Kanemoto

Akio Kanemoto
Personal information
Born (1945-04-09) 9 April 1945 (age 79)
Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other1

Akio Kanemoto (born 9 April 1945) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kanemoto played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times.

Professional wins (4)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 9 Jul 1978 Kansai Open −4 (70-73-70-71=284) Playoff Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto
2 10 Sep 1978 Suntory Open −7 (68-71-72-70=281) 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
3 6 Sep 1981 Kansai Open (2) −10 (70-68-71-69=278) 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Kai, Japan Ichiro Teramoto

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1978 Kansai Open Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto Won with par on second extra hole
2 1980 Kansai Pro Championship Japan Teruo Sugihara Lost to par on fifth extra hole

Other wins (1)


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