Kenichi Yamada

Kenichi Yamada
Personal information
Born (1947-03-24) 24 March 1947 (age 77)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2

Kenichi Yamada (山田 健一, Yamada Ken'ichi, born 24 March 1947) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yamada played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.

Professional wins (2)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 5 Oct 1975 Golf Digest Tournament −12 (67-73-67-33=240)* 1 stroke Japan Shozo Miyamoto
2 27 Aug 1978 KBC Augusta −12 (68-67-71-70=276) 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki, Japan Shiro Kubo,
United States Gene Littler, Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto

*Note: The 1975 Golf Digest Tournament was shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

Team appearances

Amateur


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