Yoshinori Kaneko

Yoshinori Kaneko
Personal information
Born (1961-03-04) 4 March 1961 (age 63)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1983
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking62 (2 March 1997)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1997
PGA ChampionshipT71: 1997
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1996

Yoshinori Kaneko (金子 柱憲, Kaneko Yoshinori, born 4 March 1961) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kaneko played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times.

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 8 Sep 1991 Kanto Open −14 (69-69-64=202) 5 strokes Japan Eiichi Itai
2 5 Apr 1992 Descente Classic −9 (66-70-71-72=279) 2 strokes Japan Masanobu Kimura
3 10 Mar 1996 Token Corporation Cup −13 (69-74-67-65=275) 1 stroke United States Brandt Jobe
4 21 Apr 1996 Kirin Open1 −10 (68-71-69-70=278) 1 stroke Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Japan Nobuo Serizawa
5 23 Jun 1996 Mizuno Open −18 (66-71-65-68=270) 4 strokes Japan Shinichi Yokota
6 28 Mar 1999 Georgia KSB Open −13 (65-67-71-72=275) 1 stroke Philippines Frankie Miñoza

1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1994 Mizuno Open Colombia Eduardo Herrera, Japan Koichi Suzuki,
United States Brian Watts 		Watts won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

  • 1988 Kanto Kokusai Open

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ "Week 9 1997 Ending 2 Mar 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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