Akira Yabe
Akira Yabe | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Tochigi Prefecture, Japan | 1 June 1946
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 11 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
Other | 6 |
Akira Yabe (born 1 June 1946) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. His biggest win came in 1982 in the Japan Open Golf Championship.
Professional wins[]
Japan Golf Tour wins[]
- 1978 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament
- 1979 Shizuoka Open
- 1980 Kanto Pro Championship, Descente Cup Hokkoku Open
- 1982 Japan Open
Other wins[]
- 1978 Nagano Open
- 1980 Kanagawa Open
Senior wins[]
- 2007 Handa Cup Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
- 2008 Kanto Pro Grand Senior Championship
- 2014 Starts Senior Tournament, Japan Professional Gold Senior Championship Golf Partner Cup
External links[]
- Akira Yabe at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Akira Yabe at the PGA of Japan official website (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Japanese male golfers
- Japan Golf Tour golfers
- Sportspeople from Tochigi Prefecture
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Japanese golf biography stubs