Kaname Yokoo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kaname Yokoo
横尾要
Personal information
Born (1972-07-24) 24 July 1972 (age 49)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeNihon University
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking95 (3 September 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT57: 1999
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Medal record

Kaname Yokoo (Japanese: 横尾要, born 24 July 1972) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yokoo was born in Tokyo. He plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour and has five wins there. After he won the Japan PGA Match-Play Championship in 2000 he reached his highest world ranking of #95.[2]

Yokozuna’s played full-time on the PGA Tour from 2001 to 2003 with his best finish a T-2 at the 2002 Phoenix Open. He recorded four other top-10 finishes on tour.[3]

He finished runner-up at the 2005 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, losing to Tiger Woods in a playoff.

Professional wins (6)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 8 Nov 1998 Acom International 46 pts (10-14-5-17=46) 3 points Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
2 10 Oct 1999 Tokai Classic −14 (66-67-72-69=274) 1 stroke Fiji Vijay Singh
3 3 Sep 2000 Japan PGA Match-Play
Championship Promise Cup 		2 & 1 Japan Toru Taniguchi
4 24 Nov 2002 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −15 (66-65-69-69=269) 1 stroke Spain Sergio García
5 28 May 2006 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf −9 (71-70-68-66=275) 2 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara, Japan Toru Suzuki

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament United States Tiger Woods Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)[]

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
U.S. Open T57 CUT CUT CUT CUT

Note: Yokoo only played in the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship[]

Tournament 2002
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T58
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Week 35 2000 Ending 2 Sep 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking – Kaname Yokoo – 2000". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. ^ "Kaname Yokoo – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""