Seiichi Kanai

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Seiichi Kanai 金井清一
Personal information
Born	(1940-07-24) 24 July 1940 (age 81) Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	20
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	11
Other	9
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1986

Seiichi Kanai (金井　清一, Kanai Seiichi, born 24 July 1940) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (20)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (11)[]

• 1976 (1) Japan PGA Championship
• 1978 (1) Kanto Open
• 1981 (2) Hiroshima Open, Kanto Pro Championship
• 1983 (2) Pepsi Ube Kosan Open, Golf Digest Tournament
• 1985 (3) Shizuoka Open, Kanto Open, Daikyo Open
• 1987 (1) Tohoku Classic
• 1990 (1) NST Niigata Open

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)[]

• 1986 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open

Other wins (3)[]

this list is probably incomplete

• 1972 Japan PGA Championship
• 1975 Nagano Open
• 1980 Yamanashi Pro-Am

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5)[]

• 1990 Japan PGA Senior Championship
• 1991 Japan Senior Open
• 1992 Japan Senior Open
• 1993 Japan Senior Open
• 1998 Japan PGA Senior Championship

Team appearances[]

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1977

External links[]

• Seiichi Kanai at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Seiichi Kanai at the Official World Golf Ranking official site