Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
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Tsuyoshi Yoneyama | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | 15 March 1965
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Highest ranking | 87 (23 January 2000)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T15: 1999 |
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Medal record |
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama (米山 剛, Yoneyama Tsuyoshi, born 15 March 1965) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Yoneyama was born in Kanagawa Prefecture.[2]
Yoneyama has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. His most successful year was 1999 when he won three times and finished tied 15th in The Open Championship.
Professional wins (6)[]
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 30 May 1999 | Mitsubishi Motors Tournament | −16 (69-69-66-64=268) | Playoff | ![]() |
2 | 29 Aug 1999 | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | −11 (70-66-69=205)* | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | 28 Nov 1999 | Casio World Open | −14 (70-71-68-65=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
*Note: The 1999 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1999 | Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup | ![]() ![]() |
Kawamura won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 1999 | Mitsubishi Motors Tournament | ![]() |
Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)[]
- 2017 Fancl Classic, Hiroshima Senior Golf Tournament
- 2018 Japan PGA Senior Championship
Results in major championships[]
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 |
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The Open Championship | T15 | T41 |
Note: Yoneyama only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied
Team appearances[]
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1993, 1999
References[]
- ^ "Week 3 2000 Ending 23 Jan 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Tsuyoshi Yoneyama profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
External links[]
- Tsuyoshi Yoneyama at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Tsuyoshi Yoneyama at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Categories:
- Japanese male golfers
- Japan Golf Tour golfers
- Asian Games medalists in golf
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Golfers at the 1986 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Japanese golf biography stubs