Yoshinori Kaneko

Yoshinori Kaneko
Personal information
Born	(1961-03-04) 4 March 1961 (age 60) Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	62 (2 March 1997)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1997
PGA Championship	T71: 1997
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 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	Eiichi Itai
2	5 Apr 1992	Descente Classic	−9 (66-70-71-72=279)	2 strokes	Masanobu Kimura
3	10 Mar 1996	Token Corporation Cup	−13 (69-74-67-65=275)	1 stroke	Brandt Jobe
4	21 Apr 1996	Kirin Open1	−10 (68-71-69-70=278)	1 stroke	Nobuo Serizawa, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5	23 Jun 1996	Mizuno Open	−18 (66-71-65-68=270)	4 strokes	Shinichi Yokota
6	28 Mar 1999	Georgia KSB Open	−13 (65-67-71-72=275)	1 stroke	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	Eduardo Herrera, Koichi Suzuki, Brian Watts	Watts won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)[]

• 1988 Kanto Kokusai Open

Team appearances[]

• Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1990
• Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1991

References[]

External links[]

• Yoshinori Kaneko at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Yoshinori Kaneko at the PGA Tour official site
• Yoshinori Kaneko at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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