Yoshitaka Yamamoto

Yoshitaka Yamamoto 山本善隆
Personal information
Born	(1951-01-29) 29 January 1951 (age 70) Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	18
Highest ranking	98 (4 October 1987)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	13
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T57: 1979

Yoshitaka Yamamoto (山本　善隆, Yamamoto Yoshitaka, born 29 January 1951) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yamamoto was born in Osaka. He won 13 tournaments^[2] on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (13)[]

• 1975 (2) Suntory Open, Bridgestone Tournament
• 1976 (1) Sony Charity Classic
• 1977 (1) Kansai Open
• 1978 (1) Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers
• 1979 (1) Hiroshima Open
• 1980 (1) Japan PGA Championship
• 1982 (1) NST Niigata Open
• 1983 (1) Kansai Pro Championship
• 1985 (1) Hiroshima Open
• 1987 (1) Kansai Pro Championship
• 1989 (1) Kansai Open
• 1993 (1) Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup

Other wins[]

• 1972 Setouchi Series Okayama leg
• 1973 Wizard Tournament
• 1975 Ocean Expo Golf Tournament
• 1986 Kuzuha International

Senior Tour wins[]

• 2002 Okinawa Senior Open

Team appearances[]

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1976

References[]

External links[]

• Yoshitaka Yamamoto at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Yoshitaka Yamamoto at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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