Haruo Yasuda
Appearance
Haruo Yasuda | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 19 January 1943
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asia Golf Circuit |
Professional wins | 17 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
Other | 11 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1981 |
Haruo Yasuda (安田 春雄, Yasuda Haruo, born 19 January 1943) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-tour events in Japan and on the Asia Golf Circuit.[1] In 1968 he nearly won the Thailand Open but double-bogeyed the final hole giving Australian Randall Vines the win.[2]
Professional wins (17)
[edit]PGA of Japan Tour wins (6)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 21 Jul 1974 | Tokyo Charity Classic | −13 (69-68-69-69=275) | Playoff | Takashi Murakami |
2 | 20 Jun 1976 | Tohoku Classic | −11 (74-69-67-67=277) | Playoff | Fumio Tanaka |
3 | 4 Jun 1978 | Tohoku Classic (2) | −5 (73-66-73-71=283) | 1 stroke | Shinsaku Maeda, Masashi Ozaki |
4 | 18 May 1980 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | 2 and 1 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | |
5 | 8 Jun 1980 | Tohoku Classic (3) | −15 (66-70-71-66=273) | 2 strokes | Shinsaku Maeda |
6 | 27 May 1984 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −13 (68-68-69-70=275) | 4 strokes | Kouichi Inoue, Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1974 | Tokyo Charity Classic | Takashi Murakami | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1976 | Tohoku Classic | Fumio Tanaka | Won with par on first extra hole |
3 | 1976 | KBC Augusta | Graham Marsh | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 1976 | Japan PGA Championship | Shichiro Enomoto, Hsieh Min-Nan, Seiichi Kanai |
Kanai won with par on third extra hole Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole |
5 | 1979 | Aso National Park Open | Takashi Kurihara, Shinsaku Maeda | |
6 | 1983 | KSB Setonaikai Open | Kenji Sogame | Lost after concession before playoff |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 2 Mar 1969 | Philippine Open | −9 (68-71-71-69=279) | 1 stroke | Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-Nan |
2 | 7 Mar 1971 | Singapore Open | −7 (69-70-69-69=277) | 2 strokes | Takaaki Kono, Peter Thomson |
3 | 25 Apr 1971 | Yomiuri International | −6 (71-66-72-73=282) | Playoff | Kosaku Shimada |
4 | 9 Apr 1972 | Taiwan Open | −4 (68-73-70-73=284) | Playoff | Kuo Chie-Hsiung |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1971 | Yomiuri International | Kosaku Shimada | Won with bogey on third extra hole |
2 | 1972 | Taiwan Open | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
Japanese circuit wins (7)
[edit]- 1968 Chunichi Crowns
- 1969 Kanto Open, Kanto Pro Championship
- 1970 Chunichi Crowns, Dunlop Tournament
- 1972 Golf Digest Tournament, Shizuoka Open
Team appearances
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No-risk Yasuda is Open golf champion". The Straits Times. 8 March 1971. p. 27.
- ^ "Thai golf title to Vines". The Canberra Times. 18 March 1968. p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Haruo Yasuda at the Japan Golf Tour official site