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Tsuyoshi Yoneyama

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Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
Personal information
Born (1965-03-15) 15 March 1965 (age 59)
Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking87 (23 January 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT15: 1999
Medal record
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul Men's team

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)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 30 May 1999 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament −16 (69-69-66-64=268) Playoff Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
2 29 Aug 1999 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta −11 (70-66-69=205)* 1 stroke Japan Takao Nogami
3 28 Nov 1999 Casio World Open −14 (70-71-68-65=274) 1 stroke Japan Taichi Teshima

*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
1 1999 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa, Japan Masayuki Kawamura Kawamura won with birdie on second extra hole
2 1999 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 20 Aug 2017 Fancl Classic −7 (69-73-67=209) Playoff Australia Steven Conran, South Korea Kim Jong-duck,
Japan Kiyoshi Maita, Japan Yoichi Shimizu
2 25 Aug 2017 Hiroshima Senior Golf Tournament −14 (69-73-67=128) 3 strokes Japan Katsumi Kubo
3 7 Oct 2018 Japan PGA Senior Championship Sumitomo Corporation Summit Cup −21 (69-66-66-66=267) 4 strokes Japan Toru Suzuki, Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1999 2000
The Open Championship T15 T41

Note: Yoneyama only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 3 2000 Ending 23 Jan 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Tsuyoshi Yoneyama profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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