Yoshitaka Yamamoto

Yoshitaka Yamamoto
山本善隆
Yoshitaka Yamamoto; 山本善隆
Personal information
Born	29 January 1951; Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	18
Highest ranking	98 (4 October 1987)
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.

Early life

Yamamoto was born in Osaka.

Yamamoto won 13 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.^[2] He was ranked in the top 100 in the world in the late 1980s.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Sep 1975	Suntory Open	−20 (70-67-65-66=268)	2 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
2	2 Nov 1975	Bridgestone Tournament	−5 (68-74-69-72=283)	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda
3	7 Nov 1976	Sony Charity Classic	−6 (70-67-72-73=282)	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan
4	10 Jul 1977	Kansai Open	−3 (74-71-70-70=285)	3 strokes	Tsutomu Irie, Tadashi Kitta, Shiro Kubo, Yasuhiro Miyamoto
5	13 Aug 1978	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	−9 (68-71-72-68=279)	3 strokes	Hsieh Min-Nan
6	30 Sep 1979	Hiroshima Open	−18 (67-70-67-66=270)	8 strokes	Haruo Yasuda, Yoshikazu Yokoshima
7	5 Oct 1980	Japan PGA Championship	−2 (71-72-71-68=282)	1 stroke	Seiichi Kanai, Namio Takasu
8	11 Jul 1982	Niigata Open	−6 (69-69=138)	Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan
9	3 Jul 1983	Kansai Pro Championship	−17 (70-66-65-66=267)	1 stroke	Teruo Sugihara
10	10 Nov 1985	Hiroshima Open (2)	−11 (69-71-69-68=277)	2 strokes	Hajime Meshiai, Tōru Nakamura, Masashi Ozaki
11	5 Jul 1987	Kansai Pro Championship (2)	−14 (68-70-70-66=274)	5 strokes	Takeshi Nakaya, Hideto Shigenobu
12	3 Sep 1989	Kansai Open (2)	−5 (67-74-70=211)	1 stroke	Kazuo Kanayama, Toshiaki Nakagawa, Tōru Nakamura
13	5 Sep 1993	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	3 and 2		Koichi Suzuki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1975	Japan PGA Championship	Takashi Murakami	Lost three-hole aggregate playoff; Murakami: −1 (4-4-3=11), Yamamoto: E (4-4-4=12)
2	1979	Japan Open Golf Championship	Isao Aoki, Kuo Chie-Hsiung, Koichi Uehara	Kuo won with birdie on fourth extra hole Aoki and Uehara eliminated by birdie on first hole
3	1982	Niigata Open	Hsieh Min-Nan	Won with par on fourth extra hole