Azuma Yano

Azuma Yano (矢野 東, Yano Azuma) (born 6 July 1977) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Azuma Yano
矢野 東
Personal information
Born (1977-07-06) 6 July 1977
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking69 (30 November 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT27: 2009
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2008, 2009

Yano has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Professional wins (5)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 6 Nov 2005 Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial −18 (69-67-67-67=270) 1 stroke Fiji Dinesh Chand, Japan Nozomi Kawahara,
Japan Taichi Teshima
2 21 Sep 2008 ANA Open −15 (68-68-69-68=273) 4 strokes Japan Toshinori Muto, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3 26 Oct 2008 Bridgestone Open −21 (65-66-69-67=267) 4 strokes Japan Takao Nogami

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Mar 2001 PRGR Cup (Cyubu) −5 (67) 1 stroke Japan Kohei Ban, Japan Atsushi Takamatsu,
Japan Hiroshi Ueda
2 5 Oct 2001 PRGR Cup (Kanto) −8 (68-68=136) 1 stroke Japan Atsushi Takamatsu

Results in major championships

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T27 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2009
Match Play
Championship 76
Invitational
Champions
  Did not play

References

  1. "Week 48 2008 Ending 30 Nov 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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