| Takemitsu Uranishi | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 October 1940 Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Takemitsu Uranishi (born 10 October 1940) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Uranishi played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning once. [1]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Sep 1980 | Kansai Open | −4 (75-71-72-66=284) | 6 strokes |  Tōru Nakamura, Kosaku Shimada |
Tōru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre. He is known for combining elements of oriental and occidental philosophy and for fusing sound with silence and tradition with innovation.
William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer. He is best known for his victory at the 2004 Open Championship.
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However, since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with that on the two larger tours. Official events on the Japan Golf Tour count for Official World Golf Ranking points and success on the tour can also qualify members to play in the majors.
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan. It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for Official World Golf Ranking points.
The Okinawa Urban Monorail, also known as Yui Rail, is a monorail line serving the cities of Naha and Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan. Operated by Okinawa Urban Monorail, Inc., it opened on 10 August 2003, and is the only public rail system in Okinawa Prefecture. Yui Rail is the first rail line on Okinawa since World War II. As Okinawa is the island of Japan lying farthest to the south and west that has an active rail line, Akamine Station and Naha Airport Station, the southernmost and westernmost rail stations in Japan respectively, lie on this line. It uses the OKICA as its contactless smart card, and integrates with Suica and other major Japanese IC cards from 10 March 2020.
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins Jr. is an American professional golfer. He won 21 tournaments on the PGA Tour, including one major, the 1977 PGA Championship. He ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 86 weeks from the ranking's debut in 1986 to 1988.
Jeev Milkha Singh Rathore is an Indian professional golfer who became the first player from India to join the European Tour in 1998. He has won four events on the European Tour, becoming the most successful Indian on tour. He was the first Indian golfer to break into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking in October 2006. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2007. He is also the recipient of 1999 Arjuna Award.
Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE is a retired professional golfer who was one of the leading Australian players of his generation. During his career he won more than 70 tournaments around the world, including 10 on the European Tour and 20 on the Japan Golf Tour, plus two senior major championships.
Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998. He is the most successful player of all time on the Japan Golf Tour, having led the money list a record 12 times and won 94 tournaments, over 40 more than the second highest player. Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.
Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer.
Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto is a Japanese professional golfer.
Toru Taniguchi is a Japanese professional golfer born in Nara.
Hideto Tanihara is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won 18 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.
Kim Kyung-tae, also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the and Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour.
Ryo Ishikawa, also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji", is a Japanese professional golfer.
Hideki Matsuyama is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is the first-ever Japanese professional golfer to win a men's major golf championship – the 2021 Masters Tournament.
The Shinhan Donghae Open is a men's professional golf tournament that has been held annually in South Korea since 1981. It has been an Asian Tour event since 2016. And it became the first event to be tri-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, Korean PGA and Japan Golf Tour from 2019. The tournament is sponsored by the Shinhan Financial Group which is a South Korean financial holding company.
Tedako-Uranishi Station is a railway station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the eastern terminus of the line.
 | This biographical article relating to golf in Japan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |