Yoshinori Kaneko

Yoshinori Kaneko
Personal information
Born	(1961-03-04) 4 March 1961 (age 64) Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1983
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	62 (2 March 1997) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1997
PGA Championship	T71: 1997
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1996

Yoshinori Kaneko (金子 柱憲, Kaneko Yoshinori; born 4 March 1961) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

Kaneko played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times.

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Sep 1991	Kanto Open	−14 (69-69-64=202)	5 strokes	Eiichi Itai
2	5 Apr 1992	Descente Classic	−9 (66-70-71-72=279)	2 strokes	Masanobu Kimura
3	10 Mar 1996	Token Corporation Cup	−13 (69-74-67-65=275)	1 stroke	Brandt Jobe
4	21 Apr 1996	Kirin Open 1	−10 (68-71-69-70=278)	1 stroke	Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Nobuo Serizawa
5	23 Jun 1996	Mizuno Open	−18 (66-71-65-68=270)	4 strokes	Shinichi Yokota
6	28 Mar 1999	Georgia KSB Open	−13 (65-67-71-72=275)	1 stroke	Frankie Miñoza

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1994	Mizuno Open	Eduardo Herrera, Koichi Suzuki, Brian Watts	Watts won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

• 1988 Kanto Kokusai Open

Team appearances

• Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1990
• Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1991

References

1. "Week 9 1997 Ending 2 Mar 1997" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

• Yoshinori Kaneko at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Yoshinori Kaneko at the PGA Tour official site
• Yoshinori Kaneko at the Official World Golf Ranking official site