Shozo Miyamoto

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Shozo Miyamoto
Personal information
Born (1940-03-01) 1 March 1940 (age 83)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Other2

Shozo Miyamoto (born 1 March 1940) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Miyamoto played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.

Professional wins (4)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
12 Jun 1974 Sports Shinko International +1 (71-73-72-73=289)2 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Haruo Yasuda
27 Aug 1983 Descente Cup Hokkoku Open −5 (69-72-69-73=283)3 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hsieh Yu-shu, Flag of the Republic of China.svg Hung Wen-neng,
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Hsi-chuen

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1976 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Jones, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Thomson
Thomson won with par on fourteenth extra hole
Jones eliminated by par on fourth hole
Miyamoto eliminated by par on first hole

Other wins (2)


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