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Yoshiro Hayashi (golfer)
was a Japanese golfer. He turned pro at the age of 16 and continued with 12 post-war wins. Hayashi was considered one of the big top four Japanese golfers along with Isao Aoki, Masashi Ozaki and Akiko Fukushima. He died at the age of 89 on 2 January 2012. ''Nikkan Sports'' Professional wins ''this list is probably incomplete'' *1948 *1949 *1950[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiko, Chiba
260px, Abiko City Hall is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 131,714 in 59,895 households and a population density of 3000 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Abiko is located in the northwestern part of Chiba prefecture, about 30 kilometers from the prefectural capital of Chiba, and within 30 to 40 kilometers of central Tokyo. It is separated from Ibaraki Prefecture in the north by the Tone River. The city is located on the Shimosa Plateau, with an average elevation of about 20 meters above sea level. The city stretches about 14 kilometers east-to-west and about 4 to 6 kilometers north-to-south. Neighboring municipalities Chiba Prefecture * Inzai *Kashiwa Ibaraki Prefecture * Toride * Tone Climate Abiko has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Abiko is 14.7 °C. The average annual r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Pro
The Yomiuri Professional Championship was a golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1952 to 1961. It was sponsored by the ''Yomiuri Shinbun'' newspaper. The tournament was largely restricted to the top 30 finishers of the most recent Japan Open, however sponsors invitations were occasionally given out to international stars. In 1958 Americans Ken Venturi and Jack Burke Jr. received invitations, with Burke going on to win the tournament. Three years later defending Open Championship winner Arnold Palmer and defending Masters champion Gary Player were given sponsors invites, with Player going on to win. In 1962, sponsors ended the Yomiuri Professional Championship, and founded the Yomiuri International as the Japan stop on the new Far East Circuit (later the Asian Circuit). Winners *1961 Gary Player *1960 Tadashi Kitta *1959 Yousei Shimamura *1958 Jack Burke Jr. *1957 Koichi Ono *1956 *1955 Yoshiro Hayashi *1954 Koichi Ono *1953 Tomoo Ishii (9 June 1923 – 24 Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Chiba Prefecture
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People From Abiko, Chiba
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Japanese Male Golfers
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1956 Canada Cup
The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day. An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day. The American tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Cup (men's Golf)
The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete. The equivalent event for women was the Women's World Cup of Golf, played from 2005 to 2008. History The tournament was founded by Canadian industrialist John Jay Hopkins, who hoped it would promote international goodwill through golf. It began in 1953 as the Canada Cup and changed its name to the World Cup in 1967. With Fred Corcoran as the Tournament Director and the International Golf Association behind it (1955–1977), the World Cup traveled the globe and grew to be one of golf's most prestigious tournaments throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but interest in the event faded to the point that the event was not held in 1981 or 1986. The tournament was incorporated into the World Golf Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanto Open
The Kanto Open was a professional golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1950 and was last played in 1999. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991. It was played in September at a variety of courses in the Kantō region. Winners ''this list may be incomplete'' *1999 Hisayuki Sasaki *1998 *1997 Akihito Yokoyama *1996 Keiichiro Fukabori *1995 Yutaka Hagawa *1994 Hisayuki Sasaki *1993 Takaaki Fukuzawa *1992 Tatsuya Shiraishi *1991 Yoshinori Kaneko *1990 Ryoken Kawagishi *1989 Yoshi Mizumaki *1988 Akihito Yokoyama *1987 Yoshikazu Yokoshima *1986 Isao Aoki *1985 Seiichi Kanai *1984 Tsuneyuki Nakajima *1983 Saburo Fujiki *1982 Masashi Ozaki *1981 Nobumitsu Yuhara *1980 Isao Aoki *1979 Masaru Amono *1978 Seiichi Kanai *1977 Masashi Ozaki *1976 Masashi Ozaki *1975 Isao Aoki *1974 Isao Aoki *1973 Takashi Kurihara *1972 Masashi Ozaki *1971 Hsieh Yung-yo *1970 Hsieh Yung-yo *1969 Hsieh Yung-yo *1968 Hsieh Min-Nan *1967 Takaaki Kono *1966 Takao Hara *1965 Tomoo Ish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Open Golf Championship
The is Japan's national open golf championship. Founded in 1927, it is one of the oldest professional golf tournaments in Japan. The Japan Open is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥210 million in 2022. Between 1992 and 2021 it was the tour's designated "Flagship event" for the purposes of the Official World Golf Ranking The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ..., with a minimum winner's points allocation of 32 points. The winner also receives an invitation to the following year's Open Championship. Winners References External linksOfficial siteCoverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site {{Coord, 33.7255, 130.4557, type:event, display=title Golf tournaments in Japan Japan Golf Tour events Recurring sporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan PGA Championship
The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan, and is played at a variety of courses throughout the country. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner. Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. is a Japanese food company that specializes in the production and sale of convenience food and instant noodles. History Founding and early years The company was established in Japan on September 1, 1948, by T .... Nikkan Sports 2009-08-07 Winners < ...
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Kanto Pro Championship
The Kanto Pro Championship was a professional golf tournament in Japan . It was first played in 1931 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1990. It was played in July at a variety of courses in Eastern Japan, mainly in the Kantō region. Winners ''this list is incomplete'' *1990 Tsuneyuki Nakajima *1989 Saburo Fujiki *1988 Tomohiro Maruyama *1987 Naomichi Ozaki *1986 Tsuneyuki Nakajima *1985 Tsuneyuki Nakajima *1984 Pete Izumikawa *1983 Isao Aoki *1982 Motomasa Aoki *1981 Seiichi Kanai *1980 Akira Yabe *1979 Isao Aoki *1978 Isao Aoki *1977 Kenji Mori *1976 Takashi Murakami *1975 Hsieh Min-Nan *1974 Isao Aoki *1973 Masashi Ozaki *1972 Isao Aoki *1971 Isao Aoki *1970 Fujio Ishii *1969 Haruo Yasuda *1968 Torakichi Nakamura *1967 Seiichi Sato *1966 Hideyo Sugimoto *1965 Fujio Ishii *1964 Chen Ching-Po *1963 Koichi Ono *1962 Koichi Ono *1961 Torakichi Nakamura *1960 Torakichi Nakamura *1959 Koichi Ono *1958 Koichi Ono , born Son Shi-Kin in Dalian, Manchuria (n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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