Kaname Yokoo ( ja, 横尾要, born 24 July 1972) is a Japanese

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Career

Yokoo was born in

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. He plays mainly on the

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and has five wins there. After he won the Japan PGA Match-Play Championship in 2000 he reached his highest world ranking of #95. Yokozuna’s played full-time on the

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from 2001 to 2003 with his best finish a T-2 at the 2002

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. He recorded four other top-10 finishes on tour. He finished runner-up at the 2005

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, losing to

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in a playoff.

Professional wins (8)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (3)

*1994

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(as an amateur) *2009 Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf *2017 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Results in major championships

''Note: Yokoo only played in the U.S. Open.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yokoo, Kaname Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Golfers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Nihon University alumni Sportspeople from Tokyo 1972 births Living people