is a Japanese professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
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er.
Kanai was born in
Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...
.
Professional wins (20)
Japan Golf Tour wins (11)
''*Note: The 1981 Hiroshima Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–2)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
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1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open
Other wins (3)
''this list is probably incomplete''
*1972
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 througho ...
*1975 Nagano Open
*1980 Yamanashi Pro-Am
Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5)
*1990
Japan PGA Senior Championship
The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000.
Winners
''this list is incomplete''
*2021 Mitsuhiro Tateyama
*2020 Masayoshi Nakayama
*20 ...
*1991
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the Professional Golfers' Association of Ja ...
*1992
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the Professional Golfers' Association of Ja ...
*1993
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the Professional Golfers' Association of Ja ...
*1998
Japan PGA Senior Championship
The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000.
Winners
''this list is incomplete''
*2021 Mitsuhiro Tateyama
*2020 Masayoshi Nakayama
*20 ...
Team appearances
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World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
(representing Japan):
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
See also
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List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
This is a list of golfers who have won 10 or more events on the Japan Golf Tour since it was established in 1973. The official Japan Golf Tour website lists winners beginning with the 1985 season. Individual player pages, however, list the total nu ...
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture
1940 births
Living people