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was a Japanese
professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
. Kitta played 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 ...
, winning twice. He won a dozen tournaments in Japan prior to the formation of the Japan Golf Tour and also won the Thailand Open in 1966.


Professional wins (27)


PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)


Far East Circuit wins (1)


Other wins (20)

*1957
Kansai Pro Championship The Kansai 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 Western Japan, around the Kansai regio ...
*1958
Kansai Open The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
*1960
Yomiuri Pro Championship 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 O ...
*1962
Chunichi Crowns is a professional golf tournament that is played over Nagoya Golf Club's Wagō Course in Tōgō, Aichi, Japan. Founded in 1960, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour schedule since the tour's first season in 1973. History The Crowns was ...
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Kansai Open The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
*1963
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 ...
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Kansai Open The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
*1964
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 ...
, Golden Match *1965 Japan Open,
Chunichi Crowns is a professional golf tournament that is played over Nagoya Golf Club's Wagō Course in Tōgō, Aichi, Japan. Founded in 1960, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour schedule since the tour's first season in 1973. History The Crowns was ...
, Golden Match, Woodlawn Invitational *1966
Kansai Pro Championship The Kansai 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 Western Japan, around the Kansai regio ...
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Kuzuha International The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本 ...
*1967 Japan Open *1968 West Japan Circuit Shimonoseki leg *1969
Kuzuha International The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本 ...
*1971
Rolex Tournament The Arnold Palmer Cup—Rolex Golf Classic was a limited field invitational professional golf tournament in Japan from 1968 to 1973. The players gained entry to the tournament via a poll of golf fans, with former winners and a big-name internationa ...
*1972
Chubu Open The Chubu Open is a golf tournament in the Chūbu region of Japan. It was first played in 1971, and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991. Winners *2022 Mitsumasa Tamura *2021 Kinihiro Kamii *2020 ''Cancelled due to the COVID-19 ...


Senior wins (4)

*1985 Kansai Pro Senior Championship *1986
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 ...
, Kansai Pro Senior Championship *1994 Kansai Pro Grand Senior


Team appearances

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Canada Cup The Canada Cup (french: Coupe Canada) was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true world ...
(representing Japan):
1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
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1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...


References


External links

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Japan PGA Hall of Fame
Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture 1934 births 2003 deaths {{Japan-golf-bio-stub