is 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 ...

. Yoneyama was born in

Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

. Yoneyama has won three 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 ...

and featured in the top 100 of the

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. His most successful year was 1999 when he won three times and finished tied 15th in

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Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

''*Note: The 1999 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)

*2017 Fancl Classic, Hiroshima Senior Golf Tournament *2018 Japan PGA Senior Championship

Results in major championships

''Note: Yoneyama only played in The Open Championship.''
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championshi ...

(representing Japan): 1993, 1999

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* * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Golfers at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture 1965 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub