Kaname Yokoo

Kaname Yokoo (Japanese: 横尾要, born 24 July 1972) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kaname Yokoo
横尾要
Personal information
Born (1972-07-24) 24 July 1972
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeNihon University
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking95 (3 September 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT57: 1999
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
1994 HiroshimaIndividual
1994 HiroshimaMen's team

Yokoo was born in Tokyo. He plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour and has five wins there. After he won the Japan PGA Match-Play Championship in 2000 he reached his highest world ranking of #95.[2]

Yokozuna’s played full-time on the PGA Tour from 2001 to 2003 with his best finish a T-2 at the 2002 Phoenix Open. He recorded four other top-10 finishes on tour.[3]

He finished runner-up at the 2005 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, losing to Tiger Woods in a playoff.

Professional wins (5)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 Nov 1998 Acom International 46 pts (10-14-5-17=46) 3 points Katsumasa Miyamoto
2 10 Oct 1999 Tokai Classic −14 (66-67-72-69=274) 1 stroke Vijay Singh
3 3 Sep 2000 Japan PGA Match-Play
Championship Promise Cup
2 & 1 Toru Taniguchi
4 24 Nov 2002 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −15 (66-65-69-69=269) 1 stroke Sergio García
5 28 May 2006 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf −9 (71-70-68-66=275) 2 strokes Nozomi Kawahara, Toru Suzuki

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Tiger Woods Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
U.S. Open T57 CUT CUT CUT CUT

Note: Yokoo only played in the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2002
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T58
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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See also

References

  1. "Week 35 2000 Ending 2 Sep 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. "Official World Golf Ranking – Kaname Yokoo – 2000". Official World Golf Ranking.
  3. "Kaname Yokoo – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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