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Azuma Yano

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Azuma Yano
矢野 東
Personal information
Born (1977-07-06) 6 July 1977 (age 47)
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking69 (30 November 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT27: 2009
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2008, 2009

Azuma Yano (矢野 東, Yano Azuma) (born 6 July 1977) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yano has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Professional wins (5)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 6 Nov 2005 Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial −18 (69-67-67-67=270) 1 stroke Fiji Dinesh Chand, Japan Nozomi Kawahara,
Japan Taichi Teshima
2 21 Sep 2008 ANA Open −15 (68-68-69-68=273) 4 strokes Japan Toshinori Muto, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3 26 Oct 2008 Bridgestone Open −21 (65-66-69-67=267) 4 strokes Japan Takao Nogami

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Mar 2001 PRGR Cup (Cyubu) −5 (67) 1 stroke Japan Kohei Ban, Japan Atsushi Takamatsu,
Japan Hiroshi Ueda
2 5 Oct 2001 PRGR Cup (Kanto) −8 (68-68=136) 1 stroke Japan Atsushi Takamatsu

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T27 CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2009
Match Play
Championship 76
Invitational
Champions
  Did not play

References

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  1. ^ "Week 48 2008 Ending 30 Nov 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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