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Yasuharu Imano

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Yasuharu Imano
今野康晴
Personal information
Born (1973-05-28) 28 May 1973 (age 51)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1996
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking75 (27 December 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2000, 2006

Yasuharu Imano (Japanese: 今野康晴, born 28 May 1973) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Imano was born in Gifu Prefecture.[2]

He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won seven times between 1999 and 2009.[3]

Professional wins (9)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 2 May 1999 The Crowns −9 (73-68-65-65=271) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2 25 Jun 2000 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −14 (66-71-72-65=274) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
3 28 Jul 2002 Sato Foods NST Niigata Open Golf Championship −18 (70-64-70-66=270) 4 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
4 4 Aug 2002 Aiful Cup −20 (64-66-66-72=268) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
5 11 Sep 2005 Suntory Open −13 (65-64-70-68=267) 2 strokes Japan Mamo Osanai
6 4 Dec 2005 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −11 (72-67-63-67=269) 2 strokes Japan Shinichi Yokota
7 15 Nov 2009 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −13 (69-65-68-73=275) 2 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya, United States Han Lee

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–6)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2005 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa, New Zealand David Smail Hosokawa won with par on second extra hole
2 2005 ANA Open Japan Keiichiro Fukabori Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2007 ANA Open Thailand Chawalit Plaphol, Japan Norio Shinozaki Shinozaki won with par on fifth extra hole
Imano eliminated by par on first hole
4 2008 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Japan Shingo Katayama Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 2009 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Japan Yuta Ikeda Lost to birdie on second extra hole
6 2009 Japan Open Golf Championship Japan Ryo Ishikawa, Japan Ryuichi Oda Oda won with birdie on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 23 Feb 1997 Konica U-Bix Manila Open −7 (70-74-71-71=281) 2 strokes Paraguay Pedro Martínez, United States Kevin Wentworth,
Philippines Danny Zarate

Other wins (1)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Open Championship CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Imano only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2005
Match Play
Championship T25
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 52 2009 Ending 27 Dec 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ Profile on Japan Golf Tour's official site
  3. ^ Lifetime record on Japan Golf Tour's official site
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