Kaname Yokoo

Kaname Yokoo
横尾要
Kaname Yokoo; 横尾要
Personal information
Born	24 July 1972 (age 51); Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Nihon University
Turned professional	1995
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	95 (3 September 2000)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	5
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	T57: 1999
The Open Championship	DNP
Medal record
Asian Games

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

Career edit

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.

Amateur wins edit

1994 Asian Games

Professional wins (7) edit

Japan Golf Tour wins (5) edit

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 and 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.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2005	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Tiger Woods	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Other wins (2) edit

2009 Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf
2017 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Results in major championships edit

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 edit

Tournament	2002
The Players Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships edit

Tournament	2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T58