Haruo Yasuda Explained

Haruo Yasuda
Birth Date:19 January 1943
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Weight:74kg (163lb)
Status:Professional
Extour:Japan Golf Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Prowins:17
Japwins:6
Otherwins:11
Masters:DNP
Usopen:DNP
Open:CUT: 1981
Pga:DNP

is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-tour events in Japan and on the Asia Golf Circuit.[1] In 1968 he nearly won the Thailand Open but double-bogeyed the final hole giving Australian Randall Vines the win.[2]

Professional wins (17)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
121 Jul 1974Tokyo Charity Classic−13 (69-68-69-69=275)Playoff Takashi Murakami
220 Jun 1976Tohoku Classic−11 (74-69-67-67=277)Playoff Fumio Tanaka
34 Jun 1978Tohoku Classic (2)−5 (73-66-73-71=283)1 stroke Shinsaku Maeda, Masashi Ozaki
418 May 1980Japan PGA Match-Play Championship2 and 1 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
58 Jun 1980Tohoku Classic (3)−15 (66-70-71-66=273)2 strokes Shinsaku Maeda
627 May 1984Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−13 (68-68-69-70=275)4 strokes Kouichi Inoue, Yoshitaka Yamamoto

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11974Tokyo Charity Classic Takashi MurakamiWon with birdie on first extra hole
21976Tohoku Classic Fumio TanakaWon with par on first extra hole
31976KBC Augusta Graham MarshLost to birdie on first extra hole
41976Japan PGA Championship Shichiro Enomoto, Hsieh Min-Nan,
Seiichi Kanai
Kanai won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole
51979Aso National Park Open Takashi Kurihara, Shinsaku Maeda
61983KSB Setonaikai Open Kenji SogameLost after concession before playoff

Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
12 Mar 1969Philippine Open−9 (68-71-71-69=279)1 stroke Ben Arda, Hsieh Min-Nan
27 Mar 1971Singapore Open−7 (69-70-69-69=277)2 strokes Takaaki Kono, Peter Thomson
325 Apr 1971Yomiuri International−6 (71-66-72-73=282)Playoff Kosaku Shimada
49 Apr 1972Taiwan Open−4 (68-73-70-73=284)Playoff Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11971Yomiuri International Kosaku ShimadaWon with bogey on third extra hole
21972Taiwan Open Kuo Chie-HsiungWon with birdie on fifth extra hole

Japanese circuit wins (7)

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. News: No-risk Yasuda is Open golf champion . 8 March 1971 . The Straits Times . 27.
  2. News: Thai golf title to Vines . 1968-03-18 . The Canberra Times . 2020-01-14 . 12.