Kenichi Yamada

Kenichi Yamada
Personal information
Born (1947-03-24) 24 March 1947
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2

Kenichi Yamada (山田 健一, Yamada Ken'ichi; born 24 March 1947) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Professional career

Yamada played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice.

Professional wins (2)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 5 Oct 1975 Golf Digest Tournament −12 (67-73-67-33=240)* 1 stroke Shozo Miyamoto
2 27 Aug 1978 KBC Augusta −12 (68-67-71-70=276) 2 strokes Isao Aoki, Shiro Kubo,
Gene Littler, Yasuhiro Miyamoto

*Note: The 1975 Golf Digest Tournament was shortened to 63 holes due to Thyphoon Cora.

Team appearances

Amateur