Akira Yabe
Encyclopedia
Akira Yabe is a Japan
ese professional golfer
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Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour
, winning five times.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
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Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
, winning five times.
Japan Golf Tour wins
- 1978 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament
- 1979 Shizuoka OpenShizuoka OpenThe Shizuoka Open was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 2002. It was played in March at Shizuoka Country Club in Shizuoka.-Winners:this list may be incompleteDydo Drinco Shizuoka Open*2002 Kiyoshi Murota...
- 1980 Kanto Pro ChampionshipKanto Pro ChampionshipThe Kanto Pro Championship was a golf tournament in Japan It was first played in 1931 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1990. It was played in July at a variety of courses in Japan.-Winners:this list is incomplete...
, Descente Hokkoku Open - 1982 Japan OpenJapan Open Golf ChampionshipThe is Japan's national open golf championship. As of 2011, it is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥200 million...