Kaname Yokoo

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

Kaname Yokoo 横尾要
Personal information
Born	(1972-07-24) 24 July 1972 (age 53) 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)[1]
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 1994 Hiroshima Men's individual 1994 Hiroshima Men's team

Early life

Yokoo was born in Tokyo.

Professional career

Yokoo 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

• 1994 Asian Games

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

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)

• 2009 Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf
• 2017 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Results in major championships

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

Tournament	2002
The Players Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2003
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T58

  Did not play

"T" = Tied

See also

• 2000 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates