Shinsaku Maeda

Shinsaku Maeda (前田 新作, Maeda Shinsaku; born 9 February 1952) is a Japanese professional golfer. He won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1984.

Shinsaku Maeda 前田新作
Personal information
Born	(1952-02-09) 9 February 1952 (age 73)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	10
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	9
Other	1
Achievements and awards
PGA of Japan Tour money list winner 1984

Professional wins (10)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	24 Aug 1975	KBC Augusta	−10 (69-70-73-66=278)	Playoff	Hiroshi Ishii
2	18 Jul 1976	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−15 (67-69-70-67=273)
3	1 Aug 1976	Kansai Pro Championship	−18 (62-67-72-65=266)
4	21 Nov 1976	Golf Nippon Series	−5 (72-70-72-71=285)	3 strokes	Haruo Yasuda
5	5 Jul 1981	JPGA East-West Tournament	−6 (66-68=134)	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
6	6 Jun 1982	Tohoku Classic	−8 (72-70-66=208)*	2 strokes	Graham Marsh, Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
7	23 Sep 1984	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	−10 (68-69-70-71=278)	1 stroke	Tateo Ozaki
8	14 Oct 1984	Golf Digest Tournament	−14 (72-71-65-66=274)	3 strokes	Seiji Ebihara
9	11 Nov 1984	Taiheiyo Club Masters	−13 (69-68-66-72=275)	1 stroke	Kikuo Arai, Naomichi Ozaki

*Note: The 1982 Tohoku Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1975	KBC Augusta	Hiroshi Ishii	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1977	Kansai Pro Championship	Kosaku Shimada	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	1979	Aso National Park Open	Takashi Kurihara, Haruo Yasuda
4	1983	Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open	Saburo Fujiki, Hiroshi Makino, Graham Marsh	Makino won with birdie on second extra hole after three-hole aggregate playoff; Fujiki: −1 (3-4-4=11), Makino: −1 (3-4-4=11), Marsh: +1 (3-5-5=13), Maeda: +2 (4-5-5=14)
5	1991	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Rick Gibson, Masahiro Kuramoto	Gibson won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

• 1984 Hokkoku Open

Team appearances

• Nissan Cup (representing Japan): 1985

External links

• Shinsaku Maeda at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Shinsaku Maeda at the Official World Golf Ranking official site