Tadahiro Takayama
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| Tadahiro Takayama 高山 忠洋 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 12 February 1978 Wakayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2006, 2012 |
| The Open Championship | T23: 2005 |
Tadahiro Takayama (高山 忠洋, Takayama Tadahiro, born 12 February 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Takayama was born in Wakayama. He took up golf at eighteen, an unusually advanced age for a future professional, and turned pro three years later. He made his mark by winning the 2001 PGA Rookie Pro Tournament and has since won five times on the Japan Golf Tour.
Professional wins (7)
Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Mar 2005 | Token Homemate Cup | −8 (67-72-66=205)* | Playoff | Nozomi Kawahara
|
| 2 | 18 Dec 2005 (2006 season) |
Asia Japan Okinawa Open1 | −8 (70-68-68-70=276) | Playoff | Kiyoshi Miyazato
|
| 3 | 1 Aug 2010 | Sun Chlorella Classic | −17 (66-71-64-70=271) | 3 strokes |  Dinesh Chand
|
| 4 | 17 Apr 2011 | Token Homemate Cup (2) | −8 (70-68-68-70=276) | 2 strokes | Shingo Katayama
|
| 5 | 27 Nov 2011 | Casio World Open | −15 (67-68-70-68=273) | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato
|
*Note: The 2005 Token Homemate Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Token Homemate Cup | Nozomi Kawahara
|
Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 2005 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open |  Chris Campbell,  David Smail
|
Campbell won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2005 | Asia Japan Okinawa Open | Kiyoshi Miyazato
|
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Other wins (2)
- 2001 PGA Rookie Pro Tournament (Japan)
- 2002 Sankei Sports Kinki Open (Japan)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | T23 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Match Play | |
| Championship | T60 |
| Invitational | |
| Champions | T34 |
"T" = Tied
External links
- Tadahiro Takayama at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Tadahiro Takayama at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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