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| Tadahiro Takayama 高山 忠洋 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1978-02-12)12 February 1978 (age 47) 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 professionalgolfer.
Takayama was born inWakayama. 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 theJapan Golf Tour.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Mar2005 | 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 Aug2010 | Sun Chlorella Classic | −17 (66-71-64-70=271) | 3 strokes |  Dinesh Chand |
| 4 | 17 Apr2011 | 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 theAsian 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 |
| 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
| Tournament | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Match Play | |
| Championship | T60 |
| Invitational | |
| Champions | T34 |
"T" = Tied