Haruo Yasuda (安田 春雄, Yasuda Haruo, born 19 January 1943) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-tour events in Japan and on the Asia Golf Circuit.[1] In 1968 he nearly won the Thailand Open but double-bogeyed the final hole giving Australian Randall Vines the win.[2]

Professional wins (17)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 21 Jul 1974 Tokyo Charity Classic −13 (69-68-69-69=275) Playoff Japan Takashi Murakami
2 20 Jun 1976 Tohoku Classic −11 (74-69-67-67=277) Playoff Japan Fumio Tanaka
3 4 Jun 1978 Tohoku Classic (2) −5 (73-66-73-71=283) 1 stroke Japan Shinsaku Maeda, Japan Masashi Ozaki
4 18 May 1980 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship 2 and 1 Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5 8 Jun 1980 Tohoku Classic (3) −15 (66-70-71-66=273) 2 strokes Japan Shinsaku Maeda
6 27 May 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament −13 (68-68-69-70=275) 4 strokes Japan Kouichi Inoue, Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1974 Tokyo Charity Classic Japan Takashi Murakami Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1976 Tohoku Classic Japan Fumio Tanaka Won with par on first extra hole
3 1976 KBC Augusta Australia Graham Marsh Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 1976 Japan PGA Championship Japan Shichiro Enomoto, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan,
Japan Seiichi Kanai 		Kanai won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh and Yasuda eliminated by par on first hole
5 1979 Aso National Park Open Japan Takashi Kurihara, Japan Shinsaku Maeda
6 1983 KSB Setonaikai Open Japan Kenji Sogame Lost after concession before playoff

Asia Golf Circuit wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Mar 1969 Philippine Open −9 (68-71-71-69=279) 1 stroke Philippines Ben Arda, Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
2 7 Mar 1971 Singapore Open −7 (69-70-69-69=277) 2 strokes Japan Takaaki Kono, Australia Peter Thomson
3 25 Apr 1971 Yomiuri International −6 (71-66-72-73=282) Playoff Japan Kosaku Shimada
4 9 Apr 1972 Taiwan Open −4 (68-73-70-73=284) Playoff Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1971 Yomiuri International Japan Kosaku Shimada Won with bogey on third extra hole
2 1972 Taiwan Open Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Japanese circuit wins (7)

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ "No-risk Yasuda is Open golf champion". The Straits Times. 8 March 1971. p. 27.
  2. ^ "Thai golf title to Vines". The Canberra Times. 18 March 1968. p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2020.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruo_Yasuda
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