Ryoken Kawagishi

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Ryoken Kawagishi 川岸良兼
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1966-12-06) 6 December 1966 Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb; 13.9 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T79: 1995
PGA Championship	CUT: 1991

Ryoken Kawagishi (Japanese: 川岸良兼, born 6 December 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kawagishi was born in Ishikawa Prefecture.

As an amateur, he won two events in the United States in 1989, the Eastern Amateur and the Monroe Invitational.

Kawagishi joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1990, winning six times in his career. He was the rookie of the year in 1990, winning three times. He won again in 1991, 1995 and 1999.

Amateur wins (2)

1989 Eastern Amateur, Monroe Invitational

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

1990 Shizuoka Open, Kanto Open, ABC Lark Cup
1991 Pocari Sweat Open
1995 JCB Classic Sendai
1999 Philip Morris Championship

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1986, 1988

External links

Ryoken Kawagishi at the Japan Golf Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Kawagishi, Ryoken
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	6 December 1966
Place of birth	Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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