Tadahiro Takayama
| Tadahiro Takayama 高山 忠洋 | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| 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) |
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2006, 2012 |
| The Open Championship | T23: 2005 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
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)
- 2005 Token Homemate Cup
- 2006 Asia Japan Okinawa Open (played in December 2005, official event for 2006 season, co-sanctioned with Asian Tour)
- 2010 Sun Chlorella Classic
- 2011 Token Homemate Cup, Casio World Open
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 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T23 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
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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