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Takaaki Kono

Japanese professional golfer (1940–2010)

Summary

Japanese professional golfer (1940–2010)

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Asia Golf Circuit Takaaki Kono (4 January 1940 – 22 April 2010) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Early life

Kono was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1940. He started playing golf at the age of 15.

Professional career

Kono had much success on the Japanese and Asian circuits at the beginning of his career, winning several times. One of his top successes was at the 1969 Malaysian Open. Six shots behind at the beginning of the final round, Kono fired a 66 (−6) to capture the title by one shot over New Zealand's John Lister and Australia's David Graham.

This performance helped him earn his first special foreign invitation to the Masters Tournament that April. At Augusta, he shot a third round 68 (−4) put him in the top ten and a slight chance for the title. However he stumbled home on the final day and did not seriously contend for the championship, won by George Archer. This would be the beginning of a relatively long relationship with the event, however, as Kono would be invited to play in the tournament several more times. The following year, Kono played just as well, again shooting another 68 (this time in the second round) to place in the top ten once again where he remained after the third round. A final round 74 assured that he did not seriously contend on Sunday but he would pick up his best performance in a major championship. Kono would play in the event several more times in the early 1970s.

Kono continued to have success on the Japanese and Asian circuits, winning multiple events. He won the First Flight Tournament during the first official season of the Japan Golf Tour, but would not win again on the tour until a decade later at the Kanagawa Open.

Professional wins (17)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	23 Sep 1973	First Flight Tournament	name=weather	Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.}}	6 strokes	PHI Ben Arda, JPN Masashi Ozaki
2	24 Jul 1983	Kanagawa Open	−8 (64-72=136)	3 strokes	JPN Yurio Akitomi, JPN Satoshi Higashi,
JPN Kazushige Kono

Asia Golf Circuit (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Mar 1969	Malaysian Open	−8 (72-70-72-66=280)	1 stroke	AUS David Graham, NZL John Lister
2	14 Mar 1971	Malaysian Open (2)	−19 (67-66-64-72=269)	2 strokes	AUS David Graham
3	5 Mar 1972	Singapore Open	−9 (67-70-74-68=279)	4 strokes	JPN Takashi Murakami

Other wins (12)

:This list may be incomplete

1967 Nippon Series
1968 Japan Open, Nippon Series, Brazil Open
1969 Dunlop Tournament
1970 Champions Tournament, Rolex Tournament
1971 Champions Tournament,
1972 Champions Tournament
1973 Champions Tournament

Results in major championships

Tournament	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
Masters Tournament	T13	T12	CUT	T19	T51

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Note: Kono only played in the Masters Tournament.

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Japan): 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Notes

References

"Takaaki Kono – Profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization.
(March 17, 1969). "Japanese Comes from Behind". Glasgow Herald.
(April 13, 1969). "Casper Leads in Masters". The Spokesman-Review.
"Takaaki Kono".
(April 11, 1970). "Golf". Eugene Register-Guard.
(April 12, 1970). "Sports Scoreboard". Eugene Register-Guard.
(26 January 1971). "Japan enter 36 for Malaysian golf". The Straits Times.
(9 June 1973). "Kono wins Japan golf". The Tampa Tribune.

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