Tadahiro Takayama
高山 忠洋
Personal information
Born (1978-02-12) 12 February 1978
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Asian Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2006, 2012
The Open ChampionshipT23: 2005

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)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 27 Mar 2005 Token Homemate Cup −8 (67-72-66=205)* Playoff Japan Nozomi Kawahara
2 18 Dec 2005
(2006 season)
Asia Japan Okinawa Open1 −8 (70-68-68-70=276) Playoff Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato
3 1 Aug 2010 Sun Chlorella Classic −17 (66-71-64-70=271) 3 strokes Fiji Dinesh Chand
4 17 Apr 2011 Token Homemate Cup (2) −8 (70-68-68-70=276) 2 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
5 27 Nov 2011 Casio World Open −15 (67-68-70-68=273) 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato

*Note: The 2005 Token Homemate Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2005 Token Homemate Cup Japan Nozomi Kawahara Won with birdie on third extra hole
2 2005 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Australia Chris Campbell, New Zealand David Smail Campbell won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2005 Asia Japan Okinawa Open Japan Kiyoshi Miyazato Won with birdie on second extra hole

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
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship T23 CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2012
Match Play
Championship T60
Invitational
Champions T34
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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