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Masaru Amono

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Masaru Amono
Personal information
Born(1942-08-09)9 August 1942
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Died28 July 2006(2006-07-28) (aged 63)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3

Masaru Amono (9 August 1942 – 28 July 2006), also known as Masaru Amano, was a Japanese professional golfer.

Amono played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning three times. As a senior golfer, he won the 1995 Senior PGA Tour qualifying school in the United States and played on the tour in 1996. His best finishes were a pair of tied for fourths at the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic and the Northville Long Island Classic.

Professional wins (3)

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PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 21 Oct 1978 Golf Digest Tournament −8 (66-69-74-71=280) 1 stroke Japan Shinsaku Maeda, Japan Masashi Ozaki
2 23 Sep 1979 Kanto Open −10 (68-76-69-65=278) 2 strokes Japan Kikuo Arai, Japan Kenji Mori,
Japan Masashi Ozaki
3 17 Jul 1983 Gunmaken Open −2 (72-68-74=214) 1 stroke Japan Pete Izumikawa, Japan Akira Yabe
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