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Ryoken Kawagishi

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Ryoken Kawagishi
川岸良兼
Personal information
Born (1966-12-06) 6 December 1966 (age 57)
Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 1991
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT79: 1995

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

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Professional wins (6)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 18 Mar 1990 Shizuoka Open −8 (73-73-66-68=280) 2 strokes Japan Hiroshi Makino
2 2 Sep 1990 Kanto Open −7 (66-64-73-70=273) 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
3 28 Oct 1990 ABC Lark Cup −11 (72-68-69-68=277) 2 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
4 14 Apr 1991 Pocari Sweat Open −14 (67-66-66=199)* 4 strokes Japan Hiroshi Makino
5 4 Jun 1995 JCB Classic Sendai −13 (71-68-64-68=271) 3 strokes Japan Toru Suzuki
6 31 Oct 1999 Philip Morris Championship (2) −18 (71-65-66-68=270) 1 stroke Japan Katsunori Kuwabara

*Note: The 1991 Pocari Sweat Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1991 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Japan Masashi Ozaki Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1999 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Northern Ireland Darren Clarke, Japan Hirofumi Miyase Miyase won with par on second extra hole
Kawagishi eliminated by par on first hole

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

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