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Yoshitaka Takeya

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Yoshitaka Takeya
Personal information
Born (1980-01-27) 27 January 1980 (age 44)
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other1

Yoshitaka Takeya (竹谷 佳孝, Takeya Yoshitaka, born 27 January 1980) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Takeya plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Japan Challenge Tour. He has one win on each tour. His win at the 2014 Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills[1][2] earned him entry into the 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.[3]

Professional wins (2)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 22 Jun 2014 Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills
−17 (69-65-69-68=271) 2 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 25 Oct 2013 JGTO Novil Final −10 (69-66-71=206) 1 stroke Japan Akinori Tani

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2014
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T69
Champions T73
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

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  1. ^ "Takeya rolls to win in Japan". Fox News. Sports Network. 22 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Takeya takes Japan Tour title on technicality". The Japan News. 22 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Takeya earns berth into the WGC-Bridgestone". RotoWorld. 22 June 2014.
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