was a Japanese
professional golfer
A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
.
Career
Shimada, who used to belong to ,
[ played on the ]Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...
, winning nine times.
Professional wins (15)
PGA of Japan Tour wins (9)
1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit
The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 196 ...
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–2)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)
Other wins (6)
*1968 Japan PGA Championship
The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan, and is played at a variety of courses througho ...
, Grand Monarch
*1970 Kansai Open
The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
*1975 Japan vs Great Britain and Ireland Match (Individual)
*1979 Asahi Toy Kyosen Invitational
Team appearances
*World Cup
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(representing Japan): 1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
, 1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
References
External links
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Takarazuka, Hyōgo
Golfers from Hyōgo Prefecture
1944 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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