was a Japanese professional
golf
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er.
Kanai was born in
Niigata. He won 11 tournaments 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 ...
.
Professional wins (20)
PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)
''*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.''
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (4–2)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
Other wins (3)
''this list is probably incomplete''
*1972
Japan PGA Championship
*1975 Nagano Open
*1980 Yamanashi Pro-Am
Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5)
*1990
Japan PGA Senior Championship
The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000.
Winners
''this list is incomplete''
*2023 Thammanoon Sriroj
*2022 Prayad Marksaeng
*2021 ...
*1991
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the PGA of Japan Senior Tour. It was found ...
*1992
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the PGA of Japan Senior Tour. It was found ...
*1993
Japan Senior Open
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the PGA of Japan Senior Tour. It was found ...
*1998
Japan PGA Senior Championship
The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000.
Winners
''this list is incomplete''
*2023 Thammanoon Sriroj
*2022 Prayad Marksaeng
*2021 ...
Team appearances
*
World Cup
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(representing Japan):
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 ...
See also
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List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
This is a list of golfers who have won 10 or more events on the Japan Golf Tour since it was established in 1973. The official Japan Golf Tour website lists winners beginning with the 1985 season. Individual player pages, however, list the total nu ...
References
External links
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture
1940 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Japanese sportsmen