Tomoo Ishii
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(9 June 1923 – 24 January 2022) was a Japanese professional golfer.


Professional career

Ishii was born in
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, and started playing golf at the age of 15. Ishii won a number of events on the Japanese and Asian circuits through the 1950s and 1960s. One of his top triumphs was at the 1964 Capitol Hills Open in
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on the
Far East 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 ...
. Ishii was tied for the lead with Australian golfer Peter Thomson at the beginning of the fourth round. He outshot Thomson by four strokes over the course of the final round to win. His good play helped him earn three consecutive special foreign invitations to the Masters in the mid-1960s. He was one of the first Asian players to play in the event. He made the cut the first two years. He also represented Japan in the
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in
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
and
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Personal life and death

Ishii died on 24 January 2022, at the age of 98.


Professional wins (10)


Far East Circuit wins (4)


Japan wins (5)

* 1953
Yomiuri Pro Championship The Yomiuri Professional Championship was a golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1952 to 1961. It was sponsored by the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper. The tournament was largely restricted to the top 30 finishers of the most recent Japan ...
* 1961 Chunichi Crowns * 1963 Kanto Open,
Golf Nippon Series The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. First played in 1963, it is one of the tour's four major championships. Since 1995, it has been held at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo. History From its inception in 1 ...
* 1965 Kanto Open


Senior wins (1)

* 1977
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 ...


Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
''Note: Ishii only played in the Masters Tournament.''


Team appearances

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Canada Cup The Canada Cup () was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true world championship that a ...
(representing Japan):
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
,
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...


References

1923 births 2022 deaths Japanese male golfers Golfers from Shizuoka Prefecture 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-golf-bio-stub