Azuma Yano

Azuma Yano 矢野 東
Personal information
Born	(1977-07-06) 6 July 1977 (age 47) Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	5
Highest ranking	69 (30 November 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	T27: 2009
The Open Championship	CUT: 2008, 2009

Azuma Yano (矢野 東, Yano Azuma) (born 6 July 1977) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yano has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Nov 2005	Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial	−18 (69-67-67-67=270)	1 stroke	Dinesh Chand, Nozomi Kawahara, Taichi Teshima
2	21 Sep 2008	ANA Open	−15 (68-68-69-68=273)	4 strokes	Toshinori Muto, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3	26 Oct 2008	Bridgestone Open	−21 (65-66-69-67=267)	4 strokes	Takao Nogami

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Mar 2001	PRGR Cup (Cyubu)	−5 (67)	1 stroke	Kohei Ban, Atsushi Takamatsu, Hiroshi Ueda
2	5 Oct 2001	PRGR Cup (Kanto)	−8 (68-68=136)	1 stroke	Atsushi Takamatsu

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open		T27	CUT				CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Tournament	2009
Match Play
Championship	76
Invitational
Champions

• Azuma Yano at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Azuma Yano at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Yano Azuma Official Blog (in Japanese)