Shinsaku Maeda

Shinsaku Maeda
前田新作
Personal information
Born (1952-02-09) 9 February 1952 (age 72)
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour9
Other1
Achievements and awards
PGA of Japan Tour
money list winner
1984

Shinsaku Maeda (前田 新作, Maeda Shinsaku, born 9 February 1952) is a Japanese professional golfer. He won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1984.

Professional wins (10)

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PGA of Japan Tour wins (9)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 24 Aug 1975 KBC Augusta −10 (69-70-73-66=278) Playoff Japan Hiroshi Ishii
2 18 Jul 1976 Kansai Open Golf Championship −15 (67-69-70-67=273)
3 1 Aug 1976 Kansai Pro Championship −18 (62-67-72-65=266)
4 21 Nov 1976 Golf Nippon Series −5 (72-70-72-71=285) 3 strokes Japan Haruo Yasuda
5 5 Jul 1981 JPGA East-West Tournament −6 (66-68=134) 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
6 6 Jun 1982 Tohoku Classic −8 (72-70-66=208)* 2 strokes Australia Graham Marsh, Japan Toshiyuki Tsuchiyama
7 23 Sep 1984 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −10 (68-69-70-71=278) 1 stroke Japan Tateo Ozaki
8 14 Oct 1984 Golf Digest Tournament −14 (72-71-65-66=274) 3 strokes Japan Seiji Ebihara
9 11 Nov 1984 Taiheiyo Club Masters −13 (69-68-66-72=275) 1 stroke Japan Kikuo Arai, Japan Naomichi Ozaki

*Note: The 1982 Tohoku Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1975 KBC Augusta Japan Hiroshi Ishii Won with par on first extra hole
2 1977 Kansai Pro Championship Japan Kosaku Shimada Lost to par on first extra hole
3 1979 Aso National Park Open Japan Takashi Kurihara, Japan Haruo Yasuda
4 1983 Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open Japan Saburo Fujiki, Japan Hiroshi Makino,
Australia Graham Marsh
Makino won with birdie on second extra hole after three-hole aggregate playoff;
Fujiki: −1 (3-4-4=11),
Makino: −1 (3-4-4=11),
Marsh: +1 (3-5-5=13),
Maeda: +2 (4-5-5=14)
5 1991 Sapporo Tokyu Open Canada Rick Gibson, Japan Masahiro Kuramoto Gibson won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Team appearances

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