Isao Aoki
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Isao Aoki (青木功 Aoki Isao?) (born 31 August 1942) is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turn pro in 1964. He went on to win more than fifty events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1972 and 1990. In 1983 he won the Hawaiian Open on the U.S. based PGA Tour and the Panasonic European Open on the European Tour. He also won the prestigious World Match Play Championship in England in 1978, which was not a European Tour event at that time, and picked up a win on the PGA Tour of Australasia.
As a senior, Aoki has played mainly on in the United States on the Champions Tour, winning nine times between 1992 and 2003. He has six senior victories outside the United States, including four victories in the Japan Senior Open.
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[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins
- 1971 Kanto Pro
- 1972 Kanto Pro
- 1973 Chuncihi Crowns, Pepsi Wilson, Sapporo Tokyu Open, KBC Augusta, Japan PGA Championship
- 1974 Tozai Taiko, Kanto Pro, Sanpo Classic
- 1975 Chunichi Crowns, Kanto Open
- 1976 Tokai Classic
- 1977 Tohoku Classic, Jun Classic
- 1978 Chunichi Crowns, Japan Pro Match Play, Sapporo Tokyu, Kanto Pro, Golf Nippon Series
- 1979 Chunichi Crowns, Japan Pro Match Play, Kanto Open, Golf Nippon Series
- 1980 Chunichi Crowns, Yomiuri Open, KBC Augusta, Kanto Open, Jun Classic
- 1981 Shizuoka Open, Japan Pro Match Play, Japan PGA Championship
- 1982 Japan Pro Match Play, Daikyo Open
- 1983 Sapporo Tokyu Open, Kanto Pro, Japan Open, Golf Nippon Series
- 1986 Sapporo Tokyu Open, Japan PGA Championship, KBC Augusta, Kanto Open
- 1987 Dunlop International Open, All Nippon Airline Open, Japan Open, Golf Nippon Series
- 1989 Tokai Classic, Casio World
- 1990 Mitsubishi Gallent
- 1991 Bridgestone Open
- 1992 Mitsubishi Gallant, Casio World
[edit] PGA Tour wins
- 1983 Hawaiian Open
[edit] Champions Tour wins
- 1992 Nationwide Championship
- 1994 Bank One Senior Classic, Brickyard Crossing Championship
- 1995 Bank of Boston Senior Classic
- 1996 BellSouth Senior, Kroger Senior Classic
- 1997 Emerald Coast Classic
- 1998 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland
- 2002 The Instinet Classic
[edit] Other wins
- 1973 Gold Beck
- 1978 World Match Play Championship (England)
- 1982 Old Sones Invitational
- 1983 Panasonic European Open (European Tour)
- 1987 Fred Meyer Challenge (with Payne Stewart)
- 1989 Coca Cola Golf Classic (Australia)
