David Ishii

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David Ishii
Personal information
Full nameDavid S. Ishii
Born (1955-07-26) July 26, 1955 (age 68)
Lihue, Hawaii[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Houston
Turned professional1979
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins20
Highest ranking18 (May 15, 1988)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Japan Golf Tour14
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1990
PGA ChampionshipT38: 1988
U.S. OpenT36: 1988
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1988
Achievements and awards
PGA of Japan Tour
money list winner		1987

David S. Ishii (born July 26, 1955) is an American professional golfer of Japanese descent.

Early life[edit]

Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. As a junior in high school, he won the Hawaii State High School Championship.

Amateur career[edit]

Ishii played his collegiate golf at the University of Houston from 1974 to 1977. He won four individual events, was a member of the 1977 NCAA Championship team, and was a 1977 All-American.[3]

Professional career[edit]

He turned professional in 1979. He led the money list on the Japan Golf Tour in 1987. He has 14 victories on the Japan Golf Tour and is 13th on the career money list.

Ishii won the inaugural Kapalua Open in 1982 and also won the 1990 Hawaiian Open, a PGA Tour event. He was the second Hawaiian native to win the event, after Ted Makalena in 1966.

Ishii currently participates on the Japan Senior PGA Tour and opened Ishii Golf Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Amateur wins[edit]

Professional wins (20)[edit]

PGA Tour wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Feb 11, 1990 Hawaiian Open −9 (72-67-68-72=279) 1 stroke United States Paul Azinger

PGA of Japan Tour wins (14)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Jun 9, 1985 Tohoku Classic −13 (72-63-68-72=275) 5 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2 May 4, 1986 Chunichi Crowns −6 (68-67-71-68=274) 4 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
3 Aug 3, 1986 NST Niigata Open −12 (68-70-66-72=276) 1 stroke Japan Tateo Ozaki
4 Jun 14, 1987 Sapporo Tokyu Open −12 (67-68-70-71=276) 3 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura
5 Jun 28, 1987 Mizuno Open −16 (67-66-69-70=272) 8 strokes Taiwan Chen Tze-ming, Japan Tōru Nakamura
6 Jul 26, 1987 Japan PGA Championship −8 (73-67-69-71=280) 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones, Japan Seiichi Kanai
7 Oct 25, 1987 Bridgestone Open −6 (69-71-72-70=282) Playoff Japan Hiroshi Makino, Japan Nobuo Serizawa
8 Nov 29, 1987 Casio World Open −12 (67-69-73-67=276) 2 strokes Scotland Sam Torrance
9 Dec 6, 1987 Golf Nippon Series −7 (69-69=138)* Shared title with Japan Isao Aoki
10 May 15, 1988 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup 6 and 5 Japan Noboru Sugai
11 Jun 21, 1992 Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open −10 (69-68-71-70=278) 1 stroke Australia Brian Jones
12 Mar 21, 1993 Dydo Shizuoka Open −13 (68-71-71-65=275) 3 strokes Japan Hajime Meshiai
13 Mar 21, 1994 Maruman Open −9 (69-71-67-72=279) Playoff Japan Hirofumi Miyase, Japan Nobuo Serizawa
14 Sep 11, 1994 Suntory Open −11 (72-68-69-68=277) Playoff Japan Hisayuki Sasaki

*Note: The 1987 Golf Nippon Series was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–5)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1983 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Japan Kikuo Arai, Japan Teruo Sugihara Arai won with par on fourth extra hole
Sugihara eliminated by par on second hole
2 1983 Chunichi Crowns Japan Kikuo Arai, Taiwan Chen Tze-ming Chen won with par on second extra hole
3 1986 Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Lost to par on fifth extra hole
4 1987 Bridgestone Tournament Japan Hiroshi Makino, Japan Nobuo Serizawa Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Makino eliminated by par on first hole
5 1994 Maruman Open Japan Hirofumi Miyase, Japan Nobuo Serizawa Won with birdie on first extra hole
6 1994 Suntory Open Japan Hisayuki Sasaki Won with par on first extra hole
7 1996 JCB Classic Sendai Japan Masashi Ozaki Lost to par on first extra hole
8 1996 Casio World Open United States Paul Stankowski Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (4)[edit]

Senior wins (1)[edit]

  • 2017 Hawaii State Senior Open

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament 1988 1989 1990
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T36
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T38 CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship[edit]

Tournament 1988
The Players Championship T60

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in senior major championships[edit]

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Senior PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Senior Open CUT CUT CUT CUT
Senior British Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Ishii never played in The Tradition or the Senior Players Championship.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Official 1991 PGA Tour Media Guide. PGA Tour Creative Services. 1991. p. 209.
  2. ^ "Week 20 1988 Ending 15 May 1988" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "University of Houston Media Almanac: 2016–17 Men's Golf" (PDF). Houston Cougars. pp. 36, 42, 45, 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  4. ^ "Hawaii State Amateur Past Champions" (PDF). Hawaii State Golf.

External links[edit]

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