David Ishii

David Ishii
Personal information
Full name	David S. Ishii
Born	July 26, 1955 (1955-07-26) (age 56) Hawaii
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1979
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Japan Golf Tour	14
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1990
U.S. Open	T36: 1988
The Open Championship	CUT: 1988
PGA Championship	T38: 1988
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour leading money winner	1987

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

Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. 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 (ranks 13th on the career victories list) and is ninth 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 is the Director of Golf at Pearl Country Club in Aiea, Hawaii.

Professional wins

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

• 1985 (1) Tohoku Classic
• 1986 (2) Chunichi Crowns, NST Niigata Open
• 1987 (6) Sapporo Tokyu Open, Mizuno Open, Japan PGA Championship, Bridgestone Open, Casio World Open, Nippon Series (tie with Isao Aoki)
• 1988 (1) Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup
• 1992 (1) Yomiuri Sapporo Open
• 1993 (1) Dydo Shizuoka Open
• 1994 (2) Maruman Open, Suntory Open

PGA Tour wins (1)

• 1990 Hawaiian Open

Other wins (4)

• 1980 Hawaii State Open
• 1982 Kapalua Open
• 1984 Hawaii State Open
• 1985 Hawaii State Open

External links

• David Ishii at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• David Ishii at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Ishii, David
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	July 26, 1955
Place of birth	Hawaii
Date of death
Place of death