Tadashi Kitta

Tadashi Kitta
Personal information
Born	(1934-04-20)20 April 1934 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Died	22 March 2003(2003-03-22) (aged 68)
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	27
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
Other	25
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1970, 1971

Tadashi Kitta (20 April 1934 – 22 March 2003) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Kitta played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice. He won a dozen tournaments in Japan prior to the formation of the Japan Golf Tour and also won the Thailand Open in 1966.

Professional wins (27)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

• 1974 Chubu Open
• 1977 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship

Far East Circuit wins (1)

• 1966 Thailand Open

Other wins (20)

• 1957 Kansai Pro Championship
• 1958 Kansai Open
• 1960 Yomiuri Pro Championship
• 1962 Chunichi Crowns, Kansai Open
• 1963 Japan PGA Championship, Kansai Open
• 1964 Japan PGA Championship, Golden Match
• 1965 Japan Open, Chunichi Crowns, Golden Match, Woodlawn Invitational
• 1966 Kansai Pro Championship, Kuzuha International
• 1967 Japan Open
• 1968 West Japan Circuit Shimonoseki leg
• 1969 Kuzuha International
• 1971 Rolex Tournament
• 1972 Chubu Open

Senior wins (4)

• 1985 Kansai Pro Senior Championship
• 1986 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Kansai Pro Senior Championship
• 1994 Kansai Pro Grand Senior

Team appearances

• Canada Cup (representing Japan): 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965

External links

• Tadashi Kitta at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Japan PGA Hall of Fame (in Japanese)