Tomoo Ishii
Personal information
Born	(1923-06-09)9 June 1923 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	24 January 2022(2022-01-24) (aged 98)
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	10
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T26: 1965
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP

Tomoo Ishii (石井朝夫, Ishii Tomoo) (9 June 1923 – 24 January 2022) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Professional career

Ishii was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and started playing golf at the age of 15.^[1] Ishii won a number of events on the Japanese and Asian circuits through the 1950s and 1960s. One of his top triumphs was at the 1964 Capitol Hills Open in Manila, Philippines on the Far East Circuit. Ishii was tied for the lead with Australian golfer Peter Thomson at the beginning of the fourth round. He outshot Thomson by four strokes over the course of the final round to win.^[2]

His good play helped him earn three consecutive special foreign invitations to the Masters in the mid-1960s. He was one of the first Asian players to play in the event. He made the cut the first two years. He also represented Japan in the Canada Cup in 1963 and 1964.

Personal life and death

Ishii died on 24 January 2022, at the age of 98.^[3]

Professional wins (10)

Far East Circuit wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Mar 1964	Capitol Hills Open	−4 (69-72-70-69=280)	2 strokes	Ben Arda
2	15 Mar 1964	Malayan Open	−14 (70-75-70-67=282)	1 stroke	Brian Huggett, Tadashi Kitta
3	14 Mar 1965	Malayan Open (2)	−10 (71-73-70-68=282)	2 strokes	Lu Liang-Huan, Guy Wolstenholme
4	19 Mar 1967	Thailand Open	−5 (72-73-67-71=283)	2 strokes	Tony Jacklin, Kuo Chie-Hsiung