Aoki is the only player from Japan to win on all five Tours, U.S. PGA and Champions Tour, European Tour, Australian Tour and Japanese Tour. Aoki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of fame in 2004.

Aoki Isao Professional golfer. Born in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, in 1942. Turned pro in 1964. He is the first Japanese player to win a US PGA event, the 1983 Hawaii Open.

Isao Aoki is a Japanese golfing legend who has left an indelible mark on the sport. Born on September 1, 1942, in Abiko, Japan, Aoki started playing golf when he was 19 years old.

HONOLULU – The eagles couldn’t have been more different, but the hole, Waialae Country Club’s par-5 18th, and the result, a victory by a Japanese trailblazer, were the same. The echoes of ...

In a sense, the game of golf was almost beside the point for the Hall of Famer ISAO Aoki. He took up the game as a way to see the world. It paid off in more ways than one: “Mr. Aoki won 71 times ...

Isao Aoki will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla., marking the first time for a male Japanese golfer to be honored there, golf sources said Thursday.