David Ishii


David S. Ishii is an American professional golfer of Japanese descent.
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. 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.
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

PGA Tour wins (1)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

*Note: The 1987 Golf Nippon Series was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11983Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament Kikuo Arai, Teruo SugiharaArai won with par on fourth extra hole
Sugihara eliminated by par on second hole
21983Chunichi Crowns Kikuo Arai, Chen Tze-mingChen won with par on second extra hole
31986Golf Digest Tournament Tommy NakajimaLost to par on fifth extra hole
41987Bridgestone Open Hiroshi Makino, Nobuo SerizawaWon with birdie on fifth extra hole
Makino eliminated by par on first hole
51994Maruman Open Hirofumi Miyase, Nobuo SerizawaWon with birdie on first extra hole
61994Suntory Open Hisayuki SasakiWon with par on first extra hole
71996JCB Classic Sendai Masashi OzakiLost to par on first extra hole
81996Casio World Open Paul StankowskiLost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

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