Hideki Kase | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | 1 December 1959
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1983 |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 20 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 4 |
Other | 16 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | T28: 1997 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Hideki Kase (born 1 December 1959) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Kase played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times. [1] He also played on the PGA Tour in 1997 where his best finish was 15th at the Sprint International. [2]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 5 Aug 1990 | Japan PGA Championship | −14 (71-66-67-70=274) | 5 strokes | Saburo Fujiki, Masahiro Kuramoto |
2 | 11 Dec 1994 | Daikyo Open | −16 (69-66-66-67=268) | 1 stroke | Seiji Ebihara, Masahiro Kuramoto, Ken Kusumoto |
3 | 14 Jul 1996 | Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial | −17 (69-71-68-63=271) | 2 strokes | Lin Keng-chi |
4 | 12 Sep 2004 | Suntory Open | −17 (69-67-66-65=267) | 3 strokes | Tomohiro Kondo, Katsuya Nakagawa, Taichi Teshima |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Fujisankei Classic | Isao Aoki, Saburo Fujiki, Brian Jones | Fujiki won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 2001 | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | Shigemasa Higaki, Takenori Hiraishi | Hiraishi won with birdie on fourth extra hole Kase eliminated by birdie on first hole |
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