Hideyo Sugimoto | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Tagata District, Shizuoka, Japan | 16 February 1938
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1959 |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour Asia Golf Circuit |
Professional wins | 18 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
Asian Tour | 3 (Asia Golf Circuit) |
Other | 16 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T35: 1968 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 1968 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Hideyo Sugimoto (born 16 February 1938) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Sugimoto was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan in 1938. He started to play golf at the age of 17. [1]
Sugimoto turned professional in 1959. [2] In the mid-1960s, he had much success. One of his first successes was at the 1963 Yomiuri International, the final tournament of the year on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he finished runner-up to American Doug Sanders. [3] Later in the year, in August, he recorded another runner-up performance against an international field, finishing solo second to Kel Nagle at the Lake Karrinyup Bowl in Perth, Australia. [4] In 1965, he won the Japan Open Golf Championship, the country's national open.
As of March 1968, Sugimoto was under a one year suspension by the Japanese PGA. [5] He attempted to make it onto the PGA Tour at Spring 1968 PGA Tour Qualifying School. [6] He was successful. Sugimoto played in fourteen events during the year, including the Masters and U.S. Open. He made the cut in nine events, including the Masters. [7]
In 1969, Sugimoto returned to Japan and had great success, winning six times in his home country and the Taiwan Open. During this era, Australian legend Peter Thomson considered Sugimoto and Kenji Hosoishi to be the best golfers in Japan. [5]
During this the early 1970s, he had success with fellow Japanese professional Takashi Murakami, winning three events with him. Sugimoto's first win on the Japan Golf Tour, the 1973 All Nippon Doubles, was with Murakami. Sugimoto played on tour through the decade. One of his final top performances was at the 1978 Hiroshima Open where he finished second to Masashi Ozaki in a playoff. [8]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 29 Jul 1973 | All Japan Doubles (with Takashi Murakami) | −26 (100-101-61=262) | ||
2 | 19 Aug 1973 | Suntory Open | −14 (66-69-70-65=270) | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1978 | Hiroshima Open | Masashi Ozaki | Lost to par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 6 Apr 1969 | Taiwan Open | −4 (71-74-74-71=284) | Playoff | Hsu Chi-san |
2 | 27 Feb 1972 | Philippine Open | −2 (72-72-71-71=286) | 2 strokes | Hsieh Yung-yo |
3 | 18 Mar 1973 | Malaysian Open | −11 (68-69-68-72=277) | 2 strokes | Graham Marsh |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1967 | Singapore Open | Ben Arda | Lost to par on second extra hole |
2 | 1969 | Taiwan Open | Hsu Chi-san | Won with par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1967 | 1968 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT [9] | T35 [10] |
U.S. Open | CUT [11] |
Note: Sugimoto never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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