Satoshi Higashi

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Satoshi Higashi
Personal information
Born (1960-11-16) 16 November 1960 (age 63)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Career
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins13
Highest ranking 75 (12 November 1995) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1996
PGA Championship T78: 1996
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1996

Satoshi Higashi (born 16 November 1960) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Career

Higashi won seven tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

His most successful year was 1995 when he won four times and finished second on the Japan Golf Tour's money list, also gaining his highest World Ranking of 75th in the same year.

Professional wins (13)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
121 Jun 1987 Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open −8 (68-67-70-75=280)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh, Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hajime Meshiai
215 Jul 1990 Nikkei Cup −6 (70-74-64-74=282)1 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Nobuo Serizawa
319 May 1991 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup 2 up Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Tsuneyuki Nakajima
42 Apr 1995 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup −6 (72-68-69-73=282)1 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuyoshi Tomori
516 Apr 1995 Tsuruya Open −9 (69-74-66-70=279)1 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kōki Idoki, Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsunori Kuwabara,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Mackay, Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kiyoshi Maita,
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yoshi Mizumaki
624 Sep 1995 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −18 (68-69-65-68=270)1 stroke Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
712 Nov 1995 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −14 (70-66-71-67=274)4 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shigeki Maruyama

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1991 Mizuno Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Mackay Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
112 Jul 2013ISPS Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament−12 (65-65=130)3 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Nobumitsu Yuhara
28 Apr 2023Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open−7 (68-70-71=209)2 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Masayoshi Nakayama, Flag of Japan.svg Hidezumi Shirakata,
Flag of Japan.svg Kaname Yokoo

Other senior wins (2)

Team appearances

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References

  1. "Week 45 1995 Ending 12 Nov 1995" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.