Shintaro Kai

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Shintaro Kai
Personal information
Born (1981-05-29) 29 May 1981 (age 42)
Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 85 (4 January 2009) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2009
The Open Championship CUT: 2008

Shintaro Kai (born 29 May 1981) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Kai has won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has also won a tournament on the Japan Challenge Tour.

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
131 Aug 2008 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta −10 (69-70-70-69=278)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Hidemasa Hoshino

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
127 Jun 2014 Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial−12 (69-63=132)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Watanabe

Results in major championships

Tournament20082009
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Kai never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. "Week 1 2009 Ending 4 Jan 2009" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.