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Shintaro Kai | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan | 29 May 1981
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Highest ranking | 85 (4 January 2009) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
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.
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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 31 Aug 2008 | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | −10 (69-70-70-69=278) | 1 stroke | Hidemasa Hoshino |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 27 Jun 2014 | Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial | −12 (69-63=132) | 1 stroke | Mitsuhiro Watanabe |
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
Note: Kai never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
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