Satoshi Higashi

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 nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins13
Highest ranking75 (12 November 1995)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1996
PGA ChampionshipT78: 1996
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1996

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

Career

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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)

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PGA of Japan Tour wins (7)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 21 Jun 1987 Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open −8 (68-67-70-75=280) 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh, Japan Hajime Meshiai
2 15 Jul 1990 Nikkei Cup −6 (70-74-64-74=282) 1 stroke Japan Nobuo Serizawa
3 19 May 1991 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup 2 up Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
4 2 Apr 1995 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup −6 (72-68-69-73=282) 1 stroke Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
5 16 Apr 1995 Tsuruya Open −9 (69-74-66-70=279) 1 stroke Japan Kōki Idoki, Japan Katsunori Kuwabara,
Australia Roger Mackay, Japan Kiyoshi Maita,
Japan Yoshi Mizumaki
6 24 Sep 1995 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −18 (68-69-65-68=270) 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
7 12 Nov 1995 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −14 (70-66-71-67=274) 4 strokes Japan Shigeki Maruyama

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1991 Mizuno Open Australia Roger Mackay Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

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Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 12 Jul 2013 ISPS Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament −12 (65-65=130) 3 strokes Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 8 Apr 2023 Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open −7 (68-70-71=209) 2 strokes Japan Masayoshi Nakayama, Japan Hidezumi Shirakata,
Japan Kaname Yokoo

Other senior wins (2)

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  • 2012 Asahi Ryokuken Cup TVQ Senior Open
  • 2015 Trust Park Cup Sasebo Senior Open

Team appearances

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References

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