Hidemichi Tanaka

Hidemichi Tanaka
田中秀道
Personal information
Born (1971-03-29) 29 March 1971 (age 53)
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking57 (28 May 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour10
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT55: 2004
U.S. OpenT15: 2003
The Open ChampionshipT32: 1996

Hidemichi Tanaka (田中秀道, born 29 March 1971) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001. He won 10 times on tour.

Tanaka earned a PGA Tour card for 2002 at the 2001 Qualifying School, and held his card through 2006 by finishing in the top 125 on the money list each year. In 2006, he lost his card by finishing 224th on the money list. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are two T-3, at the 2004 B.C. Open and the 2005 Chrysler Championship.

Professional wins (15)

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 1995 Philip Morris Championship −10 (67-73-69-69=278) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 19 May 1996 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open −20 (68-64-65-67=264) 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima, United States Brian Watts
3 26 Jul 1998 Aiful Cup −15 (68-70-69-66=273) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan Tatsuo Takasaki
4 4 Oct 1998 Japan Open Golf Championship −5 (72-70-72-69=283) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
5 13 Dec 1998 DDI Group Okinawa Open −11 (70-67-69-67=273) 3 strokes Japan Akihito Tokoyama
6 7 Nov 1999 Acom International −19 (66-69-66-68=269) 5 strokes Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
7 19 Mar 2000 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open −14 (66-70-70-68=274) 2 strokes Japan Eiji Mizoguchi
8 30 Apr 2000 The Crowns −8 (69-69-67-67=272) 5 strokes Japan Mitsutaka Kusakabe
9 15 Apr 2001 Tsuruya Open −14 (71-69-68-66=274) 2 strokes Japan Masayuki Kawamura
10 24 Jun 2001 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −16 (66-69-68-69=272) 3 strokes Colombia Eduardo Herrera

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2000 Tsuruya Open Australia Richard Backwell Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

  • 1995 Mito Green Open, Korakuen Cup (2nd)

Other wins (3)

  • 1996 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
  • 1998 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
  • 2001 Hawaii Pearl Open

Results in major championships

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
U.S. Open T37 T15 T36
The Open Championship T33 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT 79 T55

Note: Tanaka never played in the Masters Tournament

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Players Championship CUT T81 WD CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2000 2001
Match Play R32
Championship T11 NT1
Invitational

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 21 2000 Ending 28 May 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.