Kikuo Arai

Kikuo Arai
新井規矩雄
Personal information
Born (1943-12-11) 11 December 1943 (age 80)
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins19
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Other13
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT39: 1983

Kikuo Arai (新井規矩雄, Arai Kikuo, born 11 December 1943) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Professional career

Arai played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times.

Arai also played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s. He played 45 events from 1983 to 1989, including 16 events in 1986. His best finish was a tie for second at the 1985 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. He played on the Champions Tour in 2000, with one top-10 finish at The Instinet Classic.

Professional wins (19)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 9 Aug 1981 Mizuno Tournament −12 (69-65-71-69=274) 2 strokes Japan Shigeru Uchida
2 23 May 1982 Pepsi Ube Open −11 (67-68-70-72=277) 2 strokes Japan Motomasa Aoki
3 8 Aug 1982 Descente Cup Hokkoku Open −12 (71-67-71-67=276) 2 strokes Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
4 3 Apr 1983 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament −2 (69-69=138) Playoff United States David Ishii, Japan Teruo Sugihara
5 9 Jul 1983 Toyamaken Open −7 (65-70=135) 1 stroke Japan Motomasa Aoki
6 24 Jun 1984 Mizuno Tournament (2) −9 (70-69-69-71=279) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1982 Bridgestone Tournament Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2 1983 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament United States David Ishii, Japan Teruo Sugihara Won with par on fourth extra hole
Sugihara eliminated by par on second hole
3 1983 Chunichi Crowns Taiwan Chen Tze-ming, United States David Ishii Chen won with par on second extra hole
4 1983 Kanto Open Japan Saburo Fujiki, Japan Masashi Ozaki Fujiki won with par on third extra hole
Arai eliminated by par on first hole
5 1986 Daikyo Open Japan Tateo Ozaki Lost to par on third extra hole

Other wins (12)

  • 1972 Tokai Classic
  • 1976 Nagano Open
  • 1978 Asahi Toy Ohashi Kyosen Invitational, Gunma Open
  • 1980 Hakuryuko Open, Gunma Open
  • 1982 Saitama Open
  • 1984 Meikyukai Golden Star Charity Tournament, Gunma Open
  • 1985 Meikyukai Golden Star Charity Tournament
  • 1986 Asahi Breweries Ohashi Kyosen Tournament
  • 1993 Sekisui Harmonate Meikyukai Charity Tournament

Senior wins (1)

  • 1993 Maruman Senior Tournament

Results in major championships

Tournament 1983 1984 1985
The Open Championship T39 CUT CUT

Note: Arai only played in the Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 1986
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances