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Masaji Kusakabe
Masaji Kusakabe
Personal information
Born	7 August 1946 (age 78); Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	20
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	8
Other	12

Masaji Kusakabe (born 7 August 1946) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kusakabe played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning eight official tournaments and several others.

Professional wins (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Nov 1975	Sony Charity Classic	−7 (69-70-70=209)*	2 strokes	Danny Edwards, Hiroshi Ishii, Takashi Murakami
2	11 Sep 1977	Suntory Open	−9 (66-70-72-71=279)	3 strokes	Fujio Kobayashi
3	15 Oct 1978	Tokai Classic	−6 (75-69-66-72=282)	2 strokes	Kosaku Shimada
4	26 Aug 1979	KBC Augusta	−12 (67-71-68-34=240)*	3 strokes	Kuo Chie-Hsiung
5	9 Sep 1979	Suntory Open (2)	−11 (66-73-69-69=277)	1 stroke	Lu Liang-Huan
6	6 Apr 1980	Aso National Park Open	+1 (72-37=109)*	1 stroke	Yurio Akitomi, Namio Takasu
7	2 Jul 1981	Naganoken Open	−6 (67-71=138)*	Shared title with Fujio Kobayashi
8	11 Dec 1983	Daikyo Open	−10 (69-70-69-70=278)	2 strokes	Akio Toyoda

*Note: Tournament shortened to 27/36/54/63 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1976	Bridgestone Tournament	Hsieh Min-Nan, Takashi Murakami	Murakami won with par on third extra hole Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole

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