Hideto Tanihara

Hideto Tanihara (谷原 秀人, Tanihara Hideto, born 16 November 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Hideto Tanihara
谷原 秀人
Personal information
Born (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978
Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality Japan
SpouseAyaka Nagate
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins14
Highest ranking47 (4 June 2017)[1]
(as of 7 February 2021)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour14
Asian Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2007, 2017
PGA ChampionshipT33: 2016
U.S. OpenT51: 2016
The Open ChampionshipT5: 2006

Professional career

Tanihara has won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. His highest ranking came in June 2017 when he reached 47th. He finished tied for fifth place in the 2006 Open Championship and reached the semi-finals of the 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. His best finish outside of Japan was a second place finish at the 2016 New Zealand Open, an official event on the Australasian Tour. He has represented Japan four times in the World Cup.

Personal life

On 14 July 2008, it was announced that he and actress Ayaka Nagate had married.[2]

Professional wins (14)

Japan Golf Tour wins (14)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (13)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 22 Jun 2003 Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open −16 (65-71-64=200)* 3 strokes Nobuhito Sato
2 21 Dec 2003
(2004 season)
Asia Japan Okinawa Open1 −9 (66-76-68-69=279) 3 strokes Joon Chung, Hiroshi Gohda,
Yūsaku Miyazato, Ted Oh,
Charlie Wi, Simon Yates,
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
3 4 Jun 2006 JCB Classic Sendai −18 (67-69-63-67=266) 5 strokes Shingo Katayama
4 6 Aug 2006 Sun Chlorella Classic −5 (70-74-67-72=283) 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita, Tetsuji Hiratsuka,
Prayad Marksaeng, Katsumasa Miyamoto,
Masaya Tomida
5 2 Sep 2007 Fujisankei Classic −8 (67-71-67=205)* 3 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
6 9 Sep 2007 Suntory Open −8 (65-71-66=202)* 2 strokes Toru Taniguchi
7 25 May 2008 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup −18 (65-67-65-73=270) 3 strokes Shingo Katayama, Katsunori Kuwabara,
Nobuhito Sato
8 28 Sep 2008 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 −16 (66-68-64-66=264) 1 stroke Azuma Yano
9 29 Aug 2010 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta −22 (67-66-67-66=266) 1 stroke Mitsuhiro Tateyama
10 17 Nov 2013 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −13 (66-69-67-73=275) 1 stroke Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiro Kawamura,
Tomohiro Kondo
11 8 Nov 2015 Heiwa PGM Championship −11 (67-67-66-69=269) 2 strokes Yoshinori Fujimoto
12 3 Jul 2016 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational
Sega Sammy Cup
−14 (70-65-67-72=274) 2 strokes Thanyakon Khrongpha
13 10 Jul 2016 Japan PGA Championship
Nissin Cupnoodle Cup
−22 (68-70-65-63=266) Playoff Toshinori Muto
14 6 Nov 2016 Heiwa PGM Championship (2) −12 (68-64-66-70=268) Playoff Yuta Ikeda

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2013 Fujisankei Classic Hideki Matsuyama, Park Sung-joon Matsuyama won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2014 ANA Open Katsumasa Miyamoto Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2016 Japan PGA Championship
Nissin Cupnoodle Cup
Toshinori Muto Won with par on first extra hole
4 2016 Heiwa PGM Championship Yuta Ikeda Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T5 CUT CUT
PGA Championship T55
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T51 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT T33 T67
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000020
U.S. Open00000021
The Open Championship00011171
PGA Championship00000043
Totals000111155
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2006 Open Championship – 2006 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Championship 70 T32
Match Play 4
Invitational T50
Champions T54 T20
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. "Week 22 2017 Ending 4 Jun 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. "Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 15 July 2008.
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