Hideyo Sugimoto

Hideyo Sugimoto (born 16 February 1938) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Hideyo Sugimoto
Personal information
Born (1938-02-16) 16 February 1938
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1959
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour3 (Asia Golf Circuit)
Other16
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT35: 1968
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 1968
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Early life

Sigimoto was born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan in 1938. He started to play golf at the age of 17.[1]

Professional career

Sugimoto turned professional in 1959.[2] One of his first successes was at the 1963 Yomiuri International, the final tournament of the year on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he finished runner-up to American Doug Sanders.[3] Later in the year, in August, he recorded another runner-up performance against an international field, finishing solo second to Kel Nagle at the Lake Karrinyup Bowl in Perth, Australia.[4]

In 1965, he won the Japan Open Golf Championship, the country's national open.

As of March 1968, Sugimoto was under a one year suspension by the Japanese PGA.[5]

In 1968, Sugimoto played on the PGA Tour.[6] He qualified for the Masters and U.S. Open[7] and made the cut in 9 of 14 events. Unlike his performances in Asia, however, he did not record any high finishes and would not remain a member of the tour.[6]

In 1969, Sugimoto returned to Japan and had great success, winning six times in his home country and the Taiwan Open.

During the late 1960s, Australian golfer Peter Thomson considered Sugimoto and Kenji Hosoishi to be the best golfers in Japan.[5]

During this the early 1970s, he had success with fellow Japanese professional Takashi Murakami, winning three events with him. Sugimoto's first win on the Japan Golf Tour, the 1973 All Nippon Doubles, was with Murakami. Sugimoto played on tour through the decade. One of his final top performances was at the 1978 Hiroshima Open where he finished second to Masashi Ozaki in a playoff.[8]

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Japanese circuit wins (13)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1967 1968
Masters Tournament CUT[10] T35[11]
U.S. Open CUT[12]

Note: Sugimoto never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

References
  1. "Hideyo Sugimoto – Player Profile". JGTO. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  3. "Sanders's Tokio win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1963. p. 6.
  4. "Big W.A. golf to Kel Nagle". The Age. 26 August 1963. p. 23.
  5. Thomson, Peter (11 March 1968). "Top golfer a roly-poly". The Age. p. 19 – via Google News Archive.
  6. "Hideyo Sugimoto – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor, ed. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 526. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  8. "Hideyo Sugimoto – Tour Career Record". JGTO. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. "Sugimoto Wins". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. "Bert Has 67-73; Nicklaus Misses Cutoff With 151". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 8 April 1967. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. "Hideyo Sugimoto". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. "Scoring - U.S. Open History – 1968". U.S. Open.
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