Satoshi Higashi

Satoshi Higashi (born 16 November 1960) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Satoshi Higashi
Personal information
Born (1960-11-16) 16 November 1960
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking75 (12 November 1995)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1996
PGA ChampionshipT78: 1996
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1996

Higashi has won seven tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. His most successful year was 1995 when he won four times and finished second on the Japan Golf Tour's money list.

Professional wins (9)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 21 Jun 1987 Yomiuri Open −8 (68-67-70-75=280) 1 stroke Graham Marsh, Hajime Meshiai
2 15 Jul 1990 Nikkei Cup −6 (70-74-64-74=282) 1 stroke Nobuo Serizawa
3 19 May 1991 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship 2 up Tsuneyuki Nakajima
4 2 Apr 1995 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup −6 (72-68-69-73=282) 1 stroke Katsuyoshi Tomori
5 16 Apr 1995 Tsuruya Open −9 (69-74-66-70=279) 1 stroke Kōki Idoki, Katsunori Kuwabara,
Roger Mackay, Kiyoshi Maita,
Yoshi Mizumaki
6 24 Sep 1995 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −18 (68-69-65-68=270) 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
7 12 Nov 1995 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −14 (70-66-71-67=274) 4 strokes Shigeki Maruyama

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1991 Mizuno Open Roger Mackay Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

  • 2013 ISPS Handa Cup - Philanthropy Senior Tournament

Team appearances

References

  1. "Week 45 1995 Ending 12 Nov 1995" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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