Hidemichi Tanaka

Hidemichi Tanaka (田中秀道, born 29 March 1971) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Hidemichi Tanaka
田中秀道
Personal information
Born (1971-03-29) 29 March 1971
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking57 (28 May 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour10
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT55: 2004
U.S. OpenT15: 2003
The Open ChampionshipT32: 1996

Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001. He won 10 times on tour.

Tanaka earned a PGA Tour card for 2002 at the 2001 Qualifying School, and held his card through 2006 by finishing in the top 125 on the money list each year. In 2006, he lost his card by finishing 224th on the money list. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are two T-3, at the 2004 B.C. Open and the 2005 Chrysler Championship.

Professional wins (15)

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)
Legend
Japan Opens (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 29 Oct 1995 Philip Morris Championship –10 (67-73-69-69=278) 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki, Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 19 May 1996 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open –20 (68-64-65-67=264) 2 strokes Tommy Nakajima, Brian Watts
3 26 Jul 1998 Aiful Cup –15 (68-70-69-66=273) 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa, Tatsuo Takasaki
4 4 Oct 1998 Japan Open Golf Championship –5 (72-70-72-69=283) 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
5 13 Dec 1998 DDI Group Okinawa Open –11 (70-67-69-67=273) 3 strokes Akihito Tokoyama
6 7 Nov 1999 Acom International –19 (66-69-66-68=269) 5 strokes Keiichiro Fukabori
7 19 Mar 2000 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open –14 (66-70-70-68=274) 2 strokes Eiji Mizoguchi
8 30 Apr 2000 The Crowns –8 (69-69-67-67=272) 5 strokes Mitsutaka Kusakabe
9 15 Apr 2001 Tsuruya Open –14 (71-69-68-66=274) 2 strokes Masayuki Kawamura
10 24 Jun 2001 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open –16 (66-69-68-69=272) 3 strokes Eduardo Herrera

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Tsuruya Open Richard Backwell Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Other wins (5)
  • 1995 Mito Green Open (Japan), Korakuen Cup No. 2 (Japan)
  • 1996 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
  • 1998 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
  • 2001 Hawaii Pearl Open

Results in major championships
Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
U.S. Open T37 T15 T36
The Open Championship T33 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT 79 T55

Note: Tanaka never played in the Masters Tournament

  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2003200420052006
The Players Championship CUT T81 WD CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20002001
Match Play R32
Championship T11 NT1
Invitational

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

See also

References
  1. "Week 21 2000 Ending 28 May 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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