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

Sigimoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1938. He started to play golf at the age of 17,[1] and turned professional in 1959.[2] He was one of the best Japanese golfers of the 1960s and early 1970s, winning well over a dozen events between the Japanese and Asian circuits. One of his first successes was at the 1963 Yomiuri International, the final tournament on the Asia Golf Circuit, where he finished runner-up to American Doug Sanders.[3] Later in the year, in August, he would record another runner-up performance against an international field, finishing solo second to Kel Nagle at the Lake Karrinyup Bowl in Perth, Australia.[4]

The following year he would win the Japan Open Golf Championship, the country's national open.

In 1968, Sugimoto decided to join the PGA Tour.[5] He qualified for the Masters and U.S. Open[6] and made the cut in 9 of 14 events but, unlike his performances in Asia, he did not record any high finishes and would not remain a member of the tour.[5]

In 1969, Sugimoto returned to Japan and had great success, winning six times in his home country and the Taiwan Open. During this era, he would have great success with fellow Japanese star Takashi Murakami, winning three events with him. His first win on the Japan Golf Tour, the 1973 All Nippon Doubles, was with Murakami. Sugimoto would play on tour through the decade. One of his final top performances was at the 1978 Hiroshima Open where he would finish second to Masashi Ozaki in a playoff.[7]

Professional wins

Japanese Golf Tour wins (2)

Japanese circuit wins (13)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (3)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1967 1968
Masters Tournament CUT[9] T35[10]
U.S. Open CUT[11]

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. "Hideyo Sugimoto – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. "Hideyo Sugimoto – Tour Career Record". JGTO. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. "Sugimoto Wins". The Glasgow Herald. 28 February 1972. p. 5. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. "Bert Has 67-73; Nicklaus Misses Cutoff With 151". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 8 April 1967. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. "Hideyo Sugimoto". Golf Major Championships. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. "Scoring - U.S. Open History – 1968". U.S. Open.
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