Tsukasa Watanabe
| Tsukasa Watanabe 渡辺司 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 16 February 1957 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1981 |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Highest ranking | 80 (14 August 1994)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
| Other | 6 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T51: 1994 |
Tsukasa Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺司, born 16 February 1957) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Watanabe was born in
¥. He played on the 1994 International Team in the Presidents Cup
.
Professional wins (8)
PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Nov 1993 | Daiwa International | −10 (68-72-64-70=274) | 1 stroke |  Chen Tze-chung,  Tom Kite
|
| 2 | 19 Jun 1994 | Yomiuri Open | −14 (68-64-67-71=270) | 2 strokes |  Anthony Gilligan
|
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 | Chushikoku Open |  Masayuki Kawamura, Seiki Okuda
|
|
| 2 | 1993 | JCB Classic Sendai
|
Hajime Meshiai, Yoshi Mizumaki
|
Mizumaki won with birdie on sixth extra hole |
| 3 | 1997 | Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial
|
Yeh Chang-ting
|
Lost to par on second extra hole |
Other wins (1)
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)
- 2008 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Fujifilm Senior Championship
- 2009 Japan Senior Open
- 2013 Japan PGA Senior Championship
- 2015 Fuji Film Senior Championship
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1994 |
|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T51 |
Note: Watanabe only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied
Team appearances
This list may be incomplete.
- Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1991
- Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1995, 1997, 2000
References
- OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
External links
- Tsukasa Watanabe at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Tsukasa Watanabe at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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Lost: 20 – 12 | ||
| International | |
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| National | |
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