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Tsukasa Watanabe

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Tsukasa Watanabe
渡辺司
Personal information
Born (1957-02-16) 16 February 1957 (age 67)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
ResidenceTokyo, Japan
Career
Turned professional1981
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking80 (14 August 1994)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT51: 1994

Tsukasa Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺司, born 16 February 1957) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

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Watanabe was born in Tokyo. He played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice, and earned over 780,000,000 ¥.

He played on the 1994 International Team in the Presidents Cup.

Professional wins (8)

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PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

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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 Taiwan Chen Tze-chung, United States Tom Kite
2 19 Jun 1994 Yomiuri Open −14 (68-64-67-71=270) 2 strokes Australia Anthony Gilligan

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1990 Chushikoku Open Japan Masayuki Kawamura, Japan Seiki Okuda
2 1993 JCB Classic Sendai Japan Hajime Meshiai, Japan Yoshi Mizumaki Mizumaki won with birdie on sixth extra hole
3 1997 Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial Taiwan Yeh Chang-ting Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1994
The Open Championship T51

Note: Watanabe only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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This list may be incomplete.

References

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  1. ^ "Week 33 1994 Ending 14 Aug 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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