Hisayuki Sasaki
Appearance
Hisayuki Sasaki | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 27 November 1964
Died | 3 January 2013 Bangkok, Thailand | (aged 48)
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1986 |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Highest ranking | 77 (30 March 1997)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T31: 1995 |
Hisayuki Sasaki (27 November 1964 – 3 January 2013) was a Japanese professional golfer.[2]
Sasaki won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Sasaki played on the PGA Tour in 1996[3] but with only three top-25 finishes he failed to maintain his playing rights. He finished third in the 1997 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf.
Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
- 1994 (1) Nippon Series
- 1995 (1) Japan PGA Championship
- 1997 (2) Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
Other wins
- 1994 Kanto Open
- 1999 Kanto Open
- 2002 Hokkaido Open
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Japan): 1995
References
- ^ "Week 13 1997 Ending 30 Mar 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "PGA Golfer Hisayuki Sasaki Found Dead in Bangkok Hotel Room". Chiangrai Times. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ^ "Former Tour member Sasaki, 48, dies". PGA Tour. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
External links
- Hisayuki Sasaki at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Hisayuki Sasaki at the PGA Tour official site