Hideto Tanihara
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| Hideto Tanihara 谷原 秀人 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 16 November 1978 Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Japan | ||
| Spouse | |||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2001 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour LIV Golf | ||
| Professional wins | 20 | ||
| Highest ranking | 47 (4 June 2017)[1] (as of 28 April 2024) | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 19 | ||
| Asian Tour | 2 | ||
| Other | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2007, 2017 | ||
| PGA Championship | T33: 2016 | ||
| U.S. Open | T51: 2016 | ||
| The Open Championship | T5: 2006 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Medal record | |||
Hideto Tanihara (谷原 秀人, Tanihara Hideto, born 16 November 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won 18 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.
Professional career[edit]
Tanihara has won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. His highest ranking came in June 2017 when he reached 47th. He finished tied for fifth place in the 2006 Open Championship and reached the semi-finals of the 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. His best finish outside of Japan was a second-place finish at the 2016 New Zealand Open, an official event on the Australasian Tour. He has represented Japan four times in the World Cup.
Personal life[edit]
On 14 July 2008, it was announced that he and actress Ayaka Nagate had married.[2]
Professional wins (20)[edit]
Japan Golf Tour wins (19)[edit]
| Legend |
| Japan majors (3) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (16) |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013 | Fujisankei Classic | Hideki Matsuyama,  Park Sung-joon
|
Matsuyama won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2014 | ANA Open | Katsumasa Miyamoto
|
Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2016 | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup | Toshinori Muto
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
| 4 | 2016 | Heiwa PGM Championship | Yuta Ikeda
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 2023 | Japan Players Championship | Taiga Nagano
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Oct 2002 | PRGR Cup (Kansai) | −11 (67-66=133) | 4 strokes | Takashi Kamiyama, Nobuhiro Masuda
|
Results in major championships[edit]
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||
| U.S. Open | |||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T5 | CUT | CUT | |||
| PGA Championship | T55 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T51 | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T33 | T67 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Summary[edit]
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2006 Open Championship – 2006 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in World Golf Championships[edit]
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 70 | T32 | |||||||||
| Match Play | 4 | ||||||||||
| Invitational | T50 | ||||||||||
| Champions | T54 | T20 | |||||||||
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2000
Professional
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2009 (winners)
- EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2014, 2018
- Amata Friendship Cup (representing Japan): 2018
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Week 22 2017 Ending 4 Jun 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 15 July 2008.
External links[edit]
- Hideto Tanihara at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Hideto Tanihara at the European Tour official site
- Hideto Tanihara at the Official World Golf Ranking official site