Jump to content

Kazuhiko Hosokawa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kazuhiko Hosokawa
細川和彦
Personal information
Born (1970-12-28) 28 December 1970 (age 53)
Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking80 (5 March 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour8
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT70: 2000

Kazuhiko Hosokawa (Japanese: 細川和彦, born 28 December 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

[edit]

Hosokawa has won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has also played in The Open Championship three times where his best performance came in 2000; finishing T70.

Professional wins (10)

[edit]

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

[edit]
Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 27 Aug 1995 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta −17 (69-66-67-69=271) 1 stroke United States Todd Hamilton, Japan Tomohiro Maruyama
2 4 Aug 1996 Sanko Grand Summer Championship −16 (68-66-68-70=272) 5 strokes Colombia Eduardo Herrera
3 18 Aug 1996 Acom International 51 pts (11-14-18-8=51) 4 points Philippines Frankie Miñoza
4 3 Aug 1997 NST Niigata Open Golf Championship −11 (71-68-67-71=277) 1 stroke Japan Hisayuki Sasaki
5 19 Sep 1999 ANA Open −11 (66-70-69-72=277) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki, Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
6 5 Dec 1999 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −10 (63-74-69-64=270) 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
7 30 Sep 2001 Acom International (2) −17 (68-63-65-71=267) 2 strokes Japan Katsumune Imai, Australia Scott Laycock,
Japan Nobuhito Sato, Japan Toru Taniguchi,
Japan Shinichi Yokota
8 3 Jul 2005 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup −7 (70-67-67-69=273) Playoff Japan Yasuharu Imano, New Zealand David Smail

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1998 Sanko Grand Summer Championship Japan Shingo Katayama Lost to par on third extra hole
2 1999 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Japan Masayuki Kawamura, Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Kawamura won with birdie on second extra hole
3 1999 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
4 2004 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Japan Katsumune Imai Lost to par on first extra hole
5 2005 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Japan Yasuharu Imano, New Zealand David Smail Won with par on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

[edit]
  • 1994 Korakuen Cup (1st)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

[edit]
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 6 Nov 2021 Cosmo Health Cup Senior Tournament −9 (66-69=135) Playoff Japan Mamo Osanai

Results in major championships

[edit]
Tournament 1998 1999 2000
The Open Championship 77 CUT T70

Note: Hosokawa only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

[edit]
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Match Play
Championship T53 NT1
Invitational 65

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Week 9 2000 Ending 5 Mar 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
[edit]