Kazuhiko Hosokawa

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

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
StatusProfessional
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

Career

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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)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
127 Aug 1995Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta−17 (69-66-67-69=271)1 stroke Todd Hamilton, Tomohiro Maruyama
24 Aug 1996Sanko Grand Summer Championship−16 (68-66-68-70=272)5 strokes Eduardo Herrera
318 Aug 1996Acom International51 pts (11-14-18-8=51)4 points Frankie Miñoza
43 Aug 1997NST Niigata Open Golf Championship−11 (71-68-67-71=277)1 stroke Hisayuki Sasaki
519 Sep 1999ANA Open−11 (66-70-69-72=277)1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki, Katsuyoshi Tomori
65 Dec 1999Golf Nippon Series JT Cup−10 (63-74-69-64=270)2 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa
730 Sep 2001Acom International (2)−17 (68-63-65-71=267)2 strokes Katsumune Imai, Scott Laycock,
Nobuhito Sato, Toru Taniguchi,
Shinichi Yokota
83 Jul 2005Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup−7 (70-67-67-69=273)Playoff Yasuharu Imano, David Smail

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11998Sanko Grand Summer Championship Shingo KatayamaLost to par on third extra hole
21999Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup Masayuki Kawamura, Tsuyoshi YoneyamaKawamura won with birdie on second extra hole
31999Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Tsuyoshi YoneyamaLost to birdie on fifth extra hole
42004Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Katsumune ImaiLost to par on first extra hole
52005Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup Yasuharu Imano, David SmailWon with par on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

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  • 1994 Korakuen Cup (1st)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

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  • 2021 Cosmohealth Cup Senior Golf Tournament

Results in major championships

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Tournament199819992000
The Open Championship77CUTT70

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament1999200020012002200320042005
Match Play
ChampionshipT53NT1
Invitational65

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

References

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