Hideto Tanihara

Hideto Tanihara
谷原 秀人
Personal information
Born (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 46)
Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins20
Highest ranking47 (4 June 2017)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour19
Asian Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2007, 2017
PGA ChampionshipT33: 2016
U.S. OpenT51: 2016
The Open ChampionshipT5: 2006
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
Rookie of the Year		2003
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Men's team

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

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

On 14 July 2008, it was announced that he and actress Ayaka Nagate had married.[2]

Professional wins (20)

Japan Golf Tour wins (19)

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (16)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 22 Jun 2003 Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open −16 (65-71-64=200)* 3 strokes Japan Nobuhito Sato
2 21 Dec 2003
(2004 season) 		Asia Japan Okinawa Open1 −9 (66-76-68-69=279) 3 strokes South Korea Joon Chung, Japan Hiroshi Gohda,
Japan Yūsaku Miyazato, South Korea Ted Oh,
South Korea Charlie Wi, Scotland Simon Yates,
Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
3 4 Jun 2006 JCB Classic Sendai −18 (67-69-63-67=266) 5 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
4 6 Aug 2006 Sun Chlorella Classic −5 (70-74-67-72=283) 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita, Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka,
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng, Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto,
Japan Masaya Tomida
5 2 Sep 2007 Fujisankei Classic −8 (67-71-67=205)* 3 strokes Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
6 9 Sep 2007 Suntory Open −8 (65-71-66=202)* 2 strokes Japan Toru Taniguchi
7 25 May 2008 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup −18 (65-67-65-73=270) 3 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama, Japan Katsunori Kuwabara,
Japan Nobuhito Sato
8 28 Sep 2008 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 −16 (66-68-64-66=264) 1 stroke Japan Azuma Yano
9 29 Aug 2010 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta −22 (67-66-67-66=266) 1 stroke Japan Mitsuhiro Tateyama
10 17 Nov 2013 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −13 (66-69-67-73=275) 1 stroke Japan Ryo Ishikawa, Japan Masahiro Kawamura,
Japan Tomohiro Kondo
11 8 Nov 2015 Heiwa PGM Championship −11 (67-67-66-69=269) 2 strokes Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto
12 3 Jul 2016 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −14 (70-65-67-72=274) 2 strokes Thailand Thanyakon Khrongpha
13 10 Jul 2016 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup −22 (68-70-65-63=266) Playoff Japan Toshinori Muto
14 6 Nov 2016 Heiwa PGM Championship (2) −12 (68-64-66-70=268) Playoff Japan Yuta Ikeda
15 14 Nov 2021 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2) −6 (71-66-67-70=274) 1 stroke Japan Takumi Kanaya
16 5 Dec 2021 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −12 (68-67-64-69=268) 2 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
17 4 Dec 2022 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2) −12 (66-67-70-65=268) 1 stroke Japan Hiroshi Iwata, Japan Daijiro Izumida,
United States Chan Kim
18 25 Jun 2023 Japan Players Championship −24 (67-65-66-66=264) Playoff Japan Taiga Nagano
19 17 Sep 2023 ANA Open −18 (68-69-66-67=270) 1 stroke Japan Koshiro Maeda, South Korea Song Young-han

*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 Japan Hideki Matsuyama, South Korea Park Sung-joon Matsuyama won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2014 ANA Open Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2016 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup Japan Toshinori Muto Won with par on first extra hole
4 2016 Heiwa PGM Championship Japan Yuta Ikeda Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2023 Japan Players Championship Japan Taiga Nagano Won with par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 4 Oct 2002 PRGR Cup (Kansai) −11 (67-66=133) 4 strokes Japan Takashi Kamiyama, Japan Nobuhiro Masuda

Results in major championships

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
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

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

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
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 22 2017 Ending 4 Jun 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 15 July 2008.