Hisayuki Sasaki

Hisayuki Sasaki (27 November 1964 – 3 January 2013) was a Japanese professional golfer.[2]

Hisayuki Sasaki
Personal information
Born(1964-11-27)27 November 1964
Tokyo, Japan
Died3 January 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 48)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1986
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking77 (30 March 1997)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT31: 1995

Sasaki won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Sasaki tied Davis Love III for the individual trophy of the 1995 World Cup of Golf but lost on the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff.[3]

Sasaki played on the PGA Tour in 1996[4] 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.

Professional wins (9)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 4 Dec 1994 Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup −14 (68-66-70-66=274) 1 stroke Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2 14 May 1995 Japan PGA Championship −16 (71-70-68-63=272) 4 strokes Japan Kazuhiro Takami
3 23 Mar 1997 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open −14 (71-67-68-68=274) 3 strokes Paraguay Carlos Franco

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1994 Suntory Open United States David Ishii Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2003 Tsuruya Open Japan Takashi Kanemoto, Japan Hirofumi Miyase Miyase won with par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (3)

  • 1991 Kanto Kokusai Open
  • 1992 Kanto Kokusai Open, Korakuen Cup (2nd)

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1995
The Open Championship T31

"T" = Tied
Note: Sasaki only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. "Week 13 1997 Ending 30 Mar 1997" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "PGA Golfer Hisayuki Sasaki Found Dead in Bangkok Hotel Room". Chiangrai Times. 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. "Golf". Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. 13 November 1995. p. B4.
  4. "Former Tour member Sasaki, 48, dies". PGA Tour. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.


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