Hidemichi Tanaka

Hidemichi Tanaka 田中秀道
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	29 March 1971 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1991
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	10
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T15: 2003
The Open Championship	T32: 1996
PGA Championship	T55: 2004

Hidemichi Tanaka (田中秀道, born 29 March 1971) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001. He won 10 times on tour.

Tanaka earned a PGA Tour card for 2002 at the 2001 Qualifying School, and held his card through 2006 by finishing in the top 125 on the money list each year. In 2006, he lost his card by finishing 224th on the money list. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are two T-3, at the 2004 B.C. Open and the 2005 Chrysler Championship.

Professional wins

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

• 1995 (1) Philip Morris Championship
• 1996 (1) Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
• 1998 (3) Aiful Cup, Japan Open, DDI Group Okinawa Open
• 1999 (1) Acom International
• 2000 (2) Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open, The Crowns
• 2001 (2) Tsuruya Open, Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open

Other wins

• 1995 Mito Green Open (Japan), Korakuen Cup No. 2 (Japan)
• 1996 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
• 1998 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan)
• 2001 Hawaii Pearl Open

Team appearances

• World Cup (representing Japan): 2000, 2003, 2004

See also

• 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates

External links

• Hidemichi Tanaka at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Hidemichi Tanaka at the PGA Tour official site
• Hidemichi Tanaka at the Official World Golf Ranking official site