Hideto Tanihara 谷原 秀人 |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Born |
Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan |
16 November 1978
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
Nationality | Japan |
Spouse | Ayaka Nagate |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2001 |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Professional wins | 14 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 14 |
Best results in major championships |
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Masters Tournament | CUT: 2007 |
U.S. Open | T51: 2016 |
The Open Championship | T5: 2006 |
PGA Championship | T33: 2016 |
Hideto Tanihara (谷原 秀人 Tanihara Hideto?, born 16 November 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Tanihara was born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He has won 13 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking with his highest ranking coming in December 2007 when he reached 68th. He represented Japan at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Tetsuji Hiratsuka. He is sponsored by ISPS.
On 14 July 2008, it was announced that he and actress Ayaka Nagate had married.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
DNP = 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.