Satoshi Higashi (born 16 November 1960) is a Japanese professional

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er.

Career

Higashi won seven tournaments on the

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and featured in the top 100 of the

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. His most successful year was 1995 when he won four times and finished second on the Japan Golf Tour's money list, also gaining his highest World Ranking of 75th in the same year.

Professional wins (13)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (7)

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

Other wins (2)

*1986 Acom Team Championship (with

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) *1994 Meikyukai Charity Golf Tournament

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

Other senior wins (2)

*2012 Asahi Ryokuken Cup TVQ Senior Open *2015 Trust Park Cup Sasebo Senior Open

Team appearances

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(representing Japan):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

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(representing Japan):

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

References

External links

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Satoshi Higashi
at the PGA of Japan official website * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Golfers from Tokyo 1960 births Living people 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-golf-bio-stub