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Nobuhito Sato

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Nobuhito Sato
Personal information
Born (1970-03-12) 12 March 1970 (age 54)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins11
Highest ranking76 (22 October 2000)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour9
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003

Nobuhito Sato (佐藤 信人, Satō Nobuhito, born 12 March 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Sato was born in Chiba Prefecture. He turned professional in 1993.

Sato has won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. His most successful years came in 2000 when he won four times and in 2002 when he finished second on the Japan Golf Tour money list. He also has two wins on the Japan Challenge Tour, both in 1996.

Professional wins (11)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (9)

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Legend
Japan majors (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 8 Jun 1997 JCB Classic Sendai −17 (68-65-64-70=267) 4 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan Naomichi Ozaki
2 25 Oct 1998 Bridgestone Open −13 (69-69-67-70=275) Playoff Japan Tateo Ozaki
3 14 May 2000 Japan PGA Championship −4 (68-71-69-72=280) 1 stroke Japan Shigemasa Higaki, Japan Satoshi Higashi
4 4 Jun 2000 JCB Classic Sendai (2) −13 (68-65-67-71=271) 3 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
5 17 Sep 2000 ANA Open −6 (68-68-72-74=282) 1 stroke United States Christian Peña
6 22 Oct 2000 Bridgestone Open −16 (70-66-69-67=272) 1 stroke Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
7 12 May 2002 Fujisankei Classic −8 (67-70-68-71=276) Playoff Australia Scott Laycock
8 7 Jul 2002 Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup −20 (67-66-71-64=268) 6 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
9 8 Sep 2002 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 5 and 4 Japan Tomohiro Kondo

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1998 Bridgestone Open Japan Tateo Ozaki Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2002 Fujisankei Classic Australia Scott Laycock Won with par on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

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  • 1996 Kabaya Ohayo Cup, Matsugamine Open

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Sato only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002
Match Play R64
Championship T25 NT1
Invitational T65

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 42 2000 Ending 22 Oct 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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