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
Died	3 January 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 48) Bangkok, Thailand
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1986
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour
Professional wins	9
Highest ranking	77 (30 March 1997)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Other	6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T31: 1995

Professional career

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][dead link]} He only recorded three top-25 finishes, however, and failed to maintain 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	Naomichi Ozaki
2	14 May 1995	Japan PGA Championship	−16 (71-70-68-63=272)	4 strokes	Kazuhiro Takami
3	23 Mar 1997	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	−14 (71-67-68-68=274)	3 strokes	Carlos Franco

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1994	Suntory Open	David Ishii	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2003	Tsuruya Open	Takashi Kanemoto, 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)

• 1994 Kanto Open
• 1999 Kanto Open
• 2002 Hokkaido Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1995
The Open Championship	T31

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

Team appearances

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1995

See also

• 1995 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates