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Tetsuji Hiratsuka

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Tetsuji Hiratsuka
平塚 哲二
Personal information
Born (1971-11-06) 6 November 1971 (age 52)
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
ResidenceKyoto Prefecture, Japan
Career
CollegeNihon Taiiku University
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking65 (26 December 2010)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Asian Tour4
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2004, 2010, 2011
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT36: 2004

Tetsuji Hiratsuka (平塚 哲二, Hiratsuka Tetsuji, born 6 November 1971) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Hiratsuka was born in Kyoto, Japan. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour. He represented Japan at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Hideto Tanihara.

Professional wins (10)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 7 Dec 2003 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −16 (66-68-63-67=264) 3 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
2 30 May 2004 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf −13 (68-70-68-69=275) 5 strokes Japan Hidemasa Hoshino
3 9 Jul 2006 Woodone Open Hiroshima −19 (68-65-64-68=265) 2 strokes South Korea Hur Suk-ho, Japan Shingo Katayama
4 27 May 2007 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf (2) −2 (71-73-71-67=282) 1 stroke Japan Satoru Hirota
5 3 May 2009 The Crowns −17 (67-66-64-66=263) 7 strokes Japan Kenichi Kuboya
6 25 Sep 2011 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 −8 (69-72-68-67=276) 3 strokes South Korea Hur Suk-ho, South Korea Kim Do-hoon

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Asian Tour wins (4)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 11 Apr 2010 Air Bagan Myanmar Open −24 (64-65-69-66=264) 10 strokes Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
2 7 Feb 2010 Queen's Cup −11 (72-69-65-67=273) 1 stroke Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
3 19 Dec 2010 Black Mountain Masters −14 (65-71-67-71=274) Playoff Thailand Namchok Tantipokhakul
4 25 Sep 2011 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 −8 (69-72-68-67=276) 3 strokes South Korea Hur Suk-ho, South Korea Kim Do-hoon

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Asian Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2010 Black Mountain Masters Thailand Namchok Tantipokhakul Won with par on first extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 Sep 2024 Komatsu Open −15 (66-68-67=201) 1 stroke Thailand Prayad Marksaeng

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The Open Championship T36
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Hiratsuka never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Match Play
Championship T50 70
Invitational
Champions T60 T59
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 52 2010 Ending 26 Dec 2010" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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