Yoshinobu Tsukada
| Yoshinobu Tsukada | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 August 1969 Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Japan | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Southeastern Louisiana University | ||
| Turned professional | 1998 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Japan PGA Senior Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Japan Challenge Tour Asian Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2013 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2004, 2008, 2014 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Yoshinobu Tsukada (塚田好宣, Tsukada Yoshinobu; born 24 August 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Career
Tsukada plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. His best finish on the Japan Golf Tour is a win at the 2013 Token Homemate Cup.[1] His best finish on the Asian Tour is T-2 at the 2009 Queen's Cup. He won two events on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2016 and led the money list.
Professional wins (6)
Japan Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Apr 2013 | Token Homemate Cup | −9 (72-71-63-69=275) | 4 strokes | Kunihiro Kamii, Koumei Oda |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Apr 2016 | Fuji Home Service Challenge Cup | −6 (66-72=138) | Playoff | Jinichiro Kozuma |
| 2 | 8 Oct 2016 | Everyone Project Challenge Golf Tournament | −5 (68-71=139) | 1 stroke |  Jay Choi, Makoto Inoue, Shohei Karimata, Keisuke Kondo, Daisuke Maruyama, Masato Takada |
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Apr 2022 | Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open Golf Tournament | −7 (70-70-69=209) | 1 stroke | Taichi Teshima |
| 2 | 15 Oct 2023 | Trust Group Cup Sasebo Senior Open Golf Tournament | −11 (67-66=133) | Playoff | Naoyuki Tamura |
| 3 | 3 Nov 2023 | Cosmohealth Cup Senior Golf Tournament | −10 (67-67=134) | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Tsukada never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.
References
- ^ "Token Homemate Cup: Belated Maiden Triumph For Tsukada". 21 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
External links
- Yoshinobu Tsukada at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Yoshinobu Tsukada at the Asian Tour official site (archived)
- Yoshinobu Tsukada at the Official World Golf Ranking official site