Katsunari Takahashi

Katsunari Takahashi
高橋勝成
Katsunari Takahashi; 高橋勝成
Personal information
Born	5 August 1950 (age 73); Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1975
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	10
Other	20

Katsunari Takahashi (高橋勝成, Takahashi Katsunari) (born Go Seung-Seong (高勝成, 고승성) 5 August 1950) is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry.

Takahashi was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He won 10 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (30)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	4 Sep 1983	Hokkaido Open	−7 (68-71-74-68=281)	7 strokes	Toshiaki Nakamura
2	25 Sep 1983	Hiroshima Open	−15 (67-68-66-72=273)	Playoff	Tateo Ozaki
3	19 May 1985	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	2 and 1		Akira Yabe
4	30 Jun 1985	Mizuno Open	−11 (67-71-67=205)*	Shared title with Tateo Ozaki
5	8 Sep 1985	Hokkaido Open (2)	−6 (71-69-74-68=282)	8 strokes	Mamoru Takahashi
6	7 Sep 1986	Hokkaido Open (3)	−12 (72-69-65-70=276)	7 strokes	Kazuhiro Takami
7	17 May 1987	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup (2)	37 holes		Masashi Ozaki
8	30 Oct 1988	ABC Lark Cup	−11 (65-66-72-74=277)	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
9	2 Sep 1990	Hokkaido Open (4)	−10 (69-68-73-68=278)	5 strokes	Mamoru Takahashi
10	8 Sep 1991	Hokkaido Open (5)	−7 (69-66-76-70=281)	3 strokes	Fumio Tanaka

*Note: The 1985 Mizuno Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981	Gunmaken Open	Satsuki Takahashi
2	1983	Niigata Open	Isao Aoki, Hideto Shigenobu	Shigenobu won with par on first extra hole
3	1983	Hiroshima Open	Tateo Ozaki	Won with par on third extra hole
4	1988	Hokkaido Open	Mamoru Takahashi
4	1989	Hokkaido Open	Mamoru Takahashi
5	1995	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Kazuhiro Takami, Brian Watts	Takami won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	18 Apr 1976	Korea Open	−2 (71-73-70=214)*	Playoff	Mya Aye

*Note: The 1976 Korea Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1976	Korea Open	Mya Aye	Won with par on sixth extra hole

Other wins (4)

1979 Gunma Open
1986 Ibaraki Open
1987 Kuzuha International, Setonaikai Open

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (13)

2000 (2) Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open
2001 (2) Komatsu Open, FANCL Senior Classic
2002 (1) FANCL Senior Classic
2003 (3) FANCL Senior Classic, PGA Philanthropy Big Rizak Senior Tournament, Japan Senior Open
2004 (2) Castle Hill Open, Japan Senior Open
2005 (1) PGA Philanthropy Rebornest Senior Open
2007 (1) Aderans Wellness Open
2017 (1) Trust Group Cup Sasebo Senior Open

Other senior wins (2)

2004 MK Charity Senior Open
2017 Kansai Pro Golf Grand Senior Championship

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Japan): 1987
Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1989

References

External links

Katsunari Takahashi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Katsunari Takahashi at the PGA of Japan official website (in Japanese)
Katsunari Takahashi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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