Tsukasa Watanabe

Tsukasa Watanabe 渡辺司
Personal information
Born	16 February 1957 Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Nationality	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Career
Turned professional	1981
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	80 (14 August 1994)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
Other	6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T51: 1994

Tsukasa Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺司, born 16 February 1957) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Watanabe was born in Tokyo. He played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice, and earned over 750,000,000 ¥. He played on the 1994 International Team in the Presidents Cup.

Professional wins (8)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 Nov 1993	Daiwa International	−10 (68-72-64-70=274)	1 stroke	Chen Tze-chung, Tom Kite
2	19 Jun 1994	Yomiuri Open	−14 (68-64-67-71=270)	2 strokes	Anthony Gilligan

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1993	JCB Classic Sendai	Hajime Meshiai, Yoshi Mizumaki	Mizumaki won with birdie on sixth extra hole
2	1997	Nikkei Cup Torakichi Nakamura Memorial	Yeh Chang-ting	Lost to par on second extra hole

Other wins

• 1993 Sanko Grand Summer Championship

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)

• 2008 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Fujifilm Senior Championship
• 2009 Japan Senior Open
• 2013 Japan PGA Senior Championship
• 2015 Fuji Film Senior Championship

Results in major championships

Note: Watanabe only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

Team appearances

This list may be incomplete.

• Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1991
• Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1995, 1997, 2000

References

External links

• Tsukasa Watanabe at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Tsukasa Watanabe at the Official World Golf Ranking official site