Hideto Tanihara

Hideto Tanihara
谷原秀人
Hideto Tanihara; 谷原秀人
Personal information
Born	16 November 1978 (age 46); Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Spouse	Ayaka Nagate (m. 2008)
Career
Turned professional	2001
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; European Tour; LIV Golf
Professional wins	20
Highest ranking	47 (4 June 2017); (as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	19
Asian Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2007, 2017
PGA Championship	T33: 2016
U.S. Open	T51: 2016
The Open Championship	T5: 2006
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; Rookie of the Year
Japan Golf Tour; Rookie of the Year	2003
Medal record
Asian Games

Hideto Tanihara (谷原秀人, Tanihara Hideto, born 16 November 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won 18 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional career

Tanihara has won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. His highest ranking came in June 2017 when he reached 47th. He finished tied for fifth place in the 2006 Open Championship and reached the semi-finals of the 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. His best finish outside of Japan was a second-place finish at the 2016 New Zealand Open, an official event on the Australasian Tour. He has represented Japan four times in the World Cup.

Personal life

On 14 July 2008, it was announced that he and actress Ayaka Nagate had married.^[2]

Professional wins (20)

Japan Golf Tour wins (19)

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Jun 2003	Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open	−16 (65-71-64=200)*	3 strokes	Nobuhito Sato
2	21 Dec 2003 (2004 season)	Asia Japan Okinawa Open¹	−9 (66-76-68-69=279)	3 strokes	Joon Chung, Hiroshi Gohda, Yūsaku Miyazato, Ted Oh, Charlie Wi, Simon Yates, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
3	4 Jun 2006	JCB Classic Sendai	−18 (67-69-63-67=266)	5 strokes	Shingo Katayama
4	6 Aug 2006	Sun Chlorella Classic	−5 (70-74-67-72=283)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita, Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Prayad Marksaeng, Katsumasa Miyamoto, Masaya Tomida
5	2 Sep 2007	Fujisankei Classic	−8 (67-71-67=205)*	3 strokes	Prayad Marksaeng
6	9 Sep 2007	Suntory Open	−8 (65-71-66=202)*	2 strokes	Toru Taniguchi
7	25 May 2008	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	−18 (65-67-65-73=270)	3 strokes	Shingo Katayama, Katsunori Kuwabara, Nobuhito Sato
8	28 Sep 2008	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open¹	−16 (66-68-64-66=264)	1 stroke	Azuma Yano
9	29 Aug 2010	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	−22 (67-66-67-66=266)	1 stroke	Mitsuhiro Tateyama
10	17 Nov 2013	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters	−13 (66-69-67-73=275)	1 stroke	Ryo Ishikawa, Masahiro Kawamura, Tomohiro Kondo
11	8 Nov 2015	Heiwa PGM Championship	−11 (67-67-66-69=269)	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto
12	3 Jul 2016	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−14 (70-65-67-72=274)	2 strokes	Thanyakon Khrongpha
13	10 Jul 2016	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	−22 (68-70-65-63=266)	Playoff	Toshinori Muto
14	6 Nov 2016	Heiwa PGM Championship (2)	−12 (68-64-66-70=268)	Playoff	Yuta Ikeda
15	14 Nov 2021	Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2)	−6 (71-66-67-70=274)	1 stroke	Takumi Kanaya
16	5 Dec 2021	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−12 (68-67-64-69=268)	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato
17	4 Dec 2022	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−12 (66-67-70-65=268)	1 stroke	Hiroshi Iwata, Daijiro Izumida, Chan Kim
18	25 Jun 2023	Japan Players Championship	−24 (67-65-66-66=264)	Playoff	Taiga Nagano
19	17 Sep 2023	ANA Open	−18 (68-69-66-67=270)	1 stroke	Koshiro Maeda, Song Young-han

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2013	Fujisankei Classic	Hideki Matsuyama, Park Sung-joon	Matsuyama won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2014	ANA Open	Katsumasa Miyamoto	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2016	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	Toshinori Muto	Won with par on first extra hole
4	2016	Heiwa PGM Championship	Yuta Ikeda	Won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2023	Japan Players Championship	Taiga Nagano	Won with par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	4 Oct 2002	PRGR Cup (Kansai)	−11 (67-66=133)	4 strokes	Takashi Kamiyama, Nobuhiro Masuda

Results in major championships

Tournament	2003	2006	2007	2008
Masters Tournament			CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	T5	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship		T55

Tournament	2014	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament			CUT
U.S. Open		T51	CUT
The Open Championship		CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	T33	T67

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

Tournament	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	0
U.S. Open	0	0	0	2	1
The Open Championship	1	1	1	7	1
PGA Championship	0	0	0	4	3
Totals	1	1	1	15	5

Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2006 Open Championship – 2006 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	2007	2016	2017
Championship	70		T32
Match Play			4
Invitational			T50
Champions		T54	T20

Top 10

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2000

Professional

World Cup (representing Japan): 2006, 2007, 2013, 2018
Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2009 (winners)
EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2014, 2018
Amata Friendship Cup (representing Japan): 2018

References

^ "Week 22 2017 Ending 4 Jun 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 15 July 2008.

External links

Hideto Tanihara at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Hideto Tanihara at the European Tour official site
Hideto Tanihara at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w201722-1] "Week 22 2017 Ending 4 Jun 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[2] "Golfer Tanihara Has Married Ayaka" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 15 July 2008.

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