Hidemichi Tanaka


Hidemichi Tanaka is a Japanese professional golfer.
Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001. He won 10 times on tour.
Tanaka earned a PGA Tour card for 2002 at the 2001 Qualifying School, and held his card through 2006 by finishing in the top 125 on the money list each year. In 2006, he lost his card by finishing 224th on the money list. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are two T-3, at the 2004 B.C. Open and the 2005 Chrysler Championship.

Professional wins (15)

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
129 Oct 1995Philip Morris Championship–10 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki, Nobumitsu Yuhara
219 May 1996Pepsi Ube Kosan Open–20 2 strokes Tommy Nakajima, Brian Watts
326 Jul 1998Aiful Cup–15 1 stroke Toshimitsu Izawa, Tatsuo Takasaki
44 Oct 1998Japan Open Golf Championship–5 1 stroke Naomichi Ozaki
513 Dec 1998DDI Group Okinawa Open–11 3 strokes Akihito Tokoyama
67 Nov 1999Acom International–19 5 strokes Keiichiro Fukabori
719 Mar 2000Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open–14 2 strokes Eiji Mizoguchi
830 Apr 2000The Crowns–8 5 strokes Mitsutaka Kusakabe
915 Apr 2001Tsuruya Open–14 2 strokes Masayuki Kawamura
1024 Jun 2001Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open–16 3 strokes Eduardo Herrera

Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12000Tsuruya Open Richard BackwellLost to par on fourth extra hole

Other wins (5)

Note: Tanaka never played in the Masters Tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Team appearances