(born Go Seung-Seong (高勝成, 고승성) 5 August 1950) is a Japanese professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

er of Korean ancestry. Takahashi was born in

Asahikawa is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a core city since April 1, 2000. The city is currently well known for the Asahiy ...

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. He won 10 tournaments on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...

Professional wins (30)

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

''*Note: The 1985 Mizuno Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–5)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

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Korean Open

Other wins (4)

*1979 Gunma Open *1986 Ibaraki Open *1987

Kuzuha International The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本� ...

, Setonaikai Open

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (13)

*2000 (2) Japan PGA Senior Championship,

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*2001 (2) Komatsu Open, FANCL Senior Classic *2002 (1) FANCL Senior Classic *2003 (3) FANCL Senior Classic, PGA Philanthropy Big Rizak Senior Tournament,

*2004 (2) Castle Hill 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

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(representing Japan):

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Four Tours World Championship The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of ...

(representing Japan): 1989

References

External links

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Katsunari Takahashi
at the PGA of Japan official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Katsunari Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers People from Asahikawa Sportspeople from Hokkaido 1950 births Living people