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.
Sato was born in
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...
. He turned professional in 1993.
Sato has won nine 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 ...
and featured in the top 100 of the
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986.
The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
. His most successful years came in 2000 when he won four times and in 2002 when he finished second on the Japan Golf Tour money list. He also has two wins on the
Japan Challenge Tour, both in 1996.
Professional wins (11)
Japan Golf Tour wins (9)
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)
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1996
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Kabaya Ohayo Cup, Matsugamine Open
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
''Note: Sato only played in The Open Championship.''
Results in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to
9/11
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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Team appearances
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Dunhill Cup
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(representing Japan):
1997
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Dynasty Cup
Dynasty Cup was an East Asian international association football tournament. The tournament was held every 2 or 3 years. It was hosted by Beijing in 1990 and 1992, Hong Kong in 1995, Yokohama and Tokyo in 1998.
In 2002 the East Asian Football F ...
(representing Japan): 2003
References
External links
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture
1970 births
Living people
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