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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSTetsuji hiratsuka (tet-sUe-jee hear-rut-sUe-kuh)FULL nAMe: tetsuji HiratsukaHeiGHt: 5-6WeiGHt: 176BiRtHDAte: November 6, 1971BiRtHPLAce: Kyoto, JapanReSiDence: tokyo, JapaneDUcAtion: Nihon taiiku universitytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1998BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t36—2004 British open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (6):2003 golf Nippon Series Jt cup [Jpn]. 2004 mitsubishiDiamond cup [Jpn]. 2006 Woodone open Hiroshima [Jpn].2007 mitsubishi Diamond cup [Jpn]. 2010 air Baganmyanmar open [asia], Queen’s cup [asia].2010 SeASon:a two-time winner on the asian tour, with wins comingat the air Bagan myanmar open and the Queen’s cupon Sentosa Island, Singapore. also added third-placeshowings at the asian tour International and the avanthamasters…His only pga tour start was a missed cut at thepga championship.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won the crowns and was t2 at the Kansai openand third at the casio World open. also had a pair of top-10 finishes on the asian tour, finishing runner-up at theasian tour International and t7 at the macau open. 2008:PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2004 4 1 $35,1112005 22006 1 12010 1total 8 2 35,111eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 4 1 $4,803JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 19 14 1 2 7 10 $576,013* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*top finishes were a pair of t10s at the aNa open and theJapan open golf championship. 2007: Won the mitsubishiDiamond cup for the second time in his career...againrepresented Japan at the omEga mission Hills World cup,joining forces with Hideto tanihara for the second consecutiveyear to t25 in china. 2006: Finished sixth on the Japangolf tour order of merit, with a win at the Woodone openHiroshima his highlight. Was also the runner-up at two tournaments,the Japan golf tour championships and the underarmour KBc augusta...represented Japan for the first timein team play, at the World golf championships-BarbadosWorld cup, playing with Hideto tanihara to finish 23rd.2005: He had eight top-10 finishes, with his best showinga t2 at the mandom Lucido Yomiuri open. 2004: Won themitsubishi Diamond cup and was t2 at the mandom LucidoYomuiri open, his best finishes among his five top-10 Japangolf tour performances. 2003: after eight top-five finishes,he finally won, picking up his first Japan golf tour title inthe process, at the golf Nippon Series Jt cup. Finished No.1 on the Japan golf tour order of merit.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10British opent36pga cut cutca championshipt50HSBc championst60nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (2), 2006, 2007.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................74.30Driving Distance ...........................................264.8Driving accuracy percentage .......................53.57%greens in regulation percentage ................61.11%putting average ...........................................1.864(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 74–pga championship/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 69–2 times, mostrecent 2006 World golf championships-american Expresschampionship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $44,000–2006 World golf championships–american Expresschampionship/t50career High official World Rank: after 2010 thegreenbrier classic/69Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-399