Katsunari Takahashi

Katsunari Takahashi 高橋勝成
Personal information
Born	(1950-08-05) 5 August 1950 (age 71) Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	30
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	10
Other	20

Katsunari Takahashi (高橋勝成, Takahashi Katsunari) (born Go Seung-Seong (高勝成, 고승성) 5 August 1950) is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry.

Takahashi was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He won 10 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional wins (30)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	4 Sep 1983	Hokkaido Open	−7 (68-71-74-68=281)
2	25 Sep 1983	Hiroshima Open	−15 (67-68-66-72=273)	Playoff	Tateo Ozaki
3	19 May 1985	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	2 & 1		Akira Yabe
4	30 Jun 1985	Mizuno Open	−11 (67-71-67=205)*	Shared title with Tateo Ozaki
5	8 Sep 1985	Hokkaido Open (2)	−6 (71-69-74-68=282)	8 strokes	Mamoru Takahashi
6	7 Sep 1986	Hokkaido Open (3)	−12 (72-69-65-70=276)	7 strokes	Kazuhiro Takami
7	17 May 1987	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Unisys Cup (2)	37 holes		Masashi Ozaki
8	30 Oct 1988	ABC Lark Cup	−11 (65-66-72-74=277)	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
9	2 Sep 1990	Hokkaido Open (4)	−10 (69-68-73-68=278)	5 strokes	Mamoru Takahashi
10	8 Sep 1991	Hokkaido Open (5)	−7 (69-66-76-70=281)	3 strokes

*Note: The 1985 Mizuno Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1981
2	1983	NST Niigata Open	Isao Aoki, Hideto Shigenobu
3	1983	Hiroshima Open	Tateo Ozaki	Won with par on third extra hole
4	1988	Hokkaido Open	Mamoru Takahashi
4	1989	Hokkaido Open	Mamoru Takahashi
5	1995	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	Kazuhiro Takami, Brian Watts	Takami won with birdie on first extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)[]

• 1976 Korean Open

Other wins (4)[]

• 1979 Gunma Open
• 1986 Ibaraki Open
• 1987 Kuzuha International, Setonaikai Open

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (13)[]

• 2000 (2) Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open
• 2001 (2) Komatsu Open, FANCL Senior Classic
• 2002 (1) FANCL Senior Classic
• 2003 (3) FANCL Senior Classic, PGA Philanthropy Big Rizak Senior Tournament, Japan Senior Open
• 2004 (2) Castle Hill Open, Japan Senior 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[]

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1987
• Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1989

References[]

External links[]

• Katsunari Takahashi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Katsunari Takahashi at the PGA of Japan official website (in Japanese)
• Katsunari Takahashi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site