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Place of Birth: Itō, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
About Hideyo Sugimoto
- Hideyo Sugimoto (born 16 February 1938) is a Japanese professional golfer. Sigimoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1938.
- He started to play golf at the age of 17.
- He was one of the best Japanese golfers of the 1960s and early 1970s, winning well over a dozen events between the Japanese and Asian circuits.
- One of his first successes was at the 1963 Yomiuri International where he finished runner-up to American Doug Sanders.
- Later in the year, in August, he would record another runner-up performance against an international field, finishing solo second to Kel Nagle at the Lake Karrinyup Bowl in Perth, Australia.The following year he would win the Japan Open Golf Championship, the country's national open.
- Throughout the 1960s he would play stellar, recording at least a dozen wins between the Japanese and Asian circuits. In 1968, Sugimoto decided to join the PGA Tour.
- He qualified for the Masters and U.S.
- Open and made the cut in 9 of 14 events but, unlike his performances in Asia, he did not record any high finishes and would not remain a member of the tour.In 1969, Sugimoto returned to Japan and had great success, winning six times in his home country and the Taiwan Open.
- During this era, he would have great success with fellow Japanese star Takashi Murakami, winning three events with him.
- His first win on the Japan Golf Tour, the 1973 All Nippon Doubles, was with Murakami.
- Sugimoto would play on tour through the decade.
- One of his final top performances was at the 1978 Hiroshima Open where he would finish second to Masashi Ozaki in a playoff.
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