Nobuhito Sato | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | 12 March 1970
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1993 |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 11 |
Highest ranking | 76 (22 October 2000)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 9 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 |
Nobuhito Sato (佐藤 信人, Satō Nobuhito, born 12 March 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Sato was born in Chiba Prefecture. He turned professional in 1993.
Sato has won nine tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. 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.