Hidemasa Hoshino

Hidemasa Hoshino (星野 英正, Hoshino Hidemasa, born 19 September 1977) is a Japanese golfer.

Hidemasa Hoshino 星野 英正
Personal information
Born	(1977-09-19) 19 September 1977 Sendai, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	95 (24 December 2006)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2004
Medal record Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team 1998 Bangkok Individual

Career

Hoshino was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. He has won three times on the Japan Golf Tour. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Professional wins (3)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	4 May 2003	The Crowns	−10 (69-64-70-67=270)	3 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa, Zaw Moe, Taichi Teshima
2	1 Oct 2006	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	−2 (70-73-72-67=282)	2 strokes	Katsumasa Miyamoto
3	6 Jul 2008	UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship ShishidoHills	−12 (70-66-66-70=272)	5 strokes	Brendan Jones, Takao Nogami

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2013	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Shingo Katayama, Satoshi Tomiyama	Katayama won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	2004
The Open Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Hoshino only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2008
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T48

  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1996, 1998
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 1998

External links

• Hidemasa Hoshino at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Hidemasa Hoshino at the Official World Golf Ranking official site