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Shintaro Kai
Personal information
Born (1981-05-29) 29 May 1981 (age 42)
Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb; 13.7 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking85 (4 January 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2009
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2008

Shintaro Kai (born 29 May 1981) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kai has won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has also won a tournament on the Japan Challenge Tour.

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 31 Aug 2008 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta −10 (69-70-70-69=278) 1 stroke Japan Hidemasa Hoshino

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 27 Jun 2014 Landic Golf Tournament Associa Mansion Memorial −12 (69-63=132) 1 stroke Japan Mitsuhiro Watanabe

Results in major championships

Tournament 2008 2009
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Kai never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

References

  1. ^ "Week 1 2009 Ending 4 Jan 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.