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Hajime Meshiai

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Hajime Meshiai
飯合 肇
Personal information
Born (1954-03-12) 12 March 1954 (age 70)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
CollegeKomazawa University
Turned professional1978
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins17
Highest ranking77 (15 March 1998)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour11
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT41: 1994
PGA ChampionshipT75: 1994
U.S. OpenCUT: 1994
The Open ChampionshipT60: 1994
Achievements and awards
PGA of Japan Tour
money list winner
1993

Hajime Meshiai (飯合 肇, Meshiai Hajime, born 12 March 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Meshiai was born in Chiba. He turned professional in 1978. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1993. He is 14th on the career money list (through 2013).

Professional wins (17)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (11)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 1 Sep 1985 KBC Augusta −10 (67-68-71=206)* 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki, Japan Eitaro Deguchi,
Japan Masashi Ozaki, Japan Satsuki Takahashi,
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
2 13 Apr 1986 Pocari Sweat Open −7 (71-68-73-65=277) 1 stroke Australia Ian Baker-Finch, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
3 12 Jul 1987 Hiroshima Open −13 (70-63-70-72=275) 2 strokes Japan Yoshiyuki Isomura, Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan,
Japan Tadao Nakamura
4 18 Jun 1989 Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open −11 (64-71-70=205)* 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
5 7 Mar 1993 Token Cup −12 (68-70-69-69=276) 2 strokes United States Todd Hamilton
6 25 Apr 1993 Dunlop Open1 −13 (69-68-69-69=275) 2 strokes Japan Katsunari Takahashi, United States Kevin Wentworth
7 31 Oct 1993 Lark Cup −5 (73-72-68-70=283) 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Naomichi Ozaki
8 9 Jun 1996 Sapporo Tokyu Open −9 (70-64-72-73=279) 1 stroke Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa, Japan Harumitsu Hamano,
Japan Yasunori Ida
9 8 Sep 1996 Suntory Open −16 (68-69-66-69=272) 3 strokes Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
10 15 Mar 1998 Token Corporation Cup (2) −16 (70-71-67-64=272) 1 stroke Japan Masashi Ozaki
11 26 Sep 1999 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −11 (71-66-70-70=277) Playoff Japan Hirofumi Miyase

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1983 Acom Doubles
(with Japan Masashi Ozaki)
Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen and Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2 1993 JCB Classic Sendai Japan Yoshi Mizumaki, Japan Tsukasa Watanabe Mizumaki won with birdie on sixth extra hole
3 1993 Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open Japan Katsuji Hasegawa Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 1999 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic Japan Hirofumi Miyase Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)

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  • 2005 Kinojo Senior Open
  • 2008 Starts Senior Golf Tournament, Akira Kobayashi Invitational Sanko Senior Golf Tournament
  • 2009 Fujifilm Senior Championship
  • 2016 Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Masters Tournament T41
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT T60 CUT
PGA Championship T75
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 11 1998 Ending 15 Mar 1998" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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