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Kikuo Arai

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Nationality
  
Japan

The Open Championship
  
T39: 1983

Height
  
1.70 m

Status
  
Professional

PGA Championship
  
DNP

Weight
  
75 kg


Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Name
  
Kikuo Arai

Japan golf tour
  
6

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Role
  
Golfer

Professional wins
  
8

Born
  
11 December 1943 (age 80) Saitama Prefecture, Japan (
1943-12-11
)

Former tours
  
Japan Golf Tour, PGA TOUR, Champions Tour

Kikuo Arai (新井規矩雄, Arai Kikuo, born 11 December 1943) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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Arai played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s; 45 events from 1983 to 1989, including 16 events in 1986. His best finish was a tie for second at the 1985 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. He played on the Champions Tour in 2000, with one top-10 finish at The Instinet Classic.

Japan Golf Tour wins

  • 1981 Mizuno Open
  • 1982 Pepsi Ube Open, Descente Cup Hokkoku Open
  • 1983 Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament, Toyamaken Open
  • 1984 Mizuno Open

    • Other wins

  • 1972 Tokai Classic
  • 1980 Hakuryuko Open

    • Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing Japan): 1983
  • Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1985
  • Nissan Cup (representing Japan): 1985

    • References

    Kikuo Arai Wikipedia
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