Background
Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture.
田中秀道
Tanaka was born in Hiroshima Prefecture.
He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001. Tanaka earned a Professional Golf Association Tour card for 2002 at the 2001 Qualifying School, and held his card through 2006 by finishing in the top 125 on the money list each year. In 2006, he lost his card by finishing 224th on the money list.
His best finishes on the Professional Golf Association Tour are two T-3, at the 2004 British Columbia Open and the 2005 Chrysler Championship.
Japan Golf Tour wins (10) 1995 (1) Philip Morris Championship Other wins World Cup (representing Japan): 2000, 2003, 2004.
1995 (1) Philip Morris Championship 1996 (1) Pepsi Ube Kosan Open 1998 (3) Aiful Cup, Japan Open, DDI Group Okinawa Open 1999 (1) Acom International 2000 (2) Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open, The Crowns 2001 (2) Tsuruya Open, Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open 1995 Mito Green Open (Japan), Korakuen Cup Number. 2 (Japan) 1996 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan) 1998 Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am (Japan) 2001 Hawaii Pearl Open.