Dean Hiroshi Wilson is an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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Wilson was born in Kaneohe, Hawaii. He turned professional in 1992 after graduating from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

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 and has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour

The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...

 and once on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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. After a poor 2009 season Wilson lost his PGA Tour playing rights. He regained full tour status in 2010 while starting outside top 150 from previous year’s money list.

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Aug 2006 2006 PGA Tour The 2006 PGA Tour was the last season of the PGA Tour before the major reorganization of the season brought about by the introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007. After being challenged by Phil Mickelson in the first half of the year, when Mickelson won his second straight major at the Masters and was...	The International The International (golf) The International was a professional golf tournament played from 1986 to 2006 at the Castle Pines Golf Club at Castle Pines Village in Castle Rock, Colorado. It had the distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, the only other exception is the match...	34 points (2-11-9-12=34)	Playoff	Tom Lehman Tom Lehman Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took...

PGA Tour playoff record (1-0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2006	The International The International (golf) The International was a professional golf tournament played from 1986 to 2006 at the Castle Pines Golf Club at Castle Pines Village in Castle Rock, Colorado. It had the distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, the only other exception is the match...	Tom Lehman Tom Lehman Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took...	Won with a birdie on the second extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

• 2000 (1) Aiful Cup
  Aiful Cup
  The Aiful Cup was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from 1998 to 2006. It was played at a variety of courses throughout Japan. The purse for the 2006 event was ¥120,000,000, with ¥24,000,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...
  
  
• 2001 (3) Japan PGA Championship
  Japan PGA Championship
  The is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played since 1926. It is played at a variety of courses throughout Japan. The purse for the 2011 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner...
  
  , Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup, Ube Kosan Open
  Ube Kosan Open
  The Ube Kosan Open was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour from at least 1973 to 2001. It was played the Ube 72 Country Club in Yamaguchi.-Winners:Ube Kosan Open*2001 Dean Wilson*2000 Keiichiro Fukabori*1999 K.J...
  
  
• 2002 (2) Tsuruya Open
  Tsuruya Open
  The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1994. The tournament's to-par record is -17 set by Katsumasa Miyamoto in 1998. The aggregate record is 268 set by Brendan Jones in 2007. The course measures 6,770 yards and the par is 71...
  
  , Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T30	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T51	CUT
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T29	CUT	T47

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

• 2002 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
  2002 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates
  This is a list of the 38 players who earned their 2003 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2002.*Players in yellow were 2003 PGA Tour rookies.-2003 Results:T = Tied...
  
  
• 2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
  2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates
  This is a list of the 35 players who earned their 2005 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2004.*Players in yellow are 2005 PGA Tour rookies.-2005 Results:T = Tied...
  
  

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