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Japan Senior Open Golf Championship
The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the PGA of Japan Senior Tour. It was founded in 1991. Winners *2022 Prayad Marksaeng (4) *2021 Taichi Teshima *2020 Akira Teranishi *2019 Toru Taniguchi *2018 Prayad Marksaeng (3) *2017 Prayad Marksaeng (2) *2016 Prayad Marksaeng *2015 Takenori Hiraishi *2014 Masahiro Kuramoto (2) *2013 Kiyoshi Murota (2) *2012 Frankie Miñoza *2011 Kiyoshi Murota *2010 Masahiro Kuramoto *2009 Tsukasa Watanabe *2008 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) *2007 Isao Aoki (5) *2006 Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) *2005 Tsuneyuki Nakajima *2004 Katsunari Takahashi (3) *2003 Katsunari Takahashi (2) *2002 Takaaki Fukuzawa *2001 Fujio Kobayashi *2000 Katsunari Takahashi *1999 Graham Marsh (2) *1998 Graham Marsh *1997 Isao Aoki (4) *1996 Isao Aoki (3) *1995 Isao Aoki (2) *1994 Isao Aoki *1993 Seiichi Kanai (3) *1992 Seiichi Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the northeast, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture to the west. Ōtsu is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other major cities including Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and 37% of the total land area is designated as Natural Parks, the highest of any prefecture. Shiga Prefecture's southern half is located adjacent to the former capital city of Kyoto and forms part of Greater Kyoto, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Japan. Shiga Prefecture is home to Ōmi beef, the Eight Views of Ōmi, and Hikone Castle, one of four national treasure castles in Japan. History Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū before the pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Murota
Kiyoshi Murota ( ja, 室田淳, born 26 July 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer. Murota was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended the Nippon Sport Science University. After graduating, he became golf teaching instructor, and was well liked in Japan because of his easy, simple tips to help amateur golfers. While teaching, he would keep trying to become a touring professional. He obtained his Japan Golf Tour card after four tries at qualifying school after 1982. Murota's first win on the Japan Golf Tour came in 1991 but his best season money wise was 1992, where he finished 6th on the Order of Merit list, earning US$980,000 for the season. He had a total of six career wins on the Japan Tour between 1991 and 2003. Murota won many tournaments all over Japan, including non-order of merit events and pro-ams all over Japan. Murota has attempted to travel across the Pacific Ocean and play successfully on the PGA Tour, but that success was not found. In seven career PGA Tour event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Marsh
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE (born 14 January 1944) is a retired professional golfer who was one of the leading Australian players of his generation. During his career he won more than 70 tournaments around the world, including 10 on the European Tour and 20 on the Japan Golf Tour, plus two senior major championships. Early life Marsh was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College before turning professional in 1969. Marsh is a former mathematics teacher. His brother was cricketer Rod Marsh. Professional career Marsh's first professional tournament was in May 1968 at South Australian Open. He finished in solo third place. Peter Thomson, writing about the event for ''The Age'', stated that "this talented player seems sure to finish higher before long." In 1970 he played well at New Zealand's Caltex Tournament. Entering the par-5 18th hole he was tied for the lead with Maurice Bembridge and Terry Kendall. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujio Kobayashi
is a Japanese professional golfer. Kobayashi played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. Professional wins (8) Japan Golf Tour wins (5) *1977 Bridgestone Tournament *1978 Japan PGA Championship *1981 Naganoken Open *1982 Gunmaken Open *1983 Bridgestone Aso Open Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) *1991 Korakuen Cup (4th) Other wins (1) *1976 Kuzuha International Senior wins (1) *2001 Japan Senior Open The Japan Senior Open Golf Championship is one of the major championships in Japanese men's senior golf. It is administered by the Japan Golf Association (JGA) and is recognised as a major championship by the Professional Golfers' Association of Ja ... External links * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture 1944 births Living people 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaaki Fukuzawa
Takaaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Takaaki Ishibashi (石橋 貴明, born 1961) Japanese comedy artist, singer and actor *Takaaki Kajita (梶田隆章, born 1959) Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate *, Japanese ice hockey player *Katō Takaaki (加藤 高明, 1860–1926) politician, 24th Prime Minister of Japan *Takaaki Nakagami (中上 貴晶, born 1992) Japanese motorcycle racer *Takaaki Suzuki (鈴木 孝明, born 1981) Japanese football player *Takaaki Tamura (田村 貴昭), Japanese politician * Takaaki Tokushige (徳重 隆明, born 1975) Japanese football player *Takaaki Watanabe, (渡辺 高章) pro wrestler, member of New Japan Pro Wrestling *Takaaki Yoshimoto , also known as ''Ryūmei Yoshimoto'', was a Japanese poet, philosopher, and literary critic. As a philosopher, he is remembered as a founding figure in the emergence of the New Left in Japan, and as a critic, he was at the forefront of a moveme ... (吉本 隆明, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsunari Takahashi
(born Go Seung-Seong (高勝成, 고승성) 5 August 1950) is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry. Takahashi was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He won 10 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour. Professional wins (30) Japan Golf Tour wins (10) ''*Note: The 1985 Mizuno Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–5) Asia Golf Circuit wins (1) *1976 Korean Open Other wins (4) *1979 Gunma Open *1986 Ibaraki Open *1987 Kuzuha International, Setonaikai Open Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (13) *2000 (2) Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open *2001 (2) Komatsu Open, FANCL Senior Classic *2002 (1) FANCL Senior Classic *2003 (3) FANCL Senior Classic, PGA Philanthropy Big Rizak Senior Tournament, Japan Senior Open *2004 (2) Castle Hill Open, Japan Senior Open *2005 (1) PGA Philanthropy Rebornest Senior Open *2007 (1) Aderans Wellness Open *2017 (1) Trust Group Cup Sasebo Senior Open Other senior wins (2) *2004 MK Charity Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Aoki
is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Career Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964. He went on to win more than fifty events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1972 and 1990, trailing only Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki on the list of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins. He won the Japan Golf Tour money list five times in six years: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1981. His career earnings are 980 million yen. In 1983, Aoki won the Hawaiian Open on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, the first Japanese and Asian player to win on the tour, and the Panasonic European Open on the European Tour. He also won the prestigious World Match Play Championship in England in 1978, which was not a European Tour event at that time, and picked up a win on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Aoki is also one of the nine players in the history of the Open Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima ( ja, 中嶋常幸; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer. Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years: 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986. He is second on the career money list (through 2009). Nakajima featured in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings and was ranked in the top-10 for 85 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1987. He ranked as high as fifth on its predecessor McCormack's World Golf Rankings. At the 1978 Masters Tournament, Nakajima made a 13 on the par-5 13th hole. After hitting his fourth shot into Rae's Creek, Nakajima elected to play the ball rather than take a drop. He popped the ball straight up and it landed on his foot, causing a two-stroke penalty. When he handed the club to his caddie, it slipped out of his hand and fell into the creek, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukasa Watanabe
Tsukasa Watanabe ( ja, 渡辺司, born 16 February 1957) is a Japanese professional golfer. Watanabe was born in Tokyo. He played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice, and earned over 750,000,000 ¥. He played on the 1994 International Team in the Presidents Cup. Professional wins (8) PGA of Japan Tour wins (2) PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–3) Other wins (1) *1993 Sanko Grand Summer Championship Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5) *2008 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Fujifilm Senior Championship *2009 Japan Senior Open *2013 Japan PGA Senior Championship *2015 Fuji Film Senior Championship Results in major championships ''Note: Watanabe only played in The Open Championship.'' "T" = tied Team appearances ''This list may be incomplete.'' *Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1991 *Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994 *Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1995, 1997, 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Miñoza
Francisco "Frankie" Miñoza (born 29 December 1959) is a Filipino professional golfer. Miñoza has played extensively in Asia, winning a number of tournaments on the leading Asian and Japanese tours in addition to many lesser events on the local circuits, especially in the Philippines and Malaysia. In 1990 he won three times on the Asia Golf Circuit and topped the tour's Order of Merit. He spent most of the following years, and had his most notable successes, on the Japan Golf Tour. In 1998 Minoza featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking having recorded several top finishes in Japan, including a victory in the Asia Circuit co-sanctioned Kirin Open. He also won three other tournaments on the Asia Circuit, and captured the Order of Merit for the second time. In 2005, after losing his Japanese tour card, he joined the Asian Tour for the first time since its formal establishment in 1995. He finished 27th on the Asian money list to retain his card and also regained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Kuramoto
is a Japanese professional golfer. Early life Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1981. Professional career Kuramoto won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion ¥. Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992 PGA Tour qualifying school and had full playing rights on the tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was tied for fourth place at the 1982 Open Championship, which was also his best finish in a major championship. Senior career In 2005, Kuramoto turned 50 and was eligible to play on the Champions Tour. He qualified at the 2005 Champions Tour qualifying school. He made his first start at the Turtle Bay Championship in January 2006. His best finish on the Champions Tour was a fourth-place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. He also won two European Senior Tour events i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarao Country Club
Tarao may refer to: *Tarao language, in Burma *Tarao people, Manipur, India See also * Tarao Naga (other) *Taroa Island Taroa is an island in the east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands. During World War II, it was the site of a major Japanese airfield (Taroa Airfield). The airfield was destroyed towards the end of World War II, and wreckage and remnants of ..., east of Maloelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands * Taraon {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
