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Norio Suzuki (golfer)
is a Japanese professional golfer. Suzuki won 16 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and (as of March 2023) ranks 15th on the career victories list. Professional wins (19) Japan Golf Tour wins (16) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–0) Other wins (3) *1975 Kuzuha International *1976 Aso National Park Open *1984 Kuzuha International Results in major championships ''Note: Suzuki only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.'' "T" indicates a tie for a place Team appearances * World Cup (representing Japan): 1978, 1980 See also *List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins This is a list of golfers who have won 10 or more events on the Japan Golf Tour since it was established in 1973. The official Japan Golf Tour website lists winners beginning with the 1985 season. Individual player pages, however, list the total nu ... References External links * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Kagawa Prefecture 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tokushima Prefecture to the south. Takamatsu is the capital and largest city of Kagawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Marugame, Mitoyo, and Kan'onji. Kagawa Prefecture is located on the Seto Inland Sea across from Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu, which is connected by the Great Seto Bridge. Kagawa Prefecture includes Shōdoshima, the second-largest island in the Seto Inland Sea, and the prefecture's southern land border with Tokushima Prefecture is formed by the Sanuki Mountains. History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province. For a brief period between August 1876 and December 1888, Kagawa was made a part of Ehime Prefecture. Battle of Yashima Located in Kagawa's capital city, Takamatsu, the mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Curl
Rod, Ror, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to: Devices * Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority * Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine * Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor * Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing * Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end * Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning by taking the charge harmlessly to earth * Measuring rod, a kind of ruler * Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches * Truss rod, a steel part inside a guitar neck used for its tension adjustment Arts and entertainment * ''Read or Die'', a Japanese anime and manga ** ''Read or Die'' (O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 PGA Of Japan Tour ...
The 1982 PGA of Japan Tour was the 10th season of the PGA of Japan Tour. The season consisted of 45 official events, all played in Japan. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1982 season. Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Japanese yen. Notes References External links * {{Japan Golf Tour seasons Japan Golf Tour PGA of Japan Tour PGA of Japan Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) 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 (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansai Pro Championship
The Kansai Pro Championship was a professional golf tournament in Japan. It was first played in 1931 and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1990. It was played in July at a variety of courses in Western Japan, around the Kansai region. Winners ''this list is incomplete'' *1990 Kōki Idoki *1989 Hajime Matsui *1988 Masahiro Kuramoto *1987 Yoshitaka Yamamoto *1986 Teruo Sugihara *1985 Keiichi Kobayashi *1984 Teruo Sugihara *1983 Yoshitaka Yamamoto *1982 Hideto Shigenobu *1981 Norio Suzuki *1980 Teruo Sugihara *1979 Tōru Nakamura *1978 Teruo Sugihara *1977 Kosaku Shimada *1976 Shinsaku Maeda *1975 Hiroshi Ishii *1974 Kosaku Shimada *1973 Kosaku Shimada *1972 Teruo Sugihara *1971 Toichiro Toda *1970 Teruo Sugihara *1969 Toichiro Toda *1968 Shiro Matsuda *1967 Teruo Sugihara *1966 Tadashi Kitta *1965 Teruo Sugihara *1964 Teruo Sugihara *1963 Susumu Arai *1962 *1961 Shiro Matsuda *1960 Yousei Shimamura *1959 *1958 *1957 Tadashi Kitta *1956 Tetsuo Ishii *19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masashi Ozaki
is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 ''Janbo Ozaki'') on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998. He is the most successful player of all time on the Japan Golf Tour, having led the money list a record 12 times and won 94 tournaments, over 40 more than the second highest player. Ozaki was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. Biography Ozaki was born in Kaifu District, Tokushima. He was a professional baseball pitcher/outfielder from 1965 to 1967 with the Nishitetsu Lions, but he turned to professional golf at the age of 23 and won the Japan PGA Championship the following year. Ozaki led the Japan Golf Tour in earnings in 1973–74, 1977, 1988–90, 1992, and 1994–98. Ozaki finished 8th at The Masters in 1973 and finished 6th at the U.S. Open in 1989. He competed at the Masters 19 times. He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters
The Taiheiyo Masters, titled since 2001 as the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1972, it was promoted as the Pacific Masters and for a few years was the richest golf tournament in the world with a prize fund of US$300,000. It remains one of the richest tournaments in Japan, attracting some of the leading international golfers. The tournament was played at Sobu Country Club near Inzai, Chiba until 1976. Since 1977 it has been contested on Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course near Gotemba, Shizuoka. Its title sponsors are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is a Japanese multinational banking and financial services institution headquartered in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The group operates in retail, corporate, and investment banking segment worldwide. It provides financial products and ser ... and Visa. Previous names include Taiheiyo Club Masters, Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters, Visa Taiheiyo Club Masters, and Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruo Yasuda
is a Japanese professional golfer. Yasuda played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning six times. He also won several pre-tour events in Japan and on the Asia Golf Circuit. In 1968 he nearly won the Thailand Open but double-bogeyed the final hole giving Australian Randall Vines the win. Professional wins (17) Japan Golf Tour wins (6) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–4) Japanese circuit wins (7) *1968 Chunichi Crowns *1969 Kanto Open, Kanto Pro Championship *1970 Chunichi Crowns, Dunlop Tournament *1972 Golf Digest Tournament, Shizuoka Open Asia Golf Circuit wins (4) *1969 Philippine Open * 1971 Singapore Open, Yomiuri International *1972 Taiwan Open Team appearances *World Cup (representing Japan): 1969, 1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ..., 1971, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Tze-ming
Chen Tze-ming (, born 28 September 1952) is a Taiwanese professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Japan Golf Tour, the Asian Golf Circuit, the Asian Tour and the PGA European Tour. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.M. Chen. His younger brother, Chen Tze-chung, is also a professional golfer who has won tournaments on the Japanese, Asian and American tours. For his country, Chen represented Taiwan at the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy, a world amateur team tournament, and then again in 1976, playing with his brother as Tze-ming posted the lowest individual score at +1. Chen also represented Taiwan as a professional in the 1979 World Cup, and in 1985 and 1994 at the Alfred Dunhill Cup tournament, a country-based team golf competition, again playing alongside his brother. Early life Chen was born in Linkou District, Taipei City, in northern Taiwan. His grandfather farmed the land that would become the Linkou International Golf Club and his father worked as a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshima Open
The Woodone Open Hiroshima was a professional golf tournament in Japan. Founded in 1972 as the Hiroshima Open, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 2007. Except for the 1997 tournament, which was held at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture, and the 1980 tournament, which was held at Kam Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba, it was played at Hiroshima Country Club near Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama .... Winners Source: Notes References External linksCoverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site Former Japan Golf Tour events Defunct golf tournaments in Japan Sports competitions in Hiroshima Recurring sporting events established in 1972 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007 {{golf-tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshikazu Yokoshima
Yoshikazu Yokoshima (born 10 March 1952) is a Japanese professional golfer. Yokoshima played on the Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) 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 (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ..., winning six times. Professional wins (6) PGA of Japan Tour wins (6) ''*Note: The 1987 Kanto Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture 1952 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mizuno Tournament
The is a professional golf tournament played in Japan. Founded in 1971, it has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Since 1998, the event has been prefixed , with the top finishers gaining exemptions into The Open Championship. The Mizuno Open has been held at several course, most recently at Setonaikai Golf Club in Kasaoka, Okayama in 2021. The purse for the 2021 event was ¥80,000,000, with ¥16,000,000 going to the winner. History The Mizuno Open was founded in 1971 as the Mizuno Tournament with both men's and women's events running side-by-side. It was restricted to golfers using at least ten Mizuno clubs. In 1979, fifty leading professionals in Japan were also eligible to compete as the tournament counted towards the Japan Golf Tour money-list ranking for the first time. In 1983 it became a full tour event and in 1985 changed its name to the Mizuno Open. From 1991, the women's event was played separately. Since 1998, the event has been prefixed "Gateway to The Open", w ... [...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] |
