is a Japanese professional

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er.

Career

Tomori was born in

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

. He turned

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in 1982. His seven tournament wins 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 ...

include the 1994

Mitsubishi Galant Tournament The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1969, the event has been hosted at different courses throughout Japan, including on all four major islands. In 2022, the purse was ¥100,000,000, with ¥20,000,000 going to ...

and the 1995 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup. In 1996, Tomori became the first Japanese professional to enter the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

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. He was successful and played in Europe for three seasons, making the top 80 on the

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each time, with a best Order of Merit placing of 47th in 1998. After the 2000 season, he returned to the Japan Golf Tour. Tomori now plays in senior tournaments and in 2006 he became the fourth Japanese golfer to win a tournament on the

European Seniors Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insur ...

when he won the Scandinavian Senior Open.Tomori Takes Route 66 To Glory in Denmark
, ''europeantour.com, 19 August 2006.

Professional wins (12)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

''*Note: The 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3)

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

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Mito Green Open

Other wins (1)

*1993

Kyusyu Open The Kyusyu Open is a professional golf tournament that is held on Japan's southern island, Kyushu. It was first played in 1971 and was a 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 f ...

European Senior Tour wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

*2005 Aderans Wellness Open *2007 PGA Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament

Results in major championships

''Note: Tomori only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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(representing Japan):

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

Alfred Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championshi ...

(representing Japan):

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

References

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Open Championship performances
Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture People from Miyakojima, Okinawa 1954 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub