Kiyoshi Murota ( ja, 室田淳, born 26 July 1955) is a Japanese

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. Murota was born in

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and attended the

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. 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

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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

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and play successfully on the

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, but that success was not found. In seven career

events, his three best finishes came in 1993 at the

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(T66), at the 1994

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(T20), and at the 1994

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(T28). Murota represented Japan in the 1992

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. Since turning 50, Murota has played on the Japan Senior PGA Tour and the

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. Most notably, he won the

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in 2005, 2009, 2012, and 2015. He won the Order of Merit title in consecutive years on the Japan Senior PGA Tour in 2006 and 2007, winning an event in each of those years. In five events in 2006, he won two, and never finished outside of the top four in winning the Order of Merit. His second Order of Merit year was 2007, included one victory and four runner-up finishes. He has played in a few senior major championships also.Senior PGA Championship profile
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Professional wins (33)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–2)

Other wins (7)

*1990 Mori Minato Cup *1991 KSD Charity *1992 Tochigi Open *1997 Pearl Open, Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am *1998 Toyamaken Open *2011 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (20)

*2005

*2006 Aderans Wellness Open, Fancl Classic *2007 Fancl Classic *2009

*2010 Sakakibara Onsen GC Senior Open *2011

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*2012

*2013 Kyoraku More Surprise Cup,

, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament *2014 Fujifilm Senior Championship *2015 Starts Senior Golf Tournament, Fancl Classic,

*2016 Fancl Classic, Alfa Club Cup Senior Open *2017 Kyoraku More Surprise Cup, Alfa Club Cup Senior Open *2018 Kumamoto Aso Senior Open Golf Tournament

Team appearances

(representing Japan):

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(representing Japan): 2003

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murota, Kiyoshi Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Sportspeople from Gunma Prefecture 1955 births Living people 20th-century Japanese people