was a Japanese professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
er.
Sugihara was born in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
. He won 28 tournaments and over
¥630 million 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 ...
. He also won the 1969
Hong Kong Open.
Professional wins (60)
Japan Golf Tour wins (28)
''*Note: The 1990 Bridgestone Aso Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''
1Co-sanctioned by the
Asia Golf Circuit
The Asia Golf Circuit was the principal men's professional golf tour in Southeast Asia from the early 1960s through to the mid-late 1990s. The tour was founded in 1961 as the Far East Circuit. The first series of five tournaments was held in 1962 ...
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–6)
Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)
*
1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
Hong Kong Open
*
1975
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Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
Sobu International Open
The Kirin Open was a golf tournament in Japan. It was founded in 1972 as the season ending event on the Asia Golf Circuit, replacing the Yomiuri International which had been cancelled when sponsors decided to discontinue the event. It was also a fi ...
(also Japan Golf Tour)
Other wins (26)
''this list is probably incomplete''
*1962
Japan Open
*1963 Big4 Golf
*1964
Chunichi Crowns
is a professional golf tournament that is played over Nagoya Golf Club's Wagō Course in Tōgō, Aichi, Japan. Founded in 1960, it has been an event on the Japan Golf Tour schedule since the tour's first season in 1973.
History
The Crowns was ...
,
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 regio ...
,
Kansai Open
The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
, All Nippon Pro-Am
*1965
Nippon Series,
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 regio ...
,
Kansai Open
The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
,
Kuzuha International
The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本 ...
(tie with Toichiro Toda)
*1966 Kansai Best Pro
*1967
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 regio ...
,
Kuzuha International
The Kuzuha International was a professional golf tournament in Japan between 1965 and 1990. It was played at the Kuzuha Public Golf Course in Kuzuha, Hirakata, Osaka. From 1978 to 1983, it was a Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本 ...
, All Nippon Top Pro
*1968
Kansai Open
The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
, Japan Pro Best 10, Setouchi Series Hiroshima leg
*1970
Nippon Series, Setouchi Series Kurashiki leg,
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 regio ...
*1971
Kansai Open
The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tour ...
*1972
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 regio ...
*1973
Nippon Series
*1974
Wizard Tournament
The Yomiuri Open was a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. Founded in 1970 as the Wizard Tournament, a 36-hole invitational tournament, it was played at Hashimoto Country Club in Wakayama until 1979 when it moved to Yomiuri Countr ...
, Grand Monarch
*1982 Descente Osaka Open
Senior wins (4)
*1989
Japan PGA Senior Championship
*1992
Japan PGA Senior Championship
*1993 Kansai Pro Senior
*1995
Japan PGA Senior Championship
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
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Japanese racehorse owners and breeders
People from Ibaraki, Osaka
Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
Deaths from prostate cancer
1937 births
2011 deaths
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