is a Japanese
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.
Nakamura 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 20 tournaments 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 ...
and ranks eighth on the
career victories list.
Professional wins (28)
Japan Golf Tour wins (20)
''*Note: The 1988 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic was shortened to 63 holes due to rain.''
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–5)
Other wins (8)
*1973
Okinawa Classic
*1975 Young Lions
*1976 All Star
*1977 All Star
*1982 Kobe-Gifu Open, ???
*1984 Kobe-Gifu Open
*1989
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 ...
Team appearances
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World Cup
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(representing Japan):
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
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Four Tours World Championship
The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of ...
(representing Japan): 1987, 1989
See also
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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 ...
External links
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Japanese male golfers
Japan Golf Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture
1950 births
Living people
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