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Toru Taniguchi

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Toru Taniguchi
谷口 徹
Personal information
Born (1968-02-10) 10 February 1968 (age 56)
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
ResidenceNara Prefecture, Japan
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Professional wins22
Highest ranking27 (16 December 2007)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour20 (Tied-9th all-time)
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2002, 2003, 2008
PGA ChampionshipT68: 2012
U.S. OpenT63: 2010
The Open ChampionshipT37: 2001
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
money list winner
2002, 2007
Japan Golf Tour
Most Valuable Player
2002, 2004, 2007

Toru Taniguchi (谷口 徹, Taniguchi Tōru, born 10 February 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer born in Nara.

Career

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Taniguchi has won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking 10th on the most career victories list; topped the annual earnings list in 2002 and 2007; and is fourth on the career earnings list through 2018. In 2001 he placed 3rd in WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

He has been in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, and was the highest ranked Japanese golfer from 2007 to 2008.

Professional wins (22)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (20)

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Legend
Flagship events (2)
Japan majors (5)
Other Japan Golf Tour (15)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 31 May 1998 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament −16 (71-65-65-67=268) 1 stroke Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
2 24 Sep 2000 Acom International −18 (69-68-65-64=266) 6 strokes Japan Yasuharu Imano
3 29 Oct 2000 Philip Morris Championship −12 (68-73-68-67=276) 1 stroke Japan Shingo Katayama, Japan Hidemichi Tanaka
4 17 Mar 2002 Token Corporation Cup −16 (71-73-67-61=272) 2 strokes Japan Hirofumi Miyase
5 23 Jun 2002 Tamanoi Yomiuri Open −18 (65-69-67-69=270) 2 strokes Japan Satoru Hirota, Japan Daisuke Maruyama
6 29 Sep 2002 Acom International (2) −16 (64-63-70=197)* 1 stroke China Zhang Lianwei
7 13 Oct 2002 Georgia Tokai Classic −10 (72-69-69-68=278) 2 strokes Japan Nozomi Kawahara, Myanmar Zaw Moe
8 17 Oct 2004 Japan Open Golf Championship −3 (68-68-75-74=285) 4 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, New Zealand David Smail,
Taiwan Yeh Wei-tze
9 24 Oct 2004 Bridgestone Open −16 (66-71-69-66=272) 1 stroke Japan Shigeki Maruyama, Japan Shinichi Yokota
10 27 Nov 2005 Casio World Open −11 (70-70-68-69=277) 2 strokes South Korea Kim Jong-duck
11 30 Jul 2006 The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki −11 (69-70-66-68=273) Playoff South Korea Hur Suk-ho, Japan Tomohiro Kondo
12 8 Jul 2007 Woodone Open Hiroshima −15 (67-64-68-70=269) Playoff Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
13 15 Jul 2007 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −12 (70-70-68-68=276) 3 strokes Thailand Prom Meesawat
14 14 Oct 2007 Japan Open Golf Championship (2) −5 (75-70-72-66=283) 2 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama
15 20 Sep 2009 ANA Open −16 (67-67-66-72=272) 4 strokes South Korea Kim Kyung-tae, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Japan Kazuhiro Yamashita
16 16 May 2010 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup −10 (69-68-65-68=270) 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
17 23 Oct 2011 Bridgestone Open (2) −15 (69-67-68-65=269) 2 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama, Japan Hiroo Kawai,
Japan Michio Matsumura, Japan Koumei Oda
18 13 May 2012 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup (2) −4 (65-70-76-73=284) 1 stroke Japan Keiichiro Fukabori
19 21 Oct 2012 Bridgestone Open (3) −12 (66-71-69-66=272) 1 stroke Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
20 13 May 2018 Japan PGA Championship (3) −6 (68-72-71-71=282) Playoff Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto

*Note: The 2002 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2000 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Japan Hirofumi Miyase Lost to eagle on second extra hole
2 2006 The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki South Korea Hur Suk-ho, Japan Tomohiro Kondo Won with birdie on third extra hole
Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole
3 2007 The Crowns Japan Hirofumi Miyase Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2007 Woodone Open Hiroshima Thailand Prayad Marksaeng Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2010 Tsuruya Open Japan Hiroyuki Fujita Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6 2011 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Japan Hiroyuki Fujita Lost to par on second extra hole
7 2018 Japan PGA Championship Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 22 Sep 2019 Japan Senior Open Golf Championship −8 (66-70-72-72=280) 1 stroke Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
2 13 Jun 2021 Starts Senior Golf Tournament −18 (65-67-66=198) 3 strokes Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa, Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1998 1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship T37 T69 CUT CUT T60
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T63 CUT 67 CUT
The Open Championship T60 CUT CUT
PGA Championship T68
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2010 U.S. Open – 2010 Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Match Play 3 R64 R64
Championship NT1 T59 T26
Invitational WD 71
Champions

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 50 2007 Ending 16 Dec 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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