Norio Suzuki (golfer)

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Norio Suzuki
鈴木規夫
Personal information
Born (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951 (age 69)
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour16
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT45: 1981
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT10: 1976

Norio Suzuki (鈴木 規夫, Suzuki Norio, born 12 October 1951) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Suzuki won 16 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 11th on the career victories list.

Professional wins (18)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (16)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 11 Jul 1974 Kyusyu Open +2 (74-69-73-74=290) 5 strokes Japan
2 1 Jun 1975 Dunlop Tournament −10 (68-73-67-70=278) 2 strokes Myanmar Mya Aye
3 18 Jul 1975 Kyusyu Open (2) −5 (70-70-70-73=283) 4 strokes Japan
4 16 May 1976 Fujisankei Classic −9 (71-70-72-66=279) Playoff Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
5 16 Jul 1976 Kyusyu Open (3) −3 (74-72-71-68=285) Playoff Japan
6 25 Jul 1976 Shizuoka Open −11 (71-72-67-67=277) 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
7 17 Jul 1977 Kyusyu Open (4) −4 (71-71-68-74=284) 6 strokes Japan
8 16 Jul 1978 Kyusyu Open (5) +5 (71-73-78-71=293) 6 strokes Japan Yurio Akitomi, Japan
9 18 Nov 1979 Taiheiyo Club Masters −8 (73-69-67-71=280) 2 strokes United States Rod Curl, United States Bill Rogers,
United States Tom Watson
10 22 Jun 1980 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament −12 (68-68-71-69=276) 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
11 10 Aug 1980 Mizuno Tournament −20 (64-69-68-65=266) 6 strokes Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
12 21 Sep 1980 Hiroshima Open −12 (71-69-68-68=276) 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki, Taiwan Chen Tze-ming,
Japan Haruo Yasuda
13 16 Nov 1980 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters (2) −6 (73-68-70-71=282) Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
14 23 Aug 1981 Kansai Pro Championship −10 (64-69-73-72=278)
15 5 Sep 1982 Kyusyu Open (6) +3 (71-72-77-71=291) 2 strokes Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura
16 19 Sep 1982 ANA Sapporo Open −10 (74-63-69-72=278)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1976 Fujisankei Classic Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan Won with par on fifth extra hole
2 1976 Kyusyu Open Japan
3 1980 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters Japan Masashi Ozaki Won after concession on first extra hole

Other wins (2)[]

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Masters Tournament T45
The Open Championship T10 T26 T19

Note: Suzuki only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances[]

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