Takashi Murakami (golfer)
| Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 May 1944 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||
| Nationality |  Japan | ||
| Career | |||
| Status | Professional | ||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 18 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Japan Golf Tour | 11 | ||
| Other | 7 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | T37: 1976 | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Takashi Murakami (Japanese: 村上隆, born 25 May 1944) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He started playing golf at the age of 11.[1] He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1975.
Murakami also had a decent amount of success outside of Japan. He recorded a number of runner-up finishes in the Australasian region. They were the 1968 West Australian Championship,[2] 1969 Australian PGA Championship,[3] and 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship.[4] He also had much success on the Asia Golf Circuit events in 1972. He won the Malaysian Open[5] and finished runner-up at the Singapore Open[6] and Hong Kong Open.[7] In the United States he finished in a tie for second at the PGA Tour's 1977 Hawaiian Open. He also played in the Masters Tournament in 1976 and 1977.
Professional wins (18)[]
Japan Golf Tour wins (11)[]
- 1973 (1) All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
- 1974 (2) Chunichi Crowns, Golf Digest Tournament
- 1975 (4) Japan PGA Match-Play Championship, Japan Open, Japan PGA Championship, Nippon Series
- 1976 (3) ANA Sapporo Open, Kanto Pro Championship, Bridgestone Tournament[8]
- 1977 (1) Golf Digest Tournament
Asia Golf Circuit win (1)[]
Japanese circuit wins (6)[]
- 1967 Grand Monarch
- 1968 Rolex Tournament
- 1969 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
- 1970 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
- 1972 All Nippon Doubles (with Masashi Ozaki), Tohoku Classic
Team appearances[]
References[]
- ^ "Takashi Murakami". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Townsend wins West Australian title". The Glasgow Herald. 21 October 1968. p. 5.
- ^ "Devlin eases up but wins PGA title easily". The Canberra Times. 44 (12464). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 1 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Japanese wins NZ golf title". The Canberra Times. 46 (13014). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 January 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Murakami tops". The Gazette (Montreal). 13 March 1972. p. 17 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "It's Kono's title as Jumbo crashes". The Straits Times. 6 March 1972. p. 31.
- ^ "Godfrey Takes Hong Kong Open Under Pressure". The Canberra Times. 3 April 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Play-off win". The Age. 1 November 1976. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
External links[]
- Takashi Murakami at the Japan Golf Tour official site
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