Katsuyoshi Tomori 友利勝良 | |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Yearpro: | 1982 |
Tour: | European Seniors Tour Japan PGA Senior Tour |
Extour: | Japan Golf Tour European Tour |
Prowins: | 12 |
Japwins: | 7 |
Seneurowins: | 1 |
Otherwins: | 4 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T24: 1995 |
Pga: | DNP |
is a Japanese professional golfer.
Tomori was born in Okinawa Prefecture. He turned professional in 1982. His seven tournament wins on the Japan Golf Tour include the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament and the 1995 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup.
In 1996, Tomori became the first Japanese professional to enter the European Tour Qualifying School. He was successful and played in Europe for three seasons, making the top 80 on the Order of Merit each time, with a best Order of Merit placing of 47th in 1998. After the 2000 season, he returned to the Japan Golf Tour.
Tomori now plays in senior tournaments and in 2006 he became the fourth Japanese golfer to win a tournament on the European Seniors Tour when he won the Scandinavian Senior Open.[1]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 6 Sep 1987 | Kyusyu Open | E (70-73-75-70=288) | 1 stroke | Kosei Sakai | |
2 | 4 Sep 1988 | Kyusyu Open (2) | −5 (71-70-70-72=283) | 3 strokes | Kiyotaka Oie (a) | |
3 | 30 Jul 1989 | NST Niigata Open | E (71-70-76-71=288) | 1 stroke | Tomohiro Maruyama | |
4 | 2 Sep 1990 | Kyusyu Open (3) | −11 (69-69-67-72=277) | 6 strokes | Keiji Teshima, Kinpachi Yoshimura | |
5 | 29 May 1994 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −11 (69-66-70=205)* | 6 strokes | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | |
6 | 3 Sep 1995 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | 2 and 1 | Shigeki Maruyama | ||
7 | 8 Jun 2003 | JCB Classic Sendai | −20 (64-68-64-68=264) | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result | |
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1 | 1989 | Kyusyu Open | Shinji Kuraoka | ||
2 | 2001 | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hiroyuki Fujita | Lost to birdie on first extra hole | |
3 | 2006 | Japan PGA Championship | Tomohiro Kondo | Lost to par on first extra hole |