Tōru Nakamura 中村 通 | |
Birth Date: | 31 October 1950 |
Birth Place: | Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
Weight: | 63kg (139lb) |
Status: | Professional |
Yearpro: | 1968 |
Extour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Prowins: | 28 |
Japwins: | 20 (Tied 9th all time) |
Otherwins: | 8 |
Masters: | CUT: 1980 |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T20: 1982 |
Pga: | T59: 1980 |
is a Japanese golfer.
Nakamura was born in Osaka. He won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks eighth on the career victories list.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 2 Sep 1973 | Hiroshima Open | −19 (67-64-68-70=269) | 1 stroke | Iraneo Legaspi | |
2 | 16 Jun 1974 | Sapporo Tokyu Open | −10 (71-67-71-69=278) | 2 strokes | Graham Marsh | |
3 | 25 Aug 1974 | KBC Augusta | −15 (67-65-70-71=273) | 1 stroke | Teruo Sugihara | |
4 | 24 Nov 1975 | ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches | −15 (67-67-71-68=273) | 7 strokes | Al Geiberger | |
5 | 7 May 1978 | Wizard Tournament | −2 (73-70-71=214) | 1 stroke | Kikuo Arai, Yoshitaka Yamamoto | |
6 | 11 Jun 1978 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −8 (72-68-69-71=280) | 1 stroke | Hsu Sheng-san, Norio Suzuki | |
7 | 3 Jun 1979 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2) | −3 (74-72-71-68=285) | 1 stroke | Yoshio Kusayanagi | |
8 | 10 Jun 1979 | Tohoku Classic | −10 (73-67-69-69=278) | Playoff | Hsieh Min-Nan | |
9 | 1 Jul 1979 | Kansai Pro Championship | −15 (69-66-68-70=273) | 4 strokes | Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Shigeru Uchida | |
10 | 18 Apr 1982 | Bridgestone Aso Open | −5 (74-72-68-69=283) | 3 strokes | Shigeru Uchida | |
11 | 13 May 1984 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | 4 and 3 | Kouichi Inoue | ||
12 | 12 Aug 1984 | JPGA East-West Tournament | −10 (67-65=132) | |||
13 | 2 Sep 1984 | Kansai Open Golf Championship | −7 (70-75-67-69=281) | 2 strokes | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | |
14 | 2 Dec 1984 | Golf Nippon Series | −23 (66-66-67-68=267) | 7 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto | |
15 | 9 Nov 1986 | Hiroshima Open (2) | −16 (68-68-71-65=272) | Playoff | Saburo Fujiki | |
16 | 7 Dec 1986 | Golf Nippon Series (2) | −15 (70-70-66-69=275) | 2 strokes | Isao Aoki | |
17 | 25 Sep 1988 | Gene Sarazen Jun Classic | −12 (68-68-69-35=240)* | 4 strokes | Nobuo Serizawa | |
18 | 11 Mar 1990 | Imperial Open | −3 (69-72-73-71=285) | Playoff | Hideto Shigenobu | |
19 | 9 Sep 1990 | Suntory Open | −17 (65-65-69-72=271) | 1 stroke | Graham Marsh | |
20 | 28 Jun 1992 | Mizuno Open | −6 (70-72-72-68=282) | 1 stroke | Saburo Fujiki, Brian Jones |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–5)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1975 | Hiroshima Open | Lu Liang-Huan, Kosaku Shimada | Lu won two-hole aggregate playoff; Lu: E (3-4=7), Nakamura: +2 (5-4=9), Shimada: +2 (4-5=9) | |
2 | 1979 | Tohoku Classic | Hsieh Min-Nan | Won with birdie on second extra hole | |
3 | 1981 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Lu Hsi-chuen, Teruo Sugihara | Lu won with birdie on first extra hole | |
4 | 1981 | Tokai Classic | Fujio Kobayashi, Masahiro Kuramoto, Hideto Shigenobu | Kuramoto won with par on first extra hole | |
5 | 1983 | Yomiuri Open | Graham Marsh | Lost to birdie on third extra hole | |
6 | 1986 | Hiroshima Open | Saburo Fujiki | Won with par on fourth extra hole | |
7 | 1990 | Imperial Open | Hideto Shigenobu | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole | |
8 | 1994 | Dydo Shizuoka Open | Tsuneyuki Nakajima | Lost to par on first extra hole |