Tsutomu Irie | |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1948 |
Birth Place: | Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
Weight: | 65kg (143lb) |
Status: | Professional |
Extour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Prowins: | 3 |
Japwins: | 2 |
Tsutomu Irie (born 6 May 1948) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Irie played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice. In 1985, he became the first player to break the 60 barrier in major professional tournament in Japan when he scored 59 (11 under par) in the first round of the Kuzuha International;[1] he went on the win the two-round tournament.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |
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1 | 14 Oct 1979 | Tokai Classic | −13 (70-69-68-68=275) | 5 strokes | Hsieh Min-Nan, Masaji Kusakabe | |
2 | 8 Sep 1985 | Kansai Open | −8 (68-71-75-66=280) | 3 strokes | Hisao Inoue, Yoshitaka Yamamoto |