Toru Suzuki

Toru Suzuki (鈴木 亨, Suzuki Tōru, born 28 May 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer, currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.

This article is about the golfer. For the Greenpeace activist, see Tokyo Two.

Toru Suzuki
鈴木 亨
Personal information
Born (1966-05-28) 28 May 1966
Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Nationality Japan
SpouseKyoko Maruya
ChildrenAiri Suzuki, Takayuki Suzuki
Career
Turned professional1990
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour8
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1995, 1998, 2002

Suzuki was born in Gifu Prefecture. He turned professional in 1990.

Suzuki won his first title on the Japan Golf Tour in 1993, and would win consistently between then and 2004.

Suzuki qualified for his second major championship in 1998 at The Open Championship after a win in Japan at the Sapporo Tokyu Open. He missed the cut. He also played in the 2002 Open Championship, but missed the 36-hole cut there, too.

Suzuki ended a five-year winless drought in Japan in 2009 with a five stroke win in October at the mynavi ABC Championship.[1]

Suzuki has earned over 753,000,000 Yen in his career on the Japan Golf Tour, which is equivalent to over $8,200,000.

He is the father of two children, one of whom is Airi Suzuki, a Japanese pop singer.

Professional wins (14)

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 26 Sep 1993 Jun Classic –12 (71-71-69-65=276) 1 stroke Tommy Nakajima, Masashi Ozaki
2 24 Jul 1994 Nikkei Cup –20 (72-67-65-64=268) 5 strokes Katsunari Takahashi
3 24 Mar 1996 Novell KSB Open –13 (68-72-68-67=275) 1 stroke Eduardo Herrera, Brian Watts
4 14 Jun 1998 Sapporo Tokyu Open –16 (65-69-69-69=272) 2 strokes David Ishii
5 26 Nov 2000 Casio World Open –21 (68-67-65-67=267) 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
6 9 Jun 2002 JCB Classic Sendai –13 (69-67-65-70=271) Playoff Tommy Nakajima
7 3 Oct 2004 Acom International –13 (72-65-63=200) 3 strokes Paul Sheehan
8 1 Nov 2009 Mynavi ABC Championship –14 (70-67-66-71=274) 5 strokes Takashi Kanemoto

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1997 Golf Digest Tournament Brandt Jobe Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2001 Tamanoi Yomiuri Open Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2001 Aiful Cup Lin Keng-chi Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4 2002 JCB Classic Sendai Tommy Nakajima Won with par on second extra hole
5 2007 Sun Chlorella Classic Jun Kikuchi Lost to par on third extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 13 Sep 2013 Dragon Cup –14 (69-61=130) 2 strokes Shota Kishimoto
2 13 Jun 2014 Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup –9 (70-65=135) 2 strokes Ryuji Masaoka, Katsufumi Okino,
Keisuke Sato
3 12 Sep 2014 Himawari Dragon Cup –13 (63-68=131) 1 stroke Lee Tae-hee, Shinji Tomimura

Japan Senior Tour wins (3)
  • 2018 Fukuoka Senior Open Golf Tournament, Elite Grip Senior Open Golf, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament

Team appearances

References
  1. Suzuki captures ABC Championship
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