Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | 25 May 1944||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||
Sporting 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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 29 Jul 1973 |
All Japan Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto) |
−26 (100-101-61=262) | ||
2 | 29 Apr 1974 | Chunichi Crowns | −8 (63-71-68-70=272) | 6 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
3 | 6 Oct 1974 | Golf Digest Tournament | −17 (66-67-70-68=271) | 1 stroke | Kuo Chie-Hsiung |
4 | 18 May 1975 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | 2 up | Namio Takasu | |
5 | 28 Sep 1975 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −10 (74-69-69-66=278) | 3 strokes | Seiichi Kanai |
6 | 19 Oct 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | −6 (69-68-70-75=282) | Playoff | Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
7 | 16 Nov 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | −7 (70-72-71-70=283) | 1 stroke | Seiichi Kanai, Kosaku Shimada |
8 | 4 Jul 1976 | ANA Sapporo Open | −3 (74-68-76-67=285) | 3 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
9 | 8 Aug 1976 | Kanto Pro Championship | −14 (67-66-70-67=270) | ||
10 | 31 Oct 1976 | Bridgestone Tournament | −6 (71-75-69-67=282) | Playoff | Hsieh Min-Nan, Masaji Kusakabe |
11 | 23 Oct 1977 | Golf Digest Tournament (2) | −13 (70-66-67-72=275) | 4 strokes | Masashi Ozaki |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1974 | Tokyo Charity Classic | Haruo Yasuda | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | Yoshitaka Yamamoto | Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Murakami: −1 (4-4-3=11), Yamamoto: E (4-4-4=12) |
3 | 1976 | Bridgestone Tournament | Hsieh Min-Nan, Masaji Kusakabe | Won with par on third extra hole Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 12 Mar 1972 | Malaysian Open | −12 (69-66-71-70=276) | 1 stroke |
Marty Bohen,
Walter Godfrey, Sukree Onsham |