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Toru Taniguchi 谷口 徹 | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Born | Nara Prefecture, Japan | 10 February 1968||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||
Sporting nationality | Japan | ||||
Residence | Nara Prefecture, Japan | ||||
Career | |||||
Turned professional | 1992 | ||||
Current tour(s) |
Japan Golf Tour Japan PGA Senior Tour | ||||
Professional wins | 22 | ||||
Highest ranking | 27 (16 December 2007) [1] | ||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||
Japan Golf Tour | 20 ( Tied-9th all-time) | ||||
Other | 2 | ||||
Best results in major championships | |||||
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2002, 2003, 2008 | ||||
PGA Championship | T68: 2012 | ||||
U.S. Open | T63: 2010 | ||||
The Open Championship | T37: 2001 | ||||
Achievements and awards | |||||
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Toru Taniguchi (谷口 徹, Taniguchi Tōru, born 10 February 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer born in Nara.
Taniguchi has won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking 10th on the most career victories list; topped the annual earnings list in 2002 and 2007; and is fourth on the career earnings list through 2018. In 2001 he placed 3rd in WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
He has been in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, and was the highest ranked Japanese golfer from 2007 to 2008.
Legend |
Flagship events (2) |
Japan majors (5) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (15) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 31 May 1998 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −16 (71-65-65-67=268) | 1 stroke | Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
2 | 24 Sep 2000 | Acom International | −18 (69-68-65-64=266) | 6 strokes | Yasuharu Imano |
3 | 29 Oct 2000 | Philip Morris Championship | −12 (68-73-68-67=276) | 1 stroke | Shingo Katayama, Hidemichi Tanaka |
4 | 17 Mar 2002 | Token Corporation Cup | −16 (71-73-67-61=272) | 2 strokes | Hirofumi Miyase |
5 | 23 Jun 2002 | Tamanoi Yomiuri Open | −18 (65-69-67-69=270) | 2 strokes | Satoru Hirota, Daisuke Maruyama |
6 | 29 Sep 2002 | Acom International (2) | −16 (64-63-70=197)* | 1 stroke | Zhang Lianwei |
7 | 13 Oct 2002 | Georgia Tokai Classic | −10 (72-69-69-68=278) | 2 strokes | Nozomi Kawahara, Zaw Moe |
8 | 17 Oct 2004 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −3 (68-68-75-74=285) | 4 strokes |
Toshimitsu Izawa,
David Smail, Yeh Wei-tze |
9 | 24 Oct 2004 | Bridgestone Open | −16 (66-71-69-66=272) | 1 stroke | Shigeki Maruyama, Shinichi Yokota |
10 | 27 Nov 2005 | Casio World Open | −11 (70-70-68-69=277) | 2 strokes | Kim Jong-duck |
11 | 30 Jul 2006 | The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki | −11 (69-70-66-68=273) | Playoff | Hur Suk-ho, Tomohiro Kondo |
12 | 8 Jul 2007 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | −15 (67-64-68-70=269) | Playoff | Prayad Marksaeng |
13 | 15 Jul 2007 | Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −12 (70-70-68-68=276) | 3 strokes | Prom Meesawat |
14 | 14 Oct 2007 | Japan Open Golf Championship (2) | −5 (75-70-72-66=283) | 2 strokes | Shingo Katayama |
15 | 20 Sep 2009 | ANA Open | −16 (67-67-66-72=272) | 4 strokes |
Kim Kyung-tae,
Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Kazuhiro Yamashita |
16 | 16 May 2010 | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup | −10 (69-68-65-68=270) | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
17 | 23 Oct 2011 | Bridgestone Open (2) | −15 (69-67-68-65=269) | 2 strokes |
Shingo Katayama,
Hiroo Kawai, Michio Matsumura, Koumei Oda |
18 | 13 May 2012 | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup (2) | −4 (65-70-76-73=284) | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori |
19 | 21 Oct 2012 | Bridgestone Open (3) | −12 (66-71-69-66=272) | 1 stroke | Hiroyuki Fujita |
20 | 13 May 2018 | Japan PGA Championship (3) | −6 (68-72-71-71=282) | Playoff | Yoshinori Fujimoto |
*Note: The 2002 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2000 | Mitsubishi Motors Tournament | Hirofumi Miyase | Lost to eagle on second extra hole |
2 | 2006 | The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki | Hur Suk-ho, Tomohiro Kondo | Won with birdie on third extra hole Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole |
3 | 2007 | The Crowns | Hirofumi Miyase | Lost to par on first extra hole |
4 | 2007 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | Prayad Marksaeng | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 2010 | Tsuruya Open | Hiroyuki Fujita | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
6 | 2011 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Hiroyuki Fujita | Lost to par on second extra hole |
7 | 2018 | Japan PGA Championship | Yoshinori Fujimoto | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | ||
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
The Open Championship | T37 | T69 | CUT | CUT | T60 | |||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||||
U.S. Open | T63 | CUT | 67 | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | T60 | CUT | CUT | ||||
PGA Championship | T68 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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Match Play | 3 | R64 | R64 | ||||||||||
Championship | NT1 | T59 | T26 | ||||||||||
Invitational | WD | 71 | |||||||||||
Champions |
1Cancelled due to
9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.