Takashi Murakami (golfer)
| Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 May 1944 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||
| 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.
Early life
[edit]Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He started playing golf at the age of 11.[1]
Professional career
[edit]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.
Professional wins (18)
[edit]PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jul 1973 | All Japan Doubles (with  Hideyo Sugimoto)
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−26 (100-101-61=262) | ||
| 2 | 29 Apr 1974 | Chunichi Crowns | −8 (63-71-68-70=272) | 6 strokes | Masashi Ozaki
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| 3 | 6 Oct 1974 | Golf Digest Tournament | −17 (66-67-70-68=271) | 1 stroke |  Kuo Chie-Hsiung
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| 4 | 18 May 1975 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | 2 up | Namio Takasu
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| 5 | 28 Sep 1975 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −10 (74-69-69-66=278) | 3 strokes | Seiichi Kanai
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| 6 | 19 Oct 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | −6 (69-68-70-75=282) | Playoff | Yoshitaka Yamamoto
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| 7 | 16 Nov 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | −7 (70-72-71-70=283) | 1 stroke | Seiichi Kanai, Kosaku Shimada
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| 8 | 4 Jul 1976 | ANA Sapporo Open | −3 (74-68-76-67=285) | 3 strokes | Masashi Ozaki
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| 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
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Tokyo Charity Classic | Haruo Yasuda
|
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1975 | Japan PGA Championship | Yoshitaka Yamamoto
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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
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Won with par on third extra hole Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Mar 1972 | Malaysian Open | −12 (69-66-71-70=276) | 1 stroke |  Marty Bohen,  Walter Godfrey, Sukree Onsham
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Japanese circuit wins (6)
[edit]- 1967 Grand Monarch
- 1968 Rolex Tournament
- 1969 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
- 1970 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
- 1972 All Nippon Doubles (with Masashi Ozaki), Tohoku Classic
Team appearances
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Takashi Murakami". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Townsend wins West Australian title". The Glasgow Herald. 21 October 1968. p. 5.
- ^ "Devlin eases up but wins PGA title easily". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12464. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 1 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Japanese wins NZ golf title". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, no. 13014. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 January 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Murakami tops". The Gazette (Montreal). 13 March 1972. p. 17 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "It's Kono's title as Jumbo crashes". The Straits Times. 6 March 1972. p. 31.
- ^ "Godfrey Takes Hong Kong Open Under Pressure". The Canberra Times. 3 April 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Takashi Murakami at the Japan Golf Tour official site
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