Tōru Nakamura
中村 通
Personal information
Born (1950-10-31) 31 October 1950
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1968
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins28
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour20 (Tied 9th all time)
Other8
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1980
PGA ChampionshipT59: 1980
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT20: 1982

Tōru Nakamura (中村 通, Nakamura Tōru, born 31 October 1950) is a Japanese golfer.

Nakamura was born in Osaka. He won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks eighth on the career victories list.

Professional wins (28)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (20)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Sep 1973 Hiroshima Open −19 (67-64-68-70=269) 1 stroke Philippines Iraneo Legaspi
2 16 Jun 1974 Sapporo Tokyu Open −10 (71-67-71-69=278) 2 strokes Australia Graham Marsh
3 25 Aug 1974 KBC Augusta −15 (67-65-70-71=273) 1 stroke Japan Teruo Sugihara
4 24 Nov 1975 ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches −15 (67-67-71-68=273) 7 strokes United States Al Geiberger
5 7 May 1978 Wizard Tournament −2 (73-70-71=214) 1 stroke Japan Kikuo Arai, Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
6 11 Jun 1978 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament −8 (72-68-69-71=280) 1 stroke Taiwan Hsu Sheng-san, Japan Norio Suzuki
7 3 Jun 1979 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2) −3 (74-72-71-68=285) 1 stroke Japan Yoshio Kusayanagi
8 10 Jun 1979 Tohoku Classic −10 (73-67-69-69=278) Playoff Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan
9 1 Jul 1979 Kansai Pro Championship −15 (69-66-68-70=273) 4 strokes Japan Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Japan Shigeru Uchida
10 18 Apr 1982 Bridgestone Aso Open −5 (74-72-68-69=283) 3 strokes Japan Shigeru Uchida
11 13 May 1984 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship 4 and 3 Japan Kouichi Inoue
12 12 Aug 1984 JPGA East-West Tournament −10 (67-65=132)
13 2 Sep 1984 Kansai Open Golf Championship −7 (70-75-67-69=281) 2 strokes Japan Yoshitaka Yamamoto
14 2 Dec 1984 Golf Nippon Series −23 (66-66-67-68=267) 7 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto
15 9 Nov 1986 Hiroshima Open (2) −16 (68-68-71-65=272) Playoff Japan Saburo Fujiki
16 7 Dec 1986 Golf Nippon Series (2) −15 (70-70-66-69=275) 2 strokes Japan Isao Aoki
17 25 Sep 1988 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −12 (68-68-69-35=240)* 4 strokes Japan Nobuo Serizawa
18 11 Mar 1990 Imperial Open −3 (69-72-73-71=285) Playoff Japan Hideto Shigenobu
19 9 Sep 1990 Suntory Open −17 (65-65-69-72=271) 1 stroke Australia Graham Marsh
20 28 Jun 1992 Mizuno Open −6 (70-72-72-68=282) 1 stroke Japan Saburo Fujiki, Australia Brian Jones

*Note: The 1988 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic was shortened to 63 holes due to rain.

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–5)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1975 Hiroshima Open Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan, Japan Kosaku Shimada Lu won two-hole aggregate playoff;
Lu: E (3-4=7),
Nakamura: +2 (5-4=9),
Shimada: +2 (4-5=9)
2 1979 Tohoku Classic Taiwan Hsieh Min-Nan Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 1981 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament Taiwan Lu Hsi-chuen, Japan Teruo Sugihara Lu won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1981 Tokai Classic Japan Fujio Kobayashi, Japan Masahiro Kuramoto,
Japan Hideto Shigenobu		 Kuramoto won with par on first extra hole
5 1983 Yomiuri Open Australia Graham Marsh Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6 1986 Hiroshima Open Japan Saburo Fujiki Won with par on fourth extra hole
7 1990 Imperial Open Japan Hideto Shigenobu Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
8 1994 Dydo Shizuoka Open Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Lost to par on first extra hole

Other wins (8)

Team appearances

See also


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