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.
This article is about the golfer. For the darts player, see Toru Suzuki (darts player).

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)
Sporting nationality Japan
SpouseKyoko Maruya
ChildrenAiri Suzuki, Takayuki Suzuki
Career
Turned professional1990
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins17
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour8
Other9
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 (17)

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

*Note: The 2004 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1997 Golf Digest Tournament United States Brandt Jobe Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2001 Tamanoi Yomiuri Open Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2001 Aiful Cup Taiwan Lin Keng-chi Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4 2002 JCB Classic Sendai Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Won with par on second extra hole
5 2007 Sun Chlorella Classic Japan 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 Japan Shota Kishimoto
2 13 Jun 2014 Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup –9 (70-65=135) 2 strokes Japan Ryuji Masaoka, Japan Katsufumi Okino,
Japan Keisuke Sato
3 12 Sep 2014 Himawari Dragon Cup –13 (63-68=131) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Tae-hee, Japan Shinji Tomimura

Other wins (1)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)
  • 2018 Fukuoka Senior Open Golf Tournament, Elite Grip Senior Open Golf, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament
  • 2020 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Professional Golfers ISPS Handa Corona Ni Katsu
  • 2021 Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament

Team appearances

References
  1. Suzuki captures ABC Championship
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