Toru Taniguchi
| Toru Taniguchi 谷口 徹 | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
10 February 1968 Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Residence | Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 19 (10th all-time) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 19 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2002, 2003, 2008 |
| U.S. Open | T63: 2010 |
| The Open Championship | T37: 2001 |
| PGA Championship | T68: 2012 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Japan Golf Tour leading money winner | 2002, 2007 |
Toru Taniguchi (谷口 徹 Taniguchi Tōru, born 10 February 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Taniguchi was born in Nara. He has won 19 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour (ranking 10th on the most career victories list), topped the money list in 2002 and 2007, and is fifth on the career money list (through 2009). In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
He has featured in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking and was the highest ranked Japanese golfer from 2007 to 2008.
Professional wins
Japan Golf Tour wins (19)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | −16 (64-63-70=197) | 1 stroke |  Zhang Lian-wei |
| 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 | −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 | S. K. 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 | −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 Cupnoodle Cup | −10 (69-68-65-68=270) | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
| 17 | 23 Oct 2011 | Bridgestone Open | −15 (69-67-68-65=269) | 2 strokes | Shingo Katayama, Hiroo Kawai, Michio Matsumura, Koumei Oda |
| 18 | 13 May 2012 | Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup | −4 (65-70-76-73=284) | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori |
| 19 | 21 Oct 2012 | Bridgestone Open | −12 (66-71-69-66=272) | 1 stroke | Hiroyuki Fujita |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | T37 | T69 | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | T60 | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T63 | DNP | CUT | DNP | 67 |
| The Open Championship | T60 | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T68 | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2007, 2009 (winners)
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2008
See also
External links
- Toru Taniguchi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Toru Taniguchi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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