Takashi Murakami (golfer)

Japanese professional golfer

Takashi Murakami
村上隆

Personal information
Born|  (1944-05-25) 25 May 1944 (age 79)
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
| PGA of Japan Tour
money list winner| 1975

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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

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1  | 29 Jul 1973 | All Japan Doubles
(with  Hideyo Sugimoto)  | −26 (100-101-61=262)  |  |
2  | 29 Apr 1974 | Chunichi Crowns | −8 (63-71-68-70=272)  | 6 strokes  |  Masashi Ozaki
3  | 6 Oct 1974  | Golf Digest Tournament | −17 (66-67-70-68=271)  | 1 stroke  |  Kuo Chie-Hsiung
4  | 18 May 1975 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship | 2 up  |  Namio Takasu
5  | 28 Sep 1975  | Japan Open Golf Championship | −10 (74-69-69-66=278)  | 3 strokes  |  Seiichi Kanai
6  | 19 Oct 1975  | Japan PGA Championship | −6 (69-68-70-75=282)  | Playoff  |  Yoshitaka Yamamoto
7  | 16 Nov 1975  | Japan PGA Championship | −7 (70-72-71-70=283)  | 1 stroke  |  Seiichi Kanai,  Kosaku Shimada
8  | 4 Jul 1976 | ANA Sapporo Open | −3 (74-68-76-67=285)  | 3 strokes  |  Masashi Ozaki
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
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

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1  | 1974 | Tokyo Charity Classic |  Haruo Yasuda | Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2  | 1975 | Japan PGA Championship |  Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
3  | 1976 | Bridgestone Tournament |  Hsieh Min-Nan,  Masaji Kusakabe | Won with par on third extra hole
Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole

### Asia Golf Circuit win (1)[edit]

No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | Margin of
victory  | Runners-up

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1  | 12 Mar 1972 | Malaysian Open | −12 (69-66-71-70=276)  | 1 stroke  |  Marty Bohen,  Walter Godfrey,
Sukree Onsham

### 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]

* World Cup (representing Japan): 1972, 1975, 1976

## See also[edit]

* List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Takashi Murakami". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
2. ^ "Townsend wins West Australian title". The Glasgow Herald. 21 October 1968. p. 5.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "Murakami tops". The Gazette (Montreal). 13 March 1972. p. 17 - via Google News Archive.
6. ^ "It's Kono's title as Jumbo crashes". The Straits Times. 6 March 1972. p. 31.
7. ^ "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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