Toru Taniguchi

Toru Taniguchi
谷口徹
Toru Taniguchi; 谷口徹
Personal information
Born	10 February 1968 (age 56); Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Residence	Nara Prefecture, Japan
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Japan PGA Senior Tour
Professional wins	22
Highest ranking	27 (16 December 2007)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	20 (Tied-9th all-time)
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2002, 2003, 2008
PGA Championship	T68: 2012
U.S. Open	T63: 2010
The Open Championship	T37: 2001
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner	2002, 2007
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player	2002, 2004, 2007

Toru Taniguchi (谷口徹, Taniguchi Tōru, born 10 February 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer born in Nara.

Career

Taniguchi has won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking 10th on the most career victories list; topped the annual earnings list in 2002 and 2007; and is fourth on the career earnings list through 2018. In 2001 he placed 3rd in WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

He has been in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking, and was the highest ranked Japanese golfer from 2007 to 2008.

Professional wins (22)

Japan Golf Tour wins (20)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Japan majors (5)
Other Japan Golf Tour (15)

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 (2)	−16 (64-63-70=197)*	1 stroke	Zhang Lianwei
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 Golf Championship	−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	Hur Suk-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 Golf Championship (2)	−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 Cupnoodles Cup	−10 (69-68-65-68=270)	1 stroke	Tetsuji Hiratsuka
17	23 Oct 2011	Bridgestone Open (2)	−15 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama, Hiroo Kawai, Michio Matsumura, Koumei Oda
18	13 May 2012	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup (2)	−4 (65-70-76-73=284)	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori
19	21 Oct 2012	Bridgestone Open (3)	−12 (66-71-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita
20	13 May 2018	Japan PGA Championship (3)	−6 (68-72-71-71=282)	Playoff	Yoshinori Fujimoto

*Note: The 2002 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Mitsubishi Motors Tournament	Hirofumi Miyase	Lost to eagle on second extra hole
2	2006	The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki	Hur Suk-ho, Tomohiro Kondo	Won with birdie on third extra hole Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole
3	2007	The Crowns	Hirofumi Miyase	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2007	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Prayad Marksaeng	Won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2010	Tsuruya Open	Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6	2011	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to par on second extra hole
7	2018	Japan PGA Championship	Yoshinori Fujimoto	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

2019 Japan Senior Open
2021 Starts Senior Golf Tournament

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2005	2006	2007	2008
Masters Tournament		CUT	CUT				CUT
U.S. Open	CUT		CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T37	T69	CUT	CUT		T60
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT		CUT	CUT

Tournament	2010	2012	2013	2014	2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T63	CUT		67	CUT
The Open Championship	T60	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship		T68

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	3	0
U.S. Open	10	2
The Open Championship	9	4
PGA Championship	7	1
Totals	29	7

Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2010 U.S. Open – 2010 Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2006	2008	2012	2013
Match Play	3	R64		R64
Championship	NT¹		T59	T26
Invitational					WD	71
Champions

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

Top 10

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2007, 2009 (winners)
World Cup (representing Japan): 2008

References

^ "Week 50 2007 Ending 16 Dec 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

External links

Toru Taniguchi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Toru Taniguchi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w200750-1] "Week 50 2007 Ending 16 Dec 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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