Toru Suzuki

Toru Suzuki
鈴木亨
Toru Suzuki; 鈴木亨
Personal information
Born	28 May 1966 (age 58); Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Spouse	Kyoko Maruya
Children	2, including Airi
Career
Turned professional	1990
Current tour(s)	Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	8
Other	10
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1995, 1998, 2002

Toru Suzuki (鈴木亨, Suzuki Tōru, born 28 May 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer, currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.

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 (18)

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	Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Masashi Ozaki
2	24 Jul 1994	Nikkei Cup	−20 (72-67-65-64=268)	5 strokes	Katsunari Takahashi
3	24 Mar 1996	Novell KSB Open	−13 (68-72-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Eduardo Herrera, Brian Watts
4	14 Jun 1998	Sapporo Tokyu Open	−16 (65-69-69-69=272)	2 strokes	David Ishii
5	26 Nov 2000	Casio World Open	−21 (68-67-65-67=267)	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki
6	9 Jun 2002	JCB Classic Sendai	−13 (69-67-65-70=271)	Playoff	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
7	3 Oct 2004	Acom International	−13 (72-65-63=200)*	3 strokes	Paul Sheehan
8	1 Nov 2009	Mynavi ABC Championship	−14 (70-67-66-71=274)	5 strokes	Takashi Kanemoto

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

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1997	Golf Digest Tournament	Brandt Jobe	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2001	Tamanoi Yomiuri Open	Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2001	Aiful Cup	Lin Keng-chi	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4	2002	JCB Classic Sendai	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Won with par on second extra hole
5	2007	Sun Chlorella Classic	Jun Kikuchi	Lost to par on third extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Sep 2013	Dragon Cup	–14 (69-61=130)	2 strokes	Shota Kishimoto
2	13 Jun 2014	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	–9 (70-65=135)	2 strokes	Ryuji Masaoka, Katsufumi Okino, Keisuke Sato
3	12 Sep 2014	Himawari Dragon Cup	–13 (63-68=131)	1 stroke	Lee Tae-hee, Shinji Tomimura

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Oct 2018	Fukuoka Senior Open	−7 (70-67=137)	Playoff	Gregory Meyer
2	10 Nov 2018	Elite Grip Senior Open	−7 (67-66=133)	Playoff	Naoyuki Tamura
3	25 Nov 2018	Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament	−10 (70-71-65=206)	3 strokes	Kim Jong-duck, Gregory Meyer
4	23 Aug 2020	ISPS Handa Corona Ni Katsu Senior Tournament	−19 (64-65-68=197)	1 stroke	Kiyoshi Murota, Tsukasa Watanabe
5	27 Nov 2021	Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament	−6 (68-69-73=210)	Playoff	Gregory Meyer
6	21 Aug 2022	Fancl Classic	−11 (68-69-68=205)	3 strokes	Thaworn Wiratchant