Teruo Sugihara

Teruo Sugihara
杉原輝雄
Teruo Sugihara; 杉原輝雄
Personal information
Born	14 June 1937; Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Died	28 December 2011 (aged 74); Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1957
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	59
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	28 (7th all-time)
Other	31
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1978

Teruo Sugihara (杉原輝雄, Sugihara Teruo, 14 June 1937 – 28 December 2011) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Sugihara was born in Osaka. He won 28 tournaments and over ¥630 million on the Japan Golf Tour. He also won the 1969 Hong Kong Open.

Professional wins (60)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (28)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Jul 1973	Kansai Open	−15 (69-68-68-68=273)
2	7 Oct 1973	Golf Digest Tournament	−14 (69-68-66-71=274)	2 strokes	Tōru Nakamura
3	11 Jul 1974	Kansai Open (2)	−1 (70-70-75-72=287)	4 strokes	Yoshitaka Yamamoto
4	1 Dec 1974	ABC Japan vs USA Golf Matches	−7 (73-68-68=209)	1 stroke	Hubert Green
5	9 Feb 1975	JPGA East-West Match	−2 (74-69-71=214)	2 strokes	Kikuo Arai, Namio Takasu
6	20 Apr 1975	Sobu International Open¹	−6 (71-74-69-68=282)	2 strokes	Ted Ball, Hsu Sheng-san, Hideyo Sugimoto
7	19 Jul 1975	Kansai Open (3)	−9 (69-70-71-69=279)	6 strokes	Yoshitaka Yamamoto
8	3 Jul 1977	ANA Sapporo Open	−1 (72-71-72-72=287)	1 stroke	Yasuhiro Miyamoto
9	2 Jul 1978	ANA Sapporo Open (2)	−4 (68-72-72-72=284)	1 stroke	Fujio Kobayashi
10	6 Aug 1978	Kansai Pro Championship	−3 (71-73-69-72=285)	1 stroke	Yasuhiro Miyamoto
11	27 May 1979	Yomiuri Open	−5 (72-71-71-73=287)	Playoff	Masashi Ozaki
12	29 Jun 1980	Kansai Pro Championship (2)	+2 (75-70-74-71=290)	Playoff	Akio Kanemoto
13	14 Sep 1980	ANA Sapporo Open (3)	−5 (71-71-72-69=283)	1 stroke	Kikuo Arai
14	19 Oct 1980	Golf Digest Tournament (2)	−13 (67-66-70-72=275)	2 strokes	Isao Aoki
15	7 Jun 1981	Tohoku Classic	−7 (70-69-71-71=281)	4 strokes	Shozo Miyamoto
16	27 Jun 1982	Mizuno Tournament	−6 (70-68-71-73=282)	Playoff	Yutaka Hagawa
17	22 Aug 1982	Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers	−13 (65-69-70-71=275)	5 strokes	Isao Isozaki, Norio Suzuki
18	5 Sep 1982	Kansai Open (4)	−3 (72-68-75-70=285)	4 strokes	Tōru Nakamura
19	3 Oct 1982	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic (4)	−13 (69-70-70-66=275)	3 strokes	Norio Suzuki
20	17 Jul 1983	Descente Osaka Open	−13 (64-67=131)	6 strokes	Akio Toyoda, Shigeru Uchida
21	1 Jul 1984	Kansai Pro Championship (3)	−17 (65-66-71-69=271)
22	16 Jun 1985	Sapporo Tokyu Open	−8 (70-65-70-75=280)	Playoff	Kinpachi Yoshimura
23	8 Jun 1986	Tohoku Classic (2)	−8 (70-69-70-71=280)	2 strokes	Namio Takasu
24	6 Jul 1986	Kansai Pro Championship (4)	−13 (68-68-67=203)*	2 strokes	Hiroshi Ishii, Kinpachi Yoshimura
25	27 Aug 1989	Daiwa KBC Augusta	−7 (70-72-71-68=281)	2 strokes	Graham Marsh
26	15 Apr 1990	Bridgestone Aso Open	−3 (68-71-74=213)*	2 strokes	Nobumitsu Yuhara
27	2 Sep 1990	Kansai Open (5)	−6 (71-67-71-73=282)	1 stroke	Yuzo Oyama
28	9 Dec 1990	Daikyo Open	−15 (67-68-69-69=273)	1 stroke	Seiki Okuda

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (4–6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1976	Tokai Classic	Isao Aoki, Shigeru Uchida	Aoki won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1979	Yomiuri Open	Masashi Ozaki	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	1980	Kansai Pro Championship	Akio Kanemoto	Won with par on fifth extra hole
4	1981	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Lu Hsi-chuen, Tōru Nakamura	Lu won with birdie on first extra hole
5	1982	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	Graham Marsh	Lost to par on first extra hole
6	1982	Mizuno Tournament	Yutaka Hagawa	Won with birdie on second extra hole
7	1983	Kuzuha Kokusai Tournament	Kikuo Arai, David Ishii	Arai won with par on fourth extra hole Sugihara eliminated by par on second hole
8	1985	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Kinpachi Yoshimura	Won with par on first extra hole
9	1986	Shizuoka Open	Akiyoshi Ohmachi	Lost to par on fourth extra hole
10	1990	Dunlop Open	Frankie Miñoza	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Mar 1969	Hong Kong Open	−6 (71-68-69-66=274)	2 strokes	Maurice Bembridge
2	20 Apr 1975	Sobu International Open¹	−6 (71-74-69-68=282)	2 strokes	Ted Ball, Hsu Sheng-san, Hideyo Sugimoto

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1990	Dunlop Open	Frankie Miñoza	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (26)

this list is probably incomplete

1962 Japan Open
1963 Big4 Golf
1964 Chunichi Crowns, Kansai Pro Championship, Kansai Open, All Nippon Pro-Am
1965 Nippon Series, Kansai Pro Championship, Kansai Open, Kuzuha International (tie with Toichiro Toda)
1966 Kansai Best Pro
1967 Kansai Pro Championship, Kuzuha International, All Nippon Top Pro
1968 Kansai Open, Japan Pro Best 10, Setouchi Series Hiroshima leg
1970 Nippon Series, Setouchi Series Kurashiki leg, Kansai Pro Championship
1971 Kansai Open
1972 Kansai Pro Championship
1973 Nippon Series
1974 Wizard Tournament, Grand Monarch
1982 Descente Osaka Open

Senior wins (4)

References

External links

Teruo Sugihara at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Teruo Sugihara at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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