Toru Taniguchi


Toru Taniguchi is a Japanese professional golfer.
Taniguchi was born in Nara. He has won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, topped the money list in 2002 and 2007, and is fourth on the career money list. 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 (21)

Japan Golf Tour wins (20)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
131 May 1998Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−16 1 stroke Kazuhiko Hosokawa
224 Sep 2000Acom International−18 6 strokes Yasuharu Imano
329 Oct 2000Philip Morris Championship−12 1 stroke Shingo Katayama, Hidemichi Tanaka
417 Mar 2002Token Corporation Cup−16 2 strokes Hirofumi Miyase
523 Jun 2002Tamanoi Yomiuri Open−18 2 strokes Satoru Hirota, Daisuke Maruyama
629 Sep 2002Acom International −16 1 stroke Zhang Lianwei
713 Oct 2002Georgia Tokai Classic−10 2 strokes Nozomi Kawahara, Zaw Moe
817 Oct 2004Japan Open Golf Championship−3 4 strokes Toshimitsu Izawa, David Smail,
Yeh Wei-tze
924 Oct 2004Bridgestone Open−16 1 stroke Shigeki Maruyama, Shinichi Yokota
1027 Nov 2005Casio World Open−11 2 strokes Kim Jong-duck
1130 Jul 2006The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki−11 Playoff Hur Suk-ho, Tomohiro Kondo
128 Jul 2007Woodone Open Hiroshima−15 Playoff Prayad Marksaeng
1315 Jul 2007Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup−12 3 strokes Prom Meesawat
1414 Oct 2007Japan Open Golf Championship −5 2 strokes Shingo Katayama
1520 Sep 2009ANA Open−16 4 strokes Kim Kyung-tae, Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Kazuhiro Yamashita
1616 May 2010Japan PGA Championship
Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
−10 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
1723 Oct 2011Bridgestone Open −15 2 strokes Shingo Katayama, Hiroo Kawai,
Michio Matsumura, Koumei Oda
1813 May 2012Japan PGA Championship
Nissin Cupnoodles Cup
−4 1 stroke Keiichiro Fukabori
1921 Oct 2012Bridgestone Open −12 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita
2013 May 2018Japan PGA Championship −6 Playoff Yoshinori Fujimoto

Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12000Mitsubishi Motors Tournament Hirofumi MiyaseLost to eagle on second extra hole
22006The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki Hur Suk-ho, Tomohiro Kondo
32007The Crowns Hirofumi MiyaseLost to par on first extra hole
42007Woodone Open Hiroshima Prayad MarksaengWon with birdie on first extra hole
52010Tsuruya Open Hiroyuki FujitaLost to birdie on third extra hole
62011Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Hiroyuki FujitaLost to par on second extra hole
72018Japan PGA Championship Yoshinori FujimotoWon with birdie on first extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

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

Summary

1Cancelled due to 9/11
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