Norio Suzuki (golfer)

Norio Suzuki
鈴木規夫
Personal information
Born (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951 (age 73)
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins19
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour16
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT45: 1981
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT10: 1976

Norio Suzuki (鈴木 規夫, Suzuki Norio, born 12 October 1951) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Suzuki won 16 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and (as of March 2023) ranks 15th on the career victories list.[1]

Professional wins (19)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (16)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 11 Jul 1974 Kyusyu Open +2 (74-69-73-74=290) 5 strokes Japan Kenji Ueda
2 1 Jun 1975 Dunlop Tournament −10 (68-73-67-70=278) 2 strokes Myanmar Mya Aye
3 18 Jul 1975 Kyusyu Open (2) −5 (70-70-70-73=283) 4 strokes Japan Katsuji Yanagita
4 16 May 1976 Fujisankei Classic −9 (71-70-72-66=279) Playoff Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
5 16 Jul 1976 Kyusyu Open (3) −3 (74-72-71-68=285) Playoff Japan Katsuji Yanagita
6 25 Jul 1976 Shizuoka Open −11 (71-72-67-67=277) 1 stroke Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan
7 17 Jul 1977 Kyusyu Open (4) −4 (71-71-68-74=284) 6 strokes Japan Tetsuhiro Ueda
8 16 Jul 1978 Kyusyu Open (5) +5 (71-73-78-71=293) 6 strokes Japan Yurio Akitomi, Japan Satoshi Ichinose
9 18 Nov 1979 Taiheiyo Club Masters −8 (73-69-67-71=280) 2 strokes United States Rod Curl, United States Bill Rogers,
United States Tom Watson
10 22 Jun 1980 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament −12 (68-68-71-69=276) 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki
11 10 Aug 1980 Mizuno Tournament −20 (64-69-68-65=266) 6 strokes Japan Yoshikazu Yokoshima
12 21 Sep 1980 Hiroshima Open −12 (71-69-68-68=276) 4 strokes Japan Isao Aoki, Taiwan Chen Tze-ming,
Japan Haruo Yasuda
13 16 Nov 1980 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters (2) −6 (73-68-70-71=282) Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
14 23 Aug 1981 Kansai Pro Championship −10 (64-69-73-72=278) 2 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura, Japan Hideto Shigenobu
15 5 Sep 1982 Kyusyu Open (6) +3 (71-72-77-71=291) 2 strokes Japan Kinpachi Yoshimura
16 19 Sep 1982 ANA Sapporo Open −10 (74-63-69-72=278) 1 stroke Japan Isao Aoki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (3–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1976 Fujisankei Classic Taiwan Lu Liang-Huan Won with par on fifth extra hole
2 1976 Kyusyu Open Japan Katsuji Yanagita
3 1980 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters Japan Masashi Ozaki Won after concession on first extra hole

Other wins (3)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Masters Tournament T45
The Open Championship T10 T26 T19

Note: Suzuki only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tour Victory Leaders". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 March 2023.