Norio Suzuki (golfer)

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

Norio Suzuki
鈴木規夫
Personal information
Born (1951-10-12) 12 October 1951
Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour16
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT45: 1981
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT10: 1976

Suzuki won 16 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 11th on the career victories list.

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf 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 Kenji Ueda
2 1 Jun 1975 Dunlop Tournament −10 (68-73-67-70=278) 2 strokes Mya Aye
3 18 Jul 1975 Kyusyu Open (2) −5 (70-70-70-73=283) 4 strokes Katsuji Yanagita
4 16 May 1976 Fujisankei Classic −9 (71-70-72-66=279) Playoff Lu Liang-Huan
5 16 Jul 1976 Kyusyu Open (3) −3 (74-72-71-68=285) Playoff Katsuji Yanagita
6 25 Jul 1976 Shizuoka Open −11 (71-72-67-67=277) 1 stroke Lu Liang-Huan
7 17 Jul 1977 Kyusyu Open (4) −4 (71-71-68-74=284) 6 strokes Tetsuhiro Ueda
8 16 Jul 1978 Kyusyu Open (5) +5 (71-73-78-71=293) 6 strokes Yurio Akitomi, Satoshi Ichinose
9 18 Nov 1979 Taiheiyo Club Masters −8 (73-69-67-71=280) 2 strokes Rod Curl, Bill Rogers,
Tom Watson
10 22 Jun 1980 Pepsi-Wilson Tournament −12 (68-68-71-69=276) 1 stroke Isao Aoki
11 10 Aug 1980 Mizuno Tournament −20 (64-69-68-65=266) 6 strokes Yoshikazu Yokoshima
12 21 Sep 1980 Hiroshima Open −12 (71-69-68-68=276) 4 strokes Isao Aoki, Chen Tze-ming,
Haruo Yasuda
13 16 Nov 1980 Toshiba Taiheiyo Masters (2) −6 (73-68-70-71=282) Playoff Masashi Ozaki
14 23 Aug 1981 Kansai Pro Championship −10 (64-69-73-72=278)
15 5 Sep 1982 Kyusyu Open (6) +3 (71-72-77-71=291) 2 strokes Kinpachi Yoshimura
16 19 Sep 1982 ANA Sapporo Open −10 (74-63-69-72=278)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–0)

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

Other wins (2)

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


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