Takashi Murakami (golfer)

Takashi Murakami (Japanese: 村上隆, born 25 May 1944) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Takashi Murakami
村上隆
Personal information
Born (1944-05-25) 25 May 1944
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour11
Other7
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT37: 1976
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
leading money winner		1975

Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He started playing golf at the age of 11.[1] He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1975.

Murakami also had a decent amount of success outside of Japan. He recorded a number of runner-up finishes in the Australasian region. They were the 1968 West Australian Championship,[2] 1969 Australian PGA Championship,[3] and 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship.[4] He also had much success on the Asia Golf Circuit events in 1972. He won the Malaysian Open[5] and finished runner-up at the Singapore Open[6] and Hong Kong Open.[7] In the United States he finished in a tie for second at the PGA Tour's 1977 Hawaiian Open. He also played in the Masters Tournament in 1976 and 1977.

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf Tour wins (11)

Asia Golf Circuit win (1)

Japanese circuit wins (6)

Team appearances

References
  1. "Takashi Murakami". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. "Townsend wins West Australian title". The Glasgow Herald. 21 October 1968. p. 5.
  3. "Devlin eases up but wins PGA title easily". The Canberra Times. 44 (12464). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 November 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 1 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Japanese wins NZ golf title". The Canberra Times. 46 (13014). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 January 1972. p. 11. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Murakami tops". The Gazette (Montreal). 13 March 1972. p. 17 – via Google News Archive.
  6. "It's Kono's title as Jumbo crashes". The Straits Times. 6 March 1972. p. 31.
  7. "Godfrey Takes Hong Kong Open Under Pressure". The Canberra Times. 3 April 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. "Play-off win". The Age. 1 November 1976. Retrieved 9 January 2020.


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