Toru Suzuki

Toru Suzuki(鈴木亨, Suzuki Tōru; born 28 May 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer, currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.

Early life

In 1966, Suzuki was born in Gifu Prefecture. At the age of 9, Suzuki started playing golf.

In 1990, Suzuki turned professional. He won his first title on the Japan Golf Tour in 1993 and would win consistently between then and 2004.

Suzuki qualified for his second major championship in 1998 at The Open Championship after a win in Japan at the Sapporo Tokyu Open. He missed the cut. He also played in the 2002 Open Championship, but missed the 36-hole cut there, too.

Suzuki ended a five-year winless drought in Japan in 2009 with a five stroke win in October at the mynavi ABC Championship.

Suzuki has earned over ¥822,000,000 in his career on the Japan Golf Tour, which is equivalent to over $8,200,000.

Suzuki is the father of two children, one of whom is Airi Suzuki, a Japanese pop singer.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Sep 1993	Gene Sarazen Jun Classic	−12 (71-71-69-65=276)	1 stroke	Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Japan Masashi Ozaki
2	24 Jul 1994	Nikkei Cup	−20 (72-67-65-64=268)	5 strokes	Japan Katsunari Takahashi
3	24 Mar 1996	Novell KSB Open	−13 (68-72-68-67=275)	1 stroke	Colombia Eduardo Herrera, United States Brian Watts
4	14 Jun 1998	Sapporo Tokyu Open	−16 (65-69-69-69=272)	2 strokes	United States David Ishii
5	26 Nov 2000	Casio World Open	−21 (68-67-65-67=267)	1 stroke	Japan Masashi Ozaki
6	9 Jun 2002	JCB Classic Sendai	−13 (69-67-65-70=271)	Playoff	Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
7	3 Oct 2004	Acom International	−13 (72-65-63=200)	3 strokes	Australia Paul Sheehan
8	1 Nov 2009	Mynavi ABC Championship	−14 (70-67-66-71=274)	5 strokes	Japan Takashi Kanemoto

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1997	Golf Digest Tournament	United States Brandt Jobe	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2001	Tamanoi Yomiuri Open	Japan Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa	Lost to par on first extra hole
3	2001	Aiful Cup	Taiwan Lin Keng-chi	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4	2002	JCB Classic Sendai	Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Won with par on second extra hole
5	2007	Sun Chlorella Classic	Japan Jun Kikuchi	Lost to par on third extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	13 Sep 2013	Dragon Cup	–14 (69-61=130)	2 strokes	Japan Shota Kishimoto
2	13 Jun 2014	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	–9 (70-65=135)	2 strokes	Japan Ryuji Masaoka, Japan Katsufumi Okino, Japan Keisuke Sato
3	12 Sep 2014	Himawari Dragon Cup	–13 (63-68=131)	1 stroke	South Korea Lee Tae-hee, Japan Shinji Tomimura

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Oct 2018	Fukuoka Senior Open	−7 (70-67=137)	Playoff	United States Gregory Meyer
2	10 Nov 2018	Elite Grip Senior Open	−7 (67-66=133)	Playoff	Japan Naoyuki Tamura
3	25 Nov 2018	Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament	−10 (70-71-65=206)	3 strokes	South Korea Kim Jong-duck, United States Gregory Meyer
4	23 Aug 2020	ISPS Handa Corona Ni Katsu Senior Tournament	−19 (64-65-68=197)	1 stroke	Japan Kiyoshi Murota, Japan Tsukasa Watanabe
5	27 Nov 2021	Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament	−6 (68-69-73=210)	Playoff	United States Gregory Meyer
6	21 Aug 2022	Fancl Classic	−11 (68-69-68=205)	3 strokes	Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant