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Tommy Nakajima
Born: October 20, 1954
Age: 70
Age: 70
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Biography
Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (Japanese: 中嶋常幸, born (中島常幸) 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years: 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986. He is second on the career money list (through 2009).
Nakajima featured in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings and was ranked in the top-10 for 85 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1987. He ranked as high as fifth on its predecessor McCormack's World Golf Rankings.
At the 1978 Masters Tournament, Nakajima made a 13 on the par-5 13th hole. After hitting his fourth shot into Rae's Creek, Nakajima elected to play the ball rather than take a drop. He popped the ball straight up and it landed on his foot, causing a two-stroke penalty. When he handed the club to his caddie, it slipped out of his hand and fell into the creek, incurring another two-stroke penalty. He chipped over the green, chipped back on and two-putted for the highest single-hole score in the history of the tournament.
Also in 1978, Nakajima was in contention at the Open Championship on the third day at St Andrews until he putted into - and then took four attempts to escape from - the Road Hole bunker at the 17th for a quintuple bogey, which led the British tabloids to christen that bunker, for a while, "the Sands of Nakajima". Nakajima's best finish in a major was third at the 1988 PGA Championship.
He would also feature in an epic match at the 1982 Suntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth when he lost to Sandy Lyle only after an extended playoff.
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Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1973 Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins
Japan Golf Tour wins (48)
- 1976 (1) Golf Digest Tournament
- 1977 (1) Japan PGA Championship
- 1980 (1) Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
- 1982 (5) Dunlop International Open, Fujisankei Classic, Naganoken Open, JPGA East-West Tournament, Nippon Series
- 1983 (8) Shizuoka Open, Japan PGA Match-Play Championship, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, Japan PGA Championship, JPGA East-West Tournament, Suntory Open, ANA Sapporo Open, Gold Win Cup Japan vs USA
- 1984 (2) Japan PGA Championship, Kanto Open
- 1985 (6) Yomiuri Open, Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Open, Japan Open, Taiheiyo Masters, Phoenix Tournament
- 1986 (6) Japan PGA Match-Play Championship, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, Mizuno Open, Kanto Pro Championship, Japan Open, Golf Digest Tournament
- 1987 (1) Tokai Classic
- 1990 (3) Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Open, Japan Open
- 1991 (2) Yomiuri Open, Japan Open
- 1992 (3) Pepsi Ube Kosan Open, NST Niigata Open, Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
- 1993 (2) ANA Open, Nippon Series
- 1994 (3) Dydo Shizuoka Open, Tsuruya Open, Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
- 1995 (1) Fujisankei Classic
- 2002 (2) Diamond Cup Tournament, Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters
- 2006 (1) Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters
Other wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1976 Young Lions Tournament
- 1977 Young Lions Tournament
Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5)
- 2005 Japan Senior Open
- 2006 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open
- 2008 Japan Senior Open
- 2013 Starts Senior Golf Tournament
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T17 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | T16 | T33 | T47 | T8 | CUT | T33 | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | T26 | CUT | DNP | T53 | T9 | T32 | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 | DNP | T8 | T59 | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T10 | CUT | T47 | CUT | 3 | DNP |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | T10 | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | T55 | T49 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | T21 | CUT | T61 | CUT | T52 | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Japan): 1996
- Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1986
[ Source: Wikipedia ]
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