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{{short description|Japanese professional golfer}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Toru Taniguchi<br><small>谷口 徹</small>
| image             = 
| imagesize         = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) -->
| caption           = 
| fullname          = 
| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1968|2|10|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Nara Prefecture]], Japan
| death_date        = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1968|2|10|df=y}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|m=1.69|precision=0}}
| weight            = {{convert|72|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| nationality       = {{JPN}}
| residence         = Nara Prefecture, Japan
| spouse            = 
| partner           = 
| children          = 
| college           = 
| yearpro           = 1992
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = [[Japan Golf Tour]]<br>Japan PGA Senior Tour
| extour            = <!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins           = 22
| japwins           = 20 ([[List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins|Tied-9th all-time]])
| champwins         = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins -->
| seneurowins       = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = 2
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| masters           = CUT: 2002, 2003, 2008
| usopen            = T63: 2010
| open              = T37: 2001
| pga               = T68: 2012
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = [[Japan Golf Tour#Money list winners|Japan Golf Tour<br>money list winner]]
| year1             = [[2002 Japan Golf Tour|2002]], [[2007 Japan Golf Tour|2007]]
| award2            = [[Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player|Japan Golf Tour<br>Most Valuable Player]]
| year2             = [[2002 Japan Golf Tour|2002]], [[2004 Japan Golf Tour|2004]], [[2007 Japan Golf Tour|2007]]
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
{{nihongo|'''Toru Taniguchi'''|谷口 徹|Taniguchi Tōru|born 10 February 1968}} is a Japanese professional [[golf]]er born in [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]].

==Career==
Taniguchi has won 20 tournaments on the [[Japan Golf Tour]], ranking 10th on the most [[List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins|career victories list]]; topped the annual earnings list in 2002 and 2007; and is fourth on the career earnings list through 2018. In 2001 he placed 3rd in [[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]].

He has been in the top 30 of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]], and was the highest ranked Japanese golfer from 2007 to 2008.

==Professional wins (22)==
===Japan Golf Tour wins (20)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|- style="background:#f2ecce;"
| Flagship events (2)
|- style="background:#D6E8FF;"
| Japan majors (5){{efn|The 2004 and 2007 [[Japan Open Golf Championship]]s were also Japan major championships.}}
|- 
| Other Japan Golf Tour (15)
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|31 May [[1998 PGA of Japan Tour|1998]]
|[[Mitsubishi Galant Tournament]]
|−16 (71-65-65-67=268)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kazuhiko Hosokawa]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=right|24 Sep [[2000 Japan Golf Tour|2000]]
|[[Acom International]]
|−18 (69-68-65-64=266)
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuharu Imano]]
|-
|align=center|3
|align=right|29 Oct 2000
|[[Philip Morris Championship]]
|−12 (68-73-68-67=276)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hidemichi Tanaka]]
|-
|align=center|4
|align=right|17 Mar [[2002 Japan Golf Tour|2002]]
|[[Token Corporation Cup]]
|−16 (71-73-67-61=272)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hirofumi Miyase]]
|-
|align=center|5
|align=right|23 Jun 2002
|[[Tamanoi Yomiuri Open]]
|−18 (65-69-67-69=270)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoru Hirota]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Daisuke Maruyama]]
|-
|align=center|6
|align=right|29 Sep 2002
|[[Acom International]] (2)
|−16 (64-63-70=197)*
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Lianwei]]
|-
|align=center|7
|align=right|13 Oct 2002
|[[Georgia Tokai Classic]]
|−10 (72-69-69-68=278)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nozomi Kawahara]], {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} [[Zaw Moe]]
|-style="background:#f2ecce;"
|align=center|8
|align=right|17 Oct [[2004 Japan Golf Tour|2004]]
|[[Japan Open Golf Championship]]
|−3 (68-68-75-74=285)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshimitsu Izawa]], {{flagicon|NZL}} [[David Smail (golfer)|David Smail]],<br>{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Yeh Wei-tze]]
|-
|align=center|9
|align=right|24 Oct 2004
|[[Bridgestone Open]]
|−16 (66-71-69-66=272)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinichi Yokota]]
|-
|align=center|10
|align=right|27 Nov [[2005 Japan Golf Tour|2005]]
|[[Casio World Open]]
|−11 (70-70-68-69=277)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Jong-duck]]
|-
|align=center|11
|align=right|30 Jul [[2006 Japan Golf Tour|2006]]
|[[The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki]]
|−11 (69-70-66-68=273)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Hur Suk-ho]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomohiro Kondo]]
|-
|align=center|12
|align=right|8 Jul [[2007 Japan Golf Tour|2007]] 
|[[Woodone Open Hiroshima]]
|−15 (67-64-68-70=269)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Prayad Marksaeng]]
|-
|align=center|13
|align=right|15 Jul 2007
|[[Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup]]
|−12 (70-70-68-68=276)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Prom Meesawat]]
|-style="background:#f2ecce;"
|align=center|14
|align=right|14 Oct 2007
|[[Japan Open Golf Championship]] (2)
|−5 (75-70-72-66=283)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]]
|-
|align=center|15
|align=right|20 Sep [[2009 Japan Golf Tour|2009]] 
|[[ANA Open]]
|−16 (67-67-66-72=272)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Kyung-tae]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]],<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhiro Yamashita]]
|-style="background:#D6E8FF;"
|align=center|16
|align=right|16 May [[2010 Japan Golf Tour|2010]]
|[[Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup]]
|−10 (69-68-65-68=270)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuji Hiratsuka]]
|-
|align=center|17
|align=right|23 Oct [[2011 Japan Golf Tour|2011]]
|[[Bridgestone Open]] (2)
|−15 (69-67-68-65=269)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Katayama]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroo Kawai]],<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Michio Matsumura]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koumei Oda]]
|-style="background:#D6E8FF;"
|align=center|18
|align=right|13 May [[2012 Japan Golf Tour|2012]] 
|[[Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup]] (2)
|−4 (65-70-76-73=284)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiichiro Fukabori]]
|-
|align=center|19
|align=right|21 Oct 2012
|[[Bridgestone Open]] (3)
|−12 (66-71-69-66=272)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroyuki Fujita]]
|-style="background:#D6E8FF;"
|align=center|20
|align=right|13 May [[2018 Japan Golf Tour|2018]] 
|[[Japan PGA Championship]] (3)
|−6 (68-72-71-71=282)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshinori Fujimoto]]
|}
<small>''<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: The 2002 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.''</small>

'''Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–4)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|1
|[[2000 Japan Golf Tour|2000]]
|[[Mitsubishi Motors Tournament]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hirofumi Miyase]]
|Lost to eagle on second extra hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|2
|[[2006 Japan Golf Tour|2006]]
|[[The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki]]
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Hur Suk-ho]], {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomohiro Kondo]]
|Won with birdie on third extra hole<br>Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|3
|[[2007 Japan Golf Tour|2007]]
|[[The Crowns]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hirofumi Miyase]]
|Lost to par on first extra hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|4
|2007
|[[Woodone Open Hiroshima]]
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Prayad Marksaeng]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|5
|[[2010 Japan Golf Tour|2010]]
|[[Tsuruya Open]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroyuki Fujita]]
|Lost to birdie on third extra hole
|-style="background:#F2C1D1;"
|align=center|6
|[[2011 Japan Golf Tour|2011]]
|[[Golf Nippon Series JT Cup]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroyuki Fujita]]
|Lost to par on second extra hole
|-style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|7
|[[2018 Japan Golf Tour|2018]]
|[[Japan PGA Championship]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshinori Fujimoto]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|}

===Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|align=center|1
|align=right|22 Sep 2019
|[[Japan Senior Open Golf Championship]]
|−8 (66-70-72-72=280)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Thaworn Wiratchant]]
|-
|align=center|2
|align=right|13 Jun 2021
|Starts Senior Golf Tournament
|−18 (65-67-66=198)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhiko Hosokawa]], {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thaworn Wiratchant]]
|}

==Results in major championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1998
!1999
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!2000
!2001
!2002
!2003
!2004
!2005
!2006
!2007
!2008
!2009
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T37
|T69
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T60
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|T63
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|67
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|T60
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T68
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
|-
|align=left|[[Masters Tournament]]         || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  3 || 0
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 2
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]      || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  9 || 4
|-
|align=left|[[PGA Championship]]           || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  7 || 1
|-
!Totals                                    !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 29 !! 7
|}
*Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (2010 U.S. Open – 2010 Open)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 0

==Results in World Golf Championships==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Match Play|Match Play]]
|style="background:yellow;"|3
|R64
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|R64
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Championship|Championship]]
|NT<sup>1</sup>
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T59
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T26
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-Invitational|Invitational]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|WD
|71
|-
|align="left"|[[WGC-HSBC Champions|Champions]]
|colspan=8 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}

<sup>1</sup>Cancelled due to [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11]]<br>
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play<br>
"T" = tied<br>
NT = No Tournament<br>
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

==Team appearances==
*[[Royal Trophy]] (representing Asia): [[2007 Royal Trophy|2007]], [[2009 Royal Trophy|2009]] (winners)
*[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (representing Japan): [[2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup|2008]]

==See also==
*[[List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{JapanTour player|2050}}
*{{OWGR|3750}}

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[[Category:Sportspeople from Nara Prefecture]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]