Toru Taniguchi

Template:Short description Template:More footnotes needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer is a Japanese professional golfer born in Nara.

Career

Taniguchi has won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking 10th on the most 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)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Japan majors (5)Template:Efn
Other Japan Golf Tour (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	31 May 1998	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	−16 (71-65-65-67=268)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Kazuhiko Hosokawa
2	24 Sep 2000	Acom International	−18 (69-68-65-64=266)	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Yasuharu Imano
3	29 Oct 2000	Philip Morris Championship	−12 (68-73-68-67=276)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Shingo Katayama, Template:Flagicon Hidemichi Tanaka
4	17 Mar 2002	Token Corporation Cup	−16 (71-73-67-61=272)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hirofumi Miyase
5	23 Jun 2002	Tamanoi Yomiuri Open	−18 (65-69-67-69=270)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Satoru Hirota, Template:Flagicon Daisuke Maruyama
6	29 Sep 2002	Acom International (2)	−16 (64-63-70=197)*	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Zhang Lianwei
7	13 Oct 2002	Georgia Tokai Classic	−10 (72-69-69-68=278)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Nozomi Kawahara, Template:Flagicon Zaw Moe
8	17 Oct 2004	Japan Open Golf Championship	−3 (68-68-75-74=285)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Toshimitsu Izawa, Template:Flagicon David Smail, Template:Flagicon Yeh Wei-tze
9	24 Oct 2004	Bridgestone Open	−16 (66-71-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Shigeki Maruyama, Template:Flagicon Shinichi Yokota
10	27 Nov 2005	Casio World Open	−11 (70-70-68-69=277)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kim Jong-duck
11	30 Jul 2006	The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki	−11 (69-70-66-68=273)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Hur Suk-ho, Template:Flagicon Tomohiro Kondo
12	8 Jul 2007	Woodone Open Hiroshima	−15 (67-64-68-70=269)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Prayad Marksaeng
13	15 Jul 2007	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−12 (70-70-68-68=276)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Prom Meesawat
14	14 Oct 2007	Japan Open Golf Championship (2)	−5 (75-70-72-66=283)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Shingo Katayama
15	20 Sep 2009	ANA Open	−16 (67-67-66-72=272)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kim Kyung-tae, Template:Flagicon Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Template:Flagicon Kazuhiro Yamashita
16	16 May 2010	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	−10 (69-68-65-68=270)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tetsuji Hiratsuka
17	23 Oct 2011	Bridgestone Open (2)	−15 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Shingo Katayama, Template:Flagicon Hiroo Kawai, Template:Flagicon Michio Matsumura, Template:Flagicon Koumei Oda
18	13 May 2012	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup (2)	−4 (65-70-76-73=284)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Keiichiro Fukabori
19	21 Oct 2012	Bridgestone Open (3)	−12 (66-71-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Fujita
20	13 May 2018	Japan PGA Championship (3)	−6 (68-72-71-71=282)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Yoshinori Fujimoto

*Note: The 2002 Acom International was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2000	Mitsubishi Motors Tournament	Template:Flagicon Hirofumi Miyase	Lost to eagle on second extra hole
2	2006	The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki	Template:Flagicon Hur Suk-ho, Template:Flagicon Tomohiro Kondo	Won with birdie on third extra hole Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole
3	2007	The Crowns	Template:Flagicon Hirofumi Miyase	Lost to par on first extra hole
4	2007	Woodone Open Hiroshima	Template:Flagicon Prayad Marksaeng	Won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2010	Tsuruya Open	Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
6	2011	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Template:Flagicon Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to par on second extra hole
7	2018	Japan PGA Championship	Template:Flagicon Yoshinori Fujimoto	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Sep 2019	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship	−8 (66-70-72-72=280)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Thaworn Wiratchant
2	13 Jun 2021	Starts Senior Golf Tournament	−18 (65-67-66=198)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kazuhiko Hosokawa, Template:Flagicon Thaworn Wiratchant

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament			CUT	CUT					CUT
U.S. Open		CUT		CUT		CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship		T37	T69	CUT		CUT		T60
PGA Championship		CUT	CUT	CUT		CUT		CUT	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T63		CUT		67		CUT
The Open Championship	T60		CUT	CUT
PGA Championship			T68

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
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

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Match Play	3	R64						R64
Championship	NT1					T59		T26
Invitational												WD	71
Champions

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2007, 2009 (winners)
• World Cup (representing Japan): 2008

See also

• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

External links

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