Toru Taniguchi

Toru Taniguchi 谷口 徹
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1968-02-10) 10 February 1968 Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Nationality	Japan
Residence	Nara Prefecture, Japan
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	19 (10th all-time)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	19
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2002, 2003, 2008
U.S. Open	T63: 2010
The Open Championship	T37: 2001
PGA Championship	T68: 2012
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour leading money winner	2002, 2007

Toru Taniguchi (谷口 徹, Taniguchi Tōru, born 10 February 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Taniguchi was born in Nara. He has won 19 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour (ranking 10th on the most career victories list), topped the money list in 2002 and 2007, and is fifth on the career money list (through 2009). In 2001, he reached the semi-finals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

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

Professional wins

Japan Golf Tour wins (19)

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	Kazuhiko Hosokawa
2	24 Sep 2000	Acom International	−18 (69-68-65-64=266)	6 strokes	Yasuharu Imano
3	29 Oct 2000	Philip Morris Championship	−12 (68-73-68-67=276)	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama, Hidemichi Tanaka
4	17 Mar 2002	Token Corporation Cup	−16 (71-73-67-61=272)	2 strokes	Hirofumi Miyase
5	23 Jun 2002	Tamanoi Yomiuri Open	−18 (65-69-67-69=270)	2 strokes	Satoru Hirota, Daisuke Maruyama
6	29 Sep 2002	Acom International	−16 (64-63-70=197)	1 stroke	Zhang Lian-wei
7	13 Oct 2002	Georgia Tokai Classic	−10 (72-69-69-68=278)	2 strokes	Nozomi Kawahara, Zaw Moe
8	17 Oct 2004	Japan Open	−3 (68-68-75-74=285)	4 strokes	Toshimitsu Izawa, David Smail, Yeh Wei-tze
9	24 Oct 2004	Bridgestone Open	−16 (66-71-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Shigeki Maruyama, Shinichi Yokota
10	27 Nov 2005	Casio World Open	−11 (70-70-68-69=277)	2 strokes	Kim Jong-duck
11	30 Jul 2006	The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki	−11 (69-70-66-68=273)	Playoff	S. K. Ho, Tomohiro Kondo
12	8 Jul 2007	Woodone Open Hiroshima	−15 (67-64-68-70=269)	Playoff	Prayad Marksaeng
13	15 Jul 2007	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−12 (70-70-68-68=276)	3 strokes	Prom Meesawat
14	14 Oct 2007	Japan Open	−5 (75-70-72-66=283)	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama
15	20 Sep 2009	ANA Open	−16 (67-67-66-72=272)	4 strokes	Kim Kyung-tae, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Kazuhiro Yamashita
16	16 May 2010	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	−10 (69-68-65-68=270)	1 stroke	Tetsuji Hiratsuka
17	23 Oct 2011	Bridgestone Open	−15 (69-67-68-65=269)	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama, Hiroo Kawai, Michio Matsumura, Koumei Oda
18	13 May 2012	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup	−4 (65-70-76-73=284)	1 stroke	Keiichiro Fukabori
19	21 Oct 2012	Bridgestone Open	−12 (66-71-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita

Results in major championships

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

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

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

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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

• Toru Taniguchi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Toru Taniguchi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site