Takashi Murakami (golfer)

Takashi Murakami (Japanese: 村上隆, born 25 May 1944) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Takashi Murakami 村上隆
Personal information
Born	(1944-05-25) 25 May 1944 (age 81) Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	11
Other	7
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T37: 1976
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
PGA of Japan Tour money list winner 1975

Early life

Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He started playing golf at the age of 11.^[1]

Professional career

He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1975.

Murakami also had a decent amount of success outside of Japan. He recorded a number of runner-up finishes in the Australasian region. They were the 1968 West Australian Championship,^[2] 1969 Australian PGA Championship,^[3] and 1972 New Zealand PGA Championship.^[4] He also had much success on the Asia Golf Circuit events in 1972. He won the Malaysian Open^[5] and finished runner-up at the Singapore Open^[6] and Hong Kong Open.^[7] In the United States he finished in a tie for second at the PGA Tour's 1977 Hawaiian Open. He also played in the Masters Tournament in 1976 and 1977.

Professional wins (18)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	29 Jul 1973	All Japan Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)	−26 (100-101-61=262)
2	29 Apr 1974	Chunichi Crowns	−8 (63-71-68-70=272)	6 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
3	6 Oct 1974	Golf Digest Tournament	−17 (66-67-70-68=271)	1 stroke	Kuo Chie-Hsiung
4	18 May 1975	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship	2 up		Namio Takasu
5	28 Sep 1975	Japan Open Golf Championship	−10 (74-69-69-66=278)	3 strokes	Seiichi Kanai
6	19 Oct 1975	Japan PGA Championship	−6 (69-68-70-75=282)	Playoff	Yoshitaka Yamamoto
7	16 Nov 1975	Japan PGA Championship	−7 (70-72-71-70=283)	1 stroke	Seiichi Kanai, Kosaku Shimada
8	4 Jul 1976	ANA Sapporo Open	−3 (74-68-76-67=285)	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
9	8 Aug 1976	Kanto Pro Championship	−14 (67-66-70-67=270)
10	31 Oct 1976	Bridgestone Tournament	−6 (71-75-69-67=282)	Playoff	Hsieh Min-Nan, Masaji Kusakabe
11	23 Oct 1977	Golf Digest Tournament (2)	−13 (70-66-67-72=275)	4 strokes	Masashi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1974	Tokyo Charity Classic	Haruo Yasuda	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	1975	Japan PGA Championship	Yoshitaka Yamamoto	Won three-hole aggregate playoff; Murakami: −1 (4-4-3=11), Yamamoto: E (4-4-4=12)
3	1976	Bridgestone Tournament	Hsieh Min-Nan, Masaji Kusakabe	Won with par on third extra hole Hsieh eliminated by par on second hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	12 Mar 1972	Malaysian Open	−12 (69-66-71-70=276)	1 stroke	Marty Bohen, Walter Godfrey, Sukree Onsham

Japanese circuit wins (6)

• 1967 Grand Monarch
• 1968 Rolex Tournament
• 1969 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
• 1970 All Nippon Doubles (with Hideyo Sugimoto)
• 1972 All Nippon Doubles (with Masashi Ozaki), Tohoku Classic

Team appearances

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1972, 1975, 1976

See also

• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins