Noboru Sugai
Japanese golfer
Noboru Sugai 須貝 昇 | |
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Personal information | |
Born | (1949-10-16) 16 October 1949 (age 74) Tokyo, Japan |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1975 |
Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour European Seniors Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
PGA Tour Champions | 1 |
European Senior Tour | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1993, 2003 |
Noboru Sugai Sugai Noboru (須貝 昇, born 16 October 1949) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Sugai was born in Tokyo, to a Japanese father and a Russian mother. He turned professional in 1975 and has won three tournaments and over 275 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour.
In 2002, he became the first Japanese to win the Senior British Open in what was the last staging before the tournament became a Champions Tour major. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2003 and 2004 with little success.
Professional wins (6)
PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 13 Sep 1987 | Suntory Open | −10 (67-71-72-68=278) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 29 Apr 1990 | The Crowns | −4 (68-66-67-75=276) | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | 14 Oct 1990 | Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament | −10 (72-72-68-62=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1990 | The Crowns | ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 1991 | Japan Open Golf Championship | ![]() | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Senior PGA Tour wins (1)
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 28 Jul 2002 | Senior British Open | −3 (67-67-73-74=281) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
European Seniors Tour wins (1)
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other European Seniors Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 28 Jul 2002 | Senior British Open | −3 (67-67-73-74=281) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Other senior wins (2)
- 2000 Fujita Kanko Open (Japan)
- 2001 Castle Hill Open (Japan)
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
Note: Sugai only played in The Open Championship.
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2002 | Senior British Open | −3 (67-67-73-74=281) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Team appearances
- Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1990, 1991
External links
- Noboru Sugai at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Noboru Sugai at the European Tour official site
- Noboru Sugai at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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- 1987 Neil Coles
- 1988 Gary Player
- 1989 Bob Charles
- 1990 Gary Player
- 1991 Bobby Verwey
- 1992 John Fourie
- 1993 Bob Charles
- 1994 Tom Wargo
- 1995 Brian Barnes†
- 1996 Brian Barnes
- 1997 Gary Player†
- 1998 Brian Huggett†
- 1999 Christy O'Connor Jnr
- 2000 Christy O'Connor Jnr
- 2001 Ian Stanley†
- 2002 Noboru Sugai
- 2003 Tom Watson†
- 2004 Pete Oakley
- 2005 Tom Watson†
- 2006 Loren Roberts†
- 2007 Tom Watson
- 2008 Bruce Vaughan†
- 2009 Loren Roberts†
- 2010 Bernhard Langer
- 2011 Russ Cochran
- 2012 Fred Couples
- 2013 Mark Wiebe†
- 2014 Bernhard Langer
- 2015 Marco Dawson
- 2016 Paul Broadhurst
- 2017 Bernhard Langer
- 2018 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
- 2019 Bernhard Langer
- 2020 Not held
- 2021 Stephen Dodd
- 2022 Darren Clarke
- 2023 Alex Čejka†
- 2024 K. J. Choi
† indicates the event was won in a playoff