Misplaced Pages

Shigeru Uchida

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Japanese professional golfer

Shigeru Uchida
Personal information
Born (1937-08-29) 29 August 1937 (age 87)
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins40
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Other35

Shigeru Uchida (born 29 August 1937) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Uchida played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. He also won many other tournaments in Japan and enjoyed a successful senior career, during which he won the Japan PGA Senior Championship on two occasions.

Professional wins (40)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 18 Sep 1977 Sanpo Classic −7 (70-72-70-69=281) 4 strokes Japan Tōru Nakamura
2 3 Aug 1980 JPGA East-West Tournament −5 (69-66=135) Playoff Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa
3 6 Sep 1981 Chubu Open −2 (71-72-65-70=278) 5 strokes Japan Hisashi Suzumura
4 10 Jul 1982 Toyamaken Open −8 (69-67=136) Playoff Japan Masaru Amono
5 5 Sep 1982 Chubu Open (2) −6 (69-68-75-70=282) 6 strokes Japan Masahiko Yamamoto

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1976 Tokai Classic Japan Isao Aoki, Japan Teruo Sugihara Aoki won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1980 JPGA East-West Tournament Japan Kazuo Yoshikawa
2 1982 Toyamaken Open Japan Masaru Amono

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 22 Apr 1973 Sobu International Open −9 (70-66-69-74=279) Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1973 Sobu International Open Japan Masashi Ozaki Won with eagle on third extra hole

Other wins (14)

Senior wins (20)

  • 1987 Kansai Professional Senior Championship, Dai-ichi Life Cup, Phoenix Cup
  • 1988 Kansai Professional Senior Championship
  • 1988 Hazama Classic
  • 1989 Yanase Cup, Hazama Classic
  • 1990 Yanase Cup, Hazama Classic, Imperial Wing Gold Cup
  • 1991 Yanase Cup, Dai-ichi Life Cup
  • 1992 Crane Cup Kansai Professional Senior Championship, Maruman Senior Tournament
  • 1993 Japan PGA Senior Championship
  • 1994 Japan PGA Senior Championship
  • 1997 Japan PGA Grand Senior Championship
  • 1998 Kansai Pro Grand Senior Championship
  • 1999 Japan Grand Senior Golf Tournament
  • 2007 Kansai Pro Golf Gold Senior Championship

Team appearances

External links


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to golf in Japan is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: