Toru Taniguchi
| Toru Taniguchi 谷口 徹 |
|
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
10 February 1968 Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 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.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
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