Noboru Sugai
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| Noboru Sugai | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 16 October 1949 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (170 lb; 12.3 st) |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| 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 |
| European Seniors Tour | 1 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| Open Championship | CUT: 1993, 2003 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Noboru Sugai Sugai Noboru (須貝 昇, born 16 October 1949) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Sugai was born in Tokyo, to 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.
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[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins
- 1987 Suntory Open
- 1990 The Crowns, Golf Digest Tournament
[edit] European Seniors Tour
- 2002 Senior British Open
[edit] Other senior wins
- 2000 Fujita Kanko Open (Japan)
- 2001 Castle Hill Open (Japan)
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
