Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama 丸山茂樹 | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | The Smiling Assassin |
Born | Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan | 12 September 1969
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | Nihon University |
Turned professional | 1992 |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 15 |
Highest ranking | 19 (21 March 2004)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 3 |
Japan Golf Tour | 10 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T14: 2002 |
PGA Championship | T22: 2001 |
U.S. Open | T4: 2004 |
The Open Championship | T5: 2002 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Asian Games | ||
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1990 Beijing | Individual |
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1990 Beijing | Men's team |
Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin". He began his career on the Japan Golf Tour, quickly becoming one of the leading players on that tour. Two excellent finishes in World Golf Championships events in 1999 helped to earn him membership of the U.S.-based PGA Tour for the 2000 season. He has three PGA Tour victories. At the end of the 2008 season he announced he was returning to Japan after failing to maintain full playing rights on the PGA Tour.
Maruyama was a member of The International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2000. He had a 5–0–0 win-loss-tie record in the 1998 matches.
He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
On 5 June 2000, he shot a first round 58 at Woodmont Country Club (South Course) in Rockville, Maryland while qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Open. This round ties the score achieved by Jim Furyk on the final round of the Travelers Championship on 2016.
Professional wins (15)
PGA Tour wins (3)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Jul 2001 | Greater Milwaukee Open | −18 (68-65-67-66=266) | Playoff | ![]() |
2 | 12 May 2002 | Verizon Byron Nelson Classic | −14 (67-63-68-68=266) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 19 Oct 2003 | Chrysler Classic of Greensboro | −22 (65-64-70-67=266) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2001 | Greater Milwaukee Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Japan Golf Tour wins (10)
Legend |
Japan majors (1) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (9) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 23 May 1993 | Pepsi Ube Kosan Open | −20 (63-72-63-66=264) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 22 Oct 1995 | Bridgestone Open | −14 (66-70-67-71=274) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | 20 Oct 1996 | Bridgestone Open (2) | −16 (67-67-67-71=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
4 | 18 May 1997 | Japan PGA Championship | −16 (68-68-69-67=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 22 Jun 1997 | Yomiuri Open | −17 (67-68-66-66=267) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
6 | 7 Sep 1997 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | 3 & 2 | ![]() | |
7 | 7 Dec 1997 | Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup | −16 (70-63-68-67=268) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
8 | 5 Jul 1998 | PGA Philanthropy Tournament | −20 (65-66-64-69=264) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
9 | 24 Oct 1999 | Bridgestone Open (3) | −20 (66-68-66-68=268) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
10 | 6 Dec 2009 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2) | −9 (70-67-70-64=271) | Playoff | ![]() |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | ![]() |
Won with par on fourth extra hole |
Other wins (2)
Legend |
World Golf Championships (1) |
Other wins (1) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 27 Sep 1990 | Asian Games (as an amateur) |
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2 | 15 Dec 2002 | WGC-World Cup (with ![]() |
−36 (64-64-58-66=252) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T31 | ||
U.S. Open | ||||
The Open Championship | T14 | T10 | T29 | CUT |
PGA Championship | T23 | T65 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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Masters Tournament | T46 | CUT | T14 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
U.S. Open | CUT | T16 | CUT | T4 | T33 | ||
The Open Championship | T55 | CUT | T5 | CUT | T30 | CUT | |
PGA Championship | T46 | T22 | T43 | T48 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 18 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2001 PGA – 2002 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | WD | T14 | T45 | T53 | T32 | WD | CUT | WD |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Championship | T50 | NT1 | WD | T16 | T11 | |||||||
Match Play | QF | R16 | QF | R32 | R64 | R64 | R32 | |||||
Invitational | 6 | T15 | T31 | T36 | T27 | T46 | ||||||
Champions | WD |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1990
Professional
- Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 1998 (winners), 2000
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2000, 2001, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2004
- Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2005
References
- ^ "Week 12 2004 Ending 21 Mar 2004" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
External links
- Shigeki Maruyama at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Shigeki Maruyama at the PGA Tour official site
- Shigeki Maruyama at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- Japanese male golfers
- Japan Golf Tour golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Asian Games medalists in golf
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Golfers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Nihon University alumni
- Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture
- 1969 births
- Living people