Nobuo Serizawa

Nobuo Serizawa 芹澤 信雄
Personal information
Born	(1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1982
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	5
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1989

Nobuo Serizawa (芹澤 信雄, Serizawa Nobuo, born 10 November 1959) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Serizawa played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times.

Professional wins (7)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Aug 1987	Nikkei Cup	−7 (70-70-71-66=277)	1 stroke	Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Masahiro Shiota
2	10 Dec 1989	Daikyo Open	−17 (67-67-67-70=271)	4 strokes	David Ishii
3	14 Mar 1993	Imperial Open	−1 (71-73-68=212)	1 stroke	Brian Jones
4	1 Sep 1996	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	1 up		Brandt Jobe
5	12 Mar 2000	Token Corporation Cup	−7 (68-70-73-70=281)	1 stroke	Satoshi Higashi, Katsunori Kuwabara

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1987	Bridgestone Open	David Ishii, Hiroshi Makino	Ishii won with birdie on fifth extra hole Makino eliminated by par on first hole
2	1992	Sapporo Tokyu Open	Kazuhiro Takami, Nobumitsu Yuhara
3	1994	Maruman Open	David Ishii, Hirofumi Miyase	Ishii won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1996	Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open	Carlos Franco, Yoshikazu Sakamoto	Sakamoto won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

• 1987 Acom Team Championship (with Tomohiro Maruyama)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1)

• 2010 Fuji Film Senior Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1989
The Open Championship	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Serizawa only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1991
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998
• Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1988, 1990

See also

• Serizawa Nobuo no Birdie Try (Super Famicom video game endorsed by Nobuo Serizawa)

External links

• Nobuo Serizawa at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Nobuo Serizawa at the Official World Golf Ranking official site