Shigeki Maruyama

Shigeki Maruyama 丸山茂樹
Personal information
Nickname	The Smiling Assassin
Born	(1969-09-12) 12 September 1969 Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Nihon University
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour
Professional wins	13
Highest ranking	19 (21 March 2004)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Japan Golf Tour	10
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T14: 2002
PGA Championship	T22: 2001
U.S. Open	T4: 2004
The Open Championship	T5: 2002

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 in Rockville, Maryland while qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Open. This is a record for any competitive event. In recognition of this achievement, his father renamed a golf course he owned in Tochigi Prefecture to the "58 Golf Course".

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	15 Jul 2001	Greater Milwaukee Open	−18 (68-65-67-66=266)	Playoff	Charles Howell III
2	12 May 2002	Verizon Byron Nelson Classic	−14 (67-63-68-68=266)	3 strokes	Ben Crane
3	19 Oct 2003	Chrysler Classic of Greensboro	−22 (65-64-70-67=266)	5 strokes	Brad Faxon

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2001	Greater Milwaukee Open	Charles Howell III	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

• 1993 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
• 1995 Bridgestone Open
• 1996 Bridgestone Open
• 1997 Japan PGA Championship, Yomiuri Open, Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup, Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
• 1998 PGA Philanthropy Tournament
• 1999 Bridgestone Open
• 2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

Results in major championships

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	CUT	T31
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T14	T10	T28	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	T23	T65	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	T46	CUT	T14	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T16	CUT	T4	T33	DNP
The Open Championship	T55	CUT	T5	CUT	T30	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	T46	T22	T43	T48	CUT	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
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)

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

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