| Katsuyoshi Tomori 友利勝良 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 25 October 1954 Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour Japan PGA Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Highest ranking | 93 (5 May 1996)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 7 |
| European Senior Tour | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T24: 1995 |
Katsuyoshi Tomori (友利 勝良, Tomori Katsuyoshi, born 25 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Tomori was born in Okinawa Prefecture. He turned professional in 1982. His seven tournament wins on the Japan Golf Tour include the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament and the 1995 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup.
In 1996, Tomori became the first Japanese professional to enter the European Tour Qualifying School. He was successful and played in Europe for three seasons, making the top 80 on the Order of Merit each time, with a best Order of Merit placing of 47th in 1998. After the 2000 season, he returned to the Japan Golf Tour.
Tomori now plays in senior tournaments and in 2006 he became the fourth Japanese golfer to win a tournament on the European Seniors Tour when he won the Scandinavian Senior Open.[2]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Sep 1987 | Kyusyu Open | E (70-73-75-70=288) | 1 stroke |  Kosei Sakai
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| 2 | 4 Sep 1988 | Kyusyu Open (2) | −5 (71-70-70-72=283) | 3 strokes | Kiyotaka Oie (a)
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| 3 | 30 Jul 1989 | NST Niigata Open | E (71-70-76-71=288) | 1 stroke | Tomohiro Maruyama
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| 4 | 2 Sep 1990 | Kyusyu Open (3) | −11 (69-69-67-72=277) | 6 strokes | Keiji Teshima, Kinpachi Yoshimura
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| 5 | 29 May 1994 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | −11 (69-66-70=205)* | 6 strokes | Tsuneyuki Nakajima
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| 6 | 3 Sep 1995 | Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup | 2 and 1 | Shigeki Maruyama
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| 7 | 8 Jun 2003 | JCB Classic Sendai | −20 (64-68-64-68=264) | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato
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*Note: The 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1989 | Kyusyu Open | Shinji Kuraoka
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| 2 | 2001 | Sun Chlorella Classic | Hiroyuki Fujita
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Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2006 | Japan PGA Championship | Tomohiro Kondo
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Lost to par on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 Aug 2006 | Scandinavian Senior Open | −14 (66-67-66=199) | 2 strokes |  Eamonn Darcy,  José Rivero
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| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | T51 | T24 | T44 | T49 | CUT | 69 |
Note: Tomori only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
