Toru Suzuki

This article is about the golfer. For the Greenpeace activist, see Tokyo Two.

Toru Suzuki 鈴木亨
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1966-05-28) 28 May 1966 Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality	Japan
Spouse	Kyoko Suzuki
Children	Airi Suzuki, Takayuki Suzuki
Career
Turned professional	1990
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	8
Other	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1998, 2002
PGA Championship	DNP

Toru Suzuki (鈴木亨, Suzuki Tōru, born 28 May 1966) is a Japanese professional golfer, currently playing on the Japan Golf Tour.

Suzuki was born in Gifu Prefecture. He turned professional in 1990.

Suzuki won his first title on the Japan Golf Tour in 1993, and would win consistently between then and 2004.

Suzuki qualified for his first major championship in 1998 at The Open Championship after a win in Japan at the Sapporo Tokyu Open. He missed the cut. He also played in the 2002 Open Championship, but missed the 36-hole cut there, too.

Suzuki ended a five-year winless drought in Japan in 2009 with a five stroke win in October at the mynavi ABC Championship.^[1]

Suzuki has earned over 753,000,000 Yen in his career on the Japan Golf Tour, which is equivalent to over $8,200,000.

He is the father of two children, one of whom is Airi Suzuki, a Japanese pop singer.

Professional wins (11)

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