Noboru Sugai

Noboru Sugai
須貝 昇
Personal information
Born (1949-10-16) 16 October 1949
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1975
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 1993, 2003

Noboru Sugai Sugai Noboru (須貝 昇; born 16 October 1949) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

Sugai was born in Tokyo, to a Japanese father and a Russian mother. He turned professional in 1975 and has won three tournaments and over 275 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour.

In 2002, he became the first Japanese to win the Senior British Open in what was the last staging before the tournament became a Champions Tour major. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2003 and 2004 with little success.

Professional wins (6)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 13 Sep 1987 Suntory Open −10 (67-71-72-68=278) 3 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, United States Larry Nelson
2 29 Apr 1990 The Crowns −4 (68-66-67-75=276) Playoff United States Steve Pate
3 14 Oct 1990 Asahi Beer Golf Digest Tournament −10 (72-72-68-62=274) 3 strokes United States Larry Mize, Japan Masashi Ozaki

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1990 The Crowns United States Steve Pate Won with par on first extra hole
2 1991 Japan Open Golf Championship Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Lost to par on first extra hole

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other European Seniors Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 28 Jul 2002 Senior British Open −3 (67-67-73-74=281) 2 strokes Canada John Irwin

Other senior wins (2)

  • 2000 Fujita Kanko Open (Japan)
  • 2001 Castle Hill Open (Japan)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
The Open Championship CUT CUT

Note: Sugai only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner-up
2002 Senior British Open −3 (67-67-73-74=281) 2 strokes Canada John Irwin

Team appearances

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