Shigeru Uchida (born 29 August 1937) is a Japanese

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Professional career

Uchida played on the

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, winning five times. He also won many other tournaments in Japan and enjoyed a successful senior career, during which he won the

Japan PGA Senior Championship The Japan PGA Senior Championship is one of the major events on the Japan Senior Tour. It was first played in 1962. The 2007 prize money was ¥50,000,000. Winners ''this list is incomplete'' *2023 Thammanoon Sriroj *2022 Prayad Marksaeng *2021 ...

on two occasions.

Professional wins (40)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (5)

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (2–1)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

Other wins (14)

*1966 Chunichi Crowns *1968 Kansai Circuit Nagasaki Series *1969 Kansai Open, All Star Tournament *1970 Kansai Circuit Nagasaki Series *1971

Tokai Classic The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was founded in 1970 and is played at the Miyoshi Country Club (West Course), Miyoshi, Aichi. It is usually held in October. The purse in 2019 was Japanese yen, ¥110,000,000 with ¥2 ...

Chubu Open The Chubu Open is a golf tournament in the Chūbu region of Japan. It was first played in 1971, and was an event on the Japan Golf Tour from 1973 to 1991. Winners *2024 Gondo Kota *2023 Kenya Nakayama *2022 Mitsumasa Tamura *2021 Kinihiro Ka ...

, All Nippon Doubles Tournament (with Hiroshi Ishii), Asahi International *1974 Mizuno Open *1975 Mizuno Open, Sanpo Champions Tournament *1978 All Star Tournament *1982 KSB Kagawa Open

Senior wins (20)

*1987 Kansai Professional Senior Championship, Dai-ichi Life Cup, Phoenix Cup *1988 Kansai Professional Senior Championship *1988 Hazama Classic *1989 Yanase Cup, Hazama Classic *1990 Yanase Cup, Hazama Classic, Imperial Wing Gold Cup *1991 Yanase Cup, Dai-ichi Life Cup *1992 Crane Cup Kansai Professional Senior Championship, Maruman Senior Tournament *1993

*1994

*1997 Japan PGA Grand Senior Championship *1998 Kansai Pro Grand Senior Championship *1999 Japan Grand Senior Golf Tournament *2007 Kansai Pro Golf Gold Senior Championship

Team appearances

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(representing Japan):

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

External links

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at the PGA of Japan official website Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Golfers from Shizuoka Prefecture 1937 births Living people 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-golf-bio-stub