Shigeru Uchida (born 29 August 1937) is a Japanese

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Uchida played on the Japan Golf Tour, 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'' *2021 Mitsuhiro Tateyama *2020 Masayoshi Nakayama *20 ...

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, Chubu Open,

All Nippon Doubles Tournament The All Japan Doubles or All Nippon Doubles was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan from 1969 to 1973. A pairs event, it was founded by, and held at, Sapporo Kokusai Country Club in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido and was an event on th ...

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

KSB Kagawa Open The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the KSB Kagawa Open in 1981, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descent ...

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

* World Cup (representing Japan):

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