Katsuyoshi Tomori

Katsuyoshi Tomori 友利勝良
Personal information
Born	(1954-10-25) 25 October 1954 (age 70) 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.

Career

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]

Professional wins (12)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

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
2	4 Sep 1988	Kyusyu Open (2)	−5 (71-70-70-72=283)	3 strokes	Kiyotaka Oie (a)
3	30 Jul 1989	NST Niigata Open	E (71-70-76-71=288)	1 stroke	Tomohiro Maruyama
4	2 Sep 1990	Kyusyu Open (3)	−11 (69-69-67-72=277)	6 strokes	Keiji Teshima, Kinpachi Yoshimura
5	29 May 1994	Mitsubishi Galant Tournament	−11 (69-66-70=205)*	6 strokes	Tsuneyuki Nakajima
6	3 Sep 1995	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	2 and 1		Shigeki Maruyama
7	8 Jun 2003	JCB Classic Sendai	−20 (64-68-64-68=264)	2 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato

*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
2	2001	Sun Chlorella Classic	Hiroyuki Fujita	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3	2006	Japan PGA Championship	Tomohiro Kondo	Lost to par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

• 1986 Mito Green Open

Other wins (1)

• 1993 Kyusyu Open

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

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

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

• 2005 Aderans Wellness Open
• 2007 PGA Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament

Results in major championships

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.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

• World Cup (representing Japan): 1990, 1993
• Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1999

References

1. "Week 18 1996 Ending 5 May 1996" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
2. "Tomori Takes Route 66 To Glory in Denmark". European Tour. 19 August 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.

External links

• Katsuyoshi Tomori at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Katsuyoshi Tomori at the European Tour official site
• Katsuyoshi Tomori at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Open Championship performances