Tsutomu Irie

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Tsutomu Irie (born 6 May 1948) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Irie played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice. In 1985, he became the first player to break the 60 barrier in major professional tournament in Japan when he scored 59 (11 under par) in the first round of the Kuzuha International;{{cite news |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singmonitor19850407-1.2.34.7 |title=Irie fires lowest score in Japan's pro history |newspaper=Singapore Monitor |date=7 April 1985 |agency=Reuter |via=National Library Board (Singapore)}} he went on the win the two-round tournament.

Professional wins (3)

=PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)=

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No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runners-up

align=center|1

|align=right|14 Oct 1979

|Tokai Classic

|−13 (70-69-68-68=275)

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Hsieh Min-Nan, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Masaji Kusakabe

align=center|2

|align=right|8 Sep 1985

|Kansai Open

|−8 (68-71-75-66=280)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Hisao Inoue, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Yoshitaka Yamamoto

= Other wins (1)=

Team appearances

References

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