Yutaka Suzuki
{{short description|Japanese professional golfer}}
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Yutaka Suzuki (1 July 1946){{Cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/pc/PlayerProfileEng.do?playerTourKbn=0&playerCd=1261 |title=Yutaka Suzuki – Profile |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=2020-01-24}} is a Japanese professional golfer.
Professional career
Suzuki played most of his career on the Japan Golf Tour. However, his greatest successes came outside of his home country. Suzuki won the Singapore Open in 1975. In 1976, he won the Malaysian Dunlop Masters over American Hal Underwood and Malaysian Bobby Lim.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/04/archives/suzuki-is-golf-victor.html |title=Suzuki Is Golf Victor |date=1976-04-04 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2020-01-24}} He won the same event in 1977, held at Inhore Bahru in Malaysia.{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8OY9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jEgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4783,806825 |title=Steve Chalmers makes winning Glasgow debut |date=4 April 1977 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |access-date=2020-01-17 }}
In the 1980s, Suzuki continued to play in Japan, but with little success. His best finish during his later years was a T-4 at the 1988 Chubu Open.{{Cite web |url=https://www.jgto.org/pc/PlayerProfileEng.do?playerTourKbn=0&playerCd=1261 |title=Yutaka Suzuki – Results |publisher=Japan Golf Tour Organization |access-date=2020-01-24}}
Professional wins (3)
=Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of !Runners-up |
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|align=right|23 Mar 1975 |−4 (74-73-71-66=284) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|TWN}} Hsieh Min-Nan, {{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung |
=Other wins (2)=
References
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External links
- {{JapanTour player|1261}}
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Category:Japanese male golfers