Shigeki Maruyama

Shigeki Maruyama
丸山茂樹
Personal information
NicknameThe Smiling Assassin
Born (1969-09-12) 12 September 1969 (age 55)
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
CollegeNihon University
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins14
Highest ranking19 (21 March 2004)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Japan Golf Tour10
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT14: 2002
PGA ChampionshipT22: 2001
U.S. OpenT4: 2004
The Open ChampionshipT5: 2002
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Men's individual
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Men's team

Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

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Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin". He began his career on the Japan Golf Tour, quickly becoming one of the leading players on that tour. Two excellent finishes in World Golf Championships events in 1999 helped to earn him membership of the U.S.-based PGA Tour for the 2000 season. He has three PGA Tour victories. At the end of the 2008 season he announced he was returning to Japan after failing to maintain full playing rights on the PGA Tour.

Maruyama was a member of The International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2000. He had a 5–0–0 win–loss–tie record in the 1998 matches.

He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

On 5 June 2000, he shot a first round 58 at Woodmont Country Club (South Course) in Rockville, Maryland while qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Open. This round ties the score achieved by Jim Furyk on the final round of the Travelers Championship on 2016.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (14)

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PGA Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Jul 2001 Greater Milwaukee Open −18 (68-65-67-66=266) Playoff United States Charles Howell III
2 12 May 2002 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic −14 (67-63-68-68=266) 3 strokes United States Ben Crane
3 19 Oct 2003 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro −22 (65-64-70-67=266) 5 strokes United States Brad Faxon

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2001 Greater Milwaukee Open United States Charles Howell III Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (9)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 23 May 1993 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open −20 (63-72-63-66=264) 2 strokes United States Todd Hamilton
2 22 Oct 1995 Bridgestone Open −14 (66-70-67-71=274) 3 strokes United States Mark Calcavecchia, Japan Masashi Ozaki,
Japan Shinichi Yokota
3 20 Oct 1996 Bridgestone Open (2) −16 (67-67-67-71=272) 2 strokes United States Brian Watts
4 18 May 1997 Japan PGA Championship −16 (68-68-69-67=272) 2 strokes Japan Shusaku Sugimoto
5 22 Jun 1997 Yomiuri Open −17 (67-68-66-66=267) 2 strokes Japan Naomichi Ozaki
6 7 Sep 1997 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 3 and 2 United States Peter Teravainen
7 7 Dec 1997 Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup −16 (70-63-68-67=268) 2 strokes Japan Tateo Ozaki
8 5 Jul 1998 PGA Philanthropy Tournament −20 (65-66-64-69=264) 1 stroke Japan Satoshi Higashi
9 24 Oct 1999 Bridgestone Open (3) −20 (66-68-66-68=268) 5 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
10 6 Dec 2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2) −9 (70-67-70-64=271) Playoff South Korea Kim Kyung-tae

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup South Korea Kim Kyung-tae Won with par on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Legend
World Golf Championships (1)
Other wins (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Dec 2002 WGC-World Cup
(with Japan Toshimitsu Izawa) 		−36 (64-64-58-66=252) 2 strokes  United States − Phil Mickelson and David Toms

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament CUT T31
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T14 T10 T29 CUT
PGA Championship T23 T65 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Masters Tournament T46 CUT T14 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT T16 CUT T4 T33
The Open Championship T55 CUT T5 CUT T30 CUT
PGA Championship T46 T22 T43 T48 CUT CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 2 3 10 6
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 6
Totals 0 0 0 2 3 8 34 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2001 PGA – 2002 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Players Championship CUT CUT WD T14 T45 T53 T32 WD CUT WD
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Championship T50 NT1 WD T16 T11
Match Play QF R16 QF R32 R64 R64 R32
Invitational 6 T15 T31 T36 T27 T46
Champions WD

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 12 2004 Ending 21 Mar 2004" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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