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Taichi Teshima

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Taichi Teshima
手嶋多一
Personal information
Born (1968-10-16) 16 October 1968 (age 56)
Tagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
ResidenceFukuoka, Japan
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins13
Highest ranking66 (6 January 2002)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour8
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2002
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2001, 2002, 2015

Taichi Teshima (Japanese: 手嶋多一, born 16 October 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Teshima was born in Fukuoka. He has won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He played on the European Tour in 2007 after coming through qualifying school but failed to retain his card, finishing outside the top 150 of the Order of Merit.

Professional wins (13)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

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Legend
Flagship events (1)
Japan majors (2)
Other Japan Golf Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 12 Dec 1999 Fancl Okinawa Open −13 (68-69-68-66=271) Playoff Japan Seiki Okuda
2 14 Oct 2001 Japan Open Golf Championship −7 (68-72-67-70=277) 4 strokes Japan Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
3 3 Aug 2003 Aiful Cup −19 (67-64-70-68=269) Playoff Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
4 27 Aug 2006 Under Armour KBC Augusta −16 (71-66-65-66=268) 1 stroke Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka
5 22 Oct 2006 Bridgestone Open −22 (70-65-63-68=266) 5 strokes Japan Kiyoshi Maita
6 25 Nov 2007 Casio World Open −13 (69-68-73-65=275) 1 stroke Australia Chris Campbell
7 8 Jun 2014 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup −9 (71-68-69-71=279) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon, Japan Koumei Oda
8 31 May 2015 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −15 (69-69-66-69=273) 2 strokes Australia Scott Strange

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–4)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1996 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta Japan Masashi Ozaki Lost to par on second extra hole
2 1999 Fancl Okinawa Open Japan Seiki Okuda Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2001 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament United States David Duval Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 2003 Aiful Cup Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2003 Sun Chlorella Classic Australia Brendan Jones, Japan Daisuke Maruyama Jones won with birdie on first extra hole
6 2006 Acom International Japan Mamo Osanai Lost to par on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

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  • 1995 Sanko 72 Open, Korakuen Cup (4th)

Other wins (1)

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Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 13 Apr 2019 Kanehide Senior Okinawa Open −9 (67-68=135) 1 stroke Japan Masayuki Kawamura
2 19 Sep 2021 Japan Senior Open Golf Championship −19 (68-66-65-66=265) 8 strokes Japan Katsunori Kuwabara

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT

Note: Teshima never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2003
Match Play
Championship T51
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 1 2002 Ending 6 Jan 2002" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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