Shigeki Maruyama

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Early life

Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University.

Professional career

In 1992, he turned professional. 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

• 1990 Asian Games

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (3)

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

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

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	Template:Flagicon Todd Hamilton
2	22 Oct 1995	Bridgestone Open	−14 (66-70-67-71=274)	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia, Template:Flagicon Masashi Ozaki, Template:Flagicon Shinichi Yokota
3	20 Oct 1996	Bridgestone Open (2)	−16 (67-67-67-71=272)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brian Watts
4	18 May 1997	Japan PGA Championship	−16 (68-68-69-67=272)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Shusaku Sugimoto
5	22 Jun 1997	Yomiuri Open	−17 (67-68-66-66=267)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Naomichi Ozaki
6	7 Sep 1997	Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup	3 and 2		Template:Flagicon Peter Teravainen
7	7 Dec 1997	Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup	−16 (70-63-68-67=268)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tateo Ozaki
8	5 Jul 1998	PGA Philanthropy Tournament	−20 (65-66-64-69=264)	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Satoshi Higashi
9	24 Oct 1999	Bridgestone Open (3)	−20 (66-68-66-68=268)	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Toshimitsu Izawa
10	6 Dec 2009	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−9 (70-67-70-64=271)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Kim Kyung-tae

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

Other wins (1)

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 Template:Flagicon Toshimitsu Izawa)	−36 (64-64-58-66=252)	2 strokes	Template:USA − Phil Mickelson and David Toms

Results in major championships

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

Template:Legend Template:Legend CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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

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

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

Results in World Golf Championships

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
Template:Legend Template:Legend 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

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1990

Professional

• Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 1998 (winners), 2000
• World Cup (representing Japan): 2000, 2001, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2004
• Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2005

See also

• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

External links

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