Tsuneyuki Nakajima

Background

Nakajima was born in Gunma.

Career

He turned professional in 1975. He is second on the career money list (through 2009). Nakajima featured in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings and was ranked in the top-10 for 85 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1987.

He ranked as high as fifth on its predecessor McCormack"s World Golf Rankings.

At the 1978 Masters Tournament, Nakajima made a 13 on the par-5 13th hole. After hitting his fourth shot into Rae"s Creek, Nakajima elected to play the ball rather than take a drop.

He popped the ball straight up and it landed on his foot, causing a two-stroke penalty. When he handed the club to his caddie, it slipped out of his hand and fell into the creek, incurring another two-stroke penalty.

He chipped over the green, chipped back on and two-putted for the highest single-hole score in the history of the tournament.

Also in 1978, Nakajima was in contention at the Open Championship on the third day at Street Andrews until he putted into - and then took four attempts to escape from - the Road Hole bunker at the 17th for a quintuple bogey, which led the British tabloids to christen that bunker, for a while, "the Sands of Nakajima". Nakajima"s best finish in a major was third at the 1988 Professional Golf Association Championship. He would also feature in an epic match at the 1982 Suntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth when he lost to Sandy Lyle only after an extended playoff.

Japan Golf Tour wins (48) Other wins Japan Senior Professional Golf Association Tour wins (5) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Yellow background for top-10 World Cup (representing Japan): 1996 Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1986.

Achievements

• This list may be incomplete 1973 Japan Amateur Championship 1976 (1) Golf Digest Tournament 1977 (1) Japan Professional Golf Association Championship 1980 (1) Mitsubishi Galant Tournament 1982 (5) Dunlop International Open, Fujisankei Classic, Naganoken Open, JPGA East-West Tournament, Nippon Series 1983 (8) Shizuoka Open, Japan Professional Golf Association Match-Play Championship, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, Japan Professional Golf Association Championship, JPGA East-West Tournament, Suntory Open, ANA Sapporo Open, Gold Win Cup Japan vs United States of America 1984 (2) Japan Professional Golf Association Championship, Kanto Open 1985 (6) Yomiuri Open, Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Open, Japan Open, Taiheiyo Masters, Phoenix Tournament 1986 (6) Japan Professional Golf Association Match-Play Championship, Mitsubishi Galant Tournament, Mizuno Open, Kanto Pro Championship, Japan Open, Golf Digest Tournament 1987 (1) Tokai Classic 1990 (3) Kanto Pro Championship, ANA Open, Japan Open 1991 (2) Yomiuri Open, Japan Open 1992 (3) Pepsi Ube Kosan Open, NST Niigata Open, Japan Professional Golf Association Match-Play Championship Promise Cup 1993 (2) ANA Open, Nippon Series 1994 (3) Dydo Shizuoka Open, Tsuruya Open, Pepsi Ube Kosan Open 1995 (1) Fujisankei Classic 2002 (2) Diamond Cup Tournament, Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters 2006 (1) Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters this list may be incomplete 1976 Young Lions Tournament 1977 Young Lions Tournament 2005 Japan Senior Open 2006 Japan Professional Golf Association Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open 2008 Japan Senior Open 2013 Starts Senior Golf Tournament.