Kiyoshi Murota
| Kiyoshi Murota 室田淳 | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
26 July 1955 Gunma Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Residence | Saitama, Japan |
| Career | |
| College | Nippon Sport Science University |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 19 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
| Other | 13 |
Kiyoshi Murota (Japanese: 室田淳, born 26 July 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Murota was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended the Nippon Sport Science University. After graduating, he became golf teaching instructor, and was well liked in Japan because of his easy, simple tips to help amateur golfers. While teaching, he would keep trying to become a touring professional. He obtained his Japan Golf Tour card after four tries at qualifying school after 1982.
Murota's first win on the Japan Golf Tour came in 1991 but his best season money wise was 1992, where he finished 6th on the Order of Merit list, earning US$980,000 for the season. He had a total of six career wins on the Japan Tour between 1991 and 2003.
Murota won many tournaments all over Japan, including non-order of merit events and pro-ams all over Japan.
Murota has attempted to travel across the Pacific Ocean and play successfully on the PGA Tour, but that success was not found. In seven career PGA Tour events, his three best finishes came in 1993 at the United Airlines Hawaiian Open (T66), at the 1994 Nissan Los Angeles Open (T20), and at the 1994 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (T28).[1]
Murota represented Japan in the 1992 World Cup.
Murota has featured the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Since turning 50, Murota has played on the Japan Senior PGA Tour and the United States-based Champions Tour. Most notably, he won the Japan PGA Senior Championship in 2005 and 2009. He won the Order of Merit title in consecutive years on the Japan Senior PGA Tour in 2006 and 2007, winning an event in each of those years. In five events in 2006, he won two, and never finished outside of the top four in winning the Order of Merit. His second order of merit year was 2007, included one victory and four runner-up finishes. He has played in a few senior major championships also.[2]
Professional wins (19)
Japan Golf Tour wins (6)
- 1991 Bridgestone ASO Open
- 1992 Nikkei Cup
- 1994 Fujisankei Classic
- 2001 Casio World Open
- 2002 Dydo Drinco Shizuoka Open
- 2003 Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters
Other wins (6)
- 1990 Mori Minato Cup
- 1991 KSD Charity
- 1992 Tochigi Open
- 1997 Pearl Open, Hirao Masaaki Pro-Am
- 1998 Toyamaken Open
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (6)
this list may be incomplete
- 2005 Japan PGA Senior Championship
- 2006 Aderans Wellness Open, Fancl Classic
- 2007 Fancl Classic
- 2009 Japan PGA Senior Championship
- 2012 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Japan): 1992
References
External links
- Kiyoshi Murota at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kiyoshi Murota at the PGA Tour official site