is a Japan

Japan

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ese professional golf

Golf

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Tomori was born in Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...

. He turned professional

Professional golfer

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 in 1982. His seven tournament wins on the Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour

The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...

 include the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament and the 1995 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup.

In 1996, Tomori became the first Japanese professional to enter the European Tour Qualifying School

Qualifying school

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. He was successful and played in Europe for three seasons, making the top 80 on the Order of Merit each time, with a best Order of Merit placing of 47th in 1998. After the 2000 season, he returned to the Japan Golf Tour.

Tomori now plays in senior tournaments and in 2006 he became the fourth Japanese golfer to win a tournament on the European Seniors Tour

European Seniors Tour

The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

 when he won the Scandinavian Senior Open

Scandinavian Senior Open

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Japan Golf Tour wins

• 1987 Kyusyu Open
  Kyusyu Open
  The Kyusyu Open is a regional golf event on Japan's southern island, Kyūshū. It was first played in 1971. The tournament was a Japan Golf Tour event from 1973 to 1991.-Winners:*2011 Mitsunobu Fukunaga*2010 Tatsuya Takamatsu*2009 Tadaaki Kimura...
  
  
• 1988 Kyusyu Open
  Kyusyu Open
  The Kyusyu Open is a regional golf event on Japan's southern island, Kyūshū. It was first played in 1971. The tournament was a Japan Golf Tour event from 1973 to 1991.-Winners:*2011 Mitsunobu Fukunaga*2010 Tatsuya Takamatsu*2009 Tadaaki Kimura...
  
  
• 1989 NST Niigata Open
  NST Niigata Open
  The NST Niigata Open was a Japan Golf Tour event from 1982 to 2004. It was played on different courses in Niigata almost every year. The tournament record of 264 was set in 2001 at Nakajo Golf Club.-Winners:Sato Foods NST Niigata Open...
  
  
• 1990 Kyusyu Open
  Kyusyu Open
  The Kyusyu Open is a regional golf event on Japan's southern island, Kyūshū. It was first played in 1971. The tournament was a Japan Golf Tour event from 1973 to 1991.-Winners:*2011 Mitsunobu Fukunaga*2010 Tatsuya Takamatsu*2009 Tadaaki Kimura...
  
  
• 1994 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
• 1995 Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup
• 2003 JCB Classic Sendai

Results in major championships

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	T51	T24	DNP	DNP	T44	T49	CUT	DNP	DNP	69
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

External links

• Open Championship performances