Shigeki Maruyama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Shigeki Maruyama

professional golfer

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1969

Place of Birth: Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Profession: golfer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Shigeki Maruyama

  • Shigeki Maruyama (????, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer. Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo.
  • He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992.
  • 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.

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