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Nickname
  
The Smiling Assassin

Professional wins
  
13

Spouse
  
Mizuho Maruyama

Nationality
  
Japan

Name
  
Shigeki Maruyama

Education
  

College
  
Role
  
Golfer

Turned professional
  
1992

Height
  
1.69 m

Children
  
Sean Maruyama

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Born
  
12 September 1969 (age 54) Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan (
1969-09-12
)

Weight
  
73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)

Similar People
  
Isao Aoki, Hideki Matsuyama, Ryo Ishikawa, Shingo Katayama, Masashi Ozaki

Current tours
  
Japan Golf Tour, PGA TOUR

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Shigeki Maruyama (丸山茂樹, Maruyama Shigeki; born 12 September 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

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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.

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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.

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He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

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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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PGA Tour wins (3)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Japan Golf Tour wins (10)

  • 1993 Pepsi Ube Kosan Open
  • 1995 Bridgestone Open
  • 1996 Bridgestone Open
  • 1997 Japan PGA Championship, Yomiuri Open, Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup, Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup
  • 1998 PGA Philanthropy Tournament
  • 1999 Bridgestone Open
  • 2009 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup
  • Results in major championships

    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2001 PGA – 2002 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
  • 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
  • References

    Shigeki Maruyama Wikipedia