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Noboru Sugai

Japan · born , Tokyo, Japan

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      Wins

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        Best day

        The full record is below.

        Noboru Sugai was born on October 16, 1949, in Tokyo, Japan.

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        The record

        Wins at the courses we cover (1)

        The wins at the courses on The Grounds that brought this card about, from our course research, each with the page it comes from.

        1. 2002 The Senior Open Championship Royal County Down Championship Links · 281 (-3) · 2 strokes · Wikipedia

        Profile

        Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

        Born

        Birthplace

        Nationality

        Other names

        Status

        • professional, turned professional in 1975 Wikipedia

        Beyond our rooms

        Known for

        • Noboru Sugai is a Japanese professional golfer who in 2002 became the first Japanese winner of the Senior British Open. Wikipedia

        Sources

        Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

        Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

        1. Wikipedia: Noboru Sugai
        2. Wikidata: Q7046070
        3. Wikipedia: Senior Open Championship