is a Japanese professional golfer.
Career Tomori was born in Okinawa Prefecture. He turned professional in 1982. His seven tournament wins on the Japan Golf Tour 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. 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 when he won the Scandinavian Senior Open.
Professional wins (12) Japan Golf Tour wins (7) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up16 Sep 1987Kyusyu OpenE (70-73-75-70=288)1 stroke Kosei Sakai24 Sep 1988Kyusyu Open (2)−5 (71-70-70-72=283)3 strokes Kiyotaka Oie (a)330 Jul 1989NST Niigata OpenE (71-70-76-71=288)1 stroke Tomohiro Maruyama42 Sep 1990Kyusyu Open (3)−11 (69-69-67-72=277)6 strokes Keiji Teshima, Kinpachi Yoshimura529 May 1994Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−11 (69-66-70=205)6 strokes Tsuneyuki Nakajima63 Sep 1995Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup2 and 1 Shigeki Maruyama78 Jun 2003JCB Classic Sendai−20 (64-68-64-68=264)2 strokes Yūsaku Miyazato
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11989Kyusyu Open Shinji Kuraoka22001Sun Chlorella Classic Hiroyuki FujitaLost to birdie on first extra hole32006Japan PGA Championship Tomohiro KondoLost to par on first extra hole
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) 1986 Mito Green Open
Other wins (1) 1993 Kyusyu Open
European Seniors Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up119 Aug 2006Scandinavian Senior Open−14 (66-67-66=199)2 strokes Eamonn Darcy, José Rivero
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2) 2005 Aderans Wellness Open 2007 PGA Handa Cup Philanthropy Senior Tournament
Results in major championships Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003The Open ChampionshipCUTT51T24T44T49CUT69 Note: Tomori only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Team appearances World Cup (representing Japan): 1990, 1993 Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1999
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Open Championship performances