Noboru Sugai

Noboru Sugai 須貝 昇
Personal information
Born	16 October 1949 (1949-10-16) (age 62) Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (170 lb; 12.3 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1975
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
European Seniors Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1993, 2003
PGA Championship	DNP

Noboru Sugai Sugai Noboru (須貝 昇^?, born 16 October 1949) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Sugai was born in Tokyo, to Japanese father and a Russian mother. He turned professional in 1975 and has won three tournaments and over 275 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour.

In 2002, he became the first Japanese to win the Senior British Open in what was the last staging before the tournament became a Champions Tour major. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2003 and 2004 with little success.

Japan Golf Tour wins

• 1987 Suntory Open
• 1990 The Crowns, Golf Digest Tournament

European Seniors Tour

• 2002 Senior British Open

Other senior wins

• 2000 Fujita Kanko Open (Japan)
• 2001 Castle Hill Open (Japan)

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	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA 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

• Noboru Sugai at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Noboru Sugai at the European Seniors Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Sugai, Noboru
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	16 October 1949
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Date of death
Place of death