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  Boston.com / Sports / Golf / Japan's Maruyama wins Chrysler Classic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Shigeki Maruyama won his third PGA Tour event in as many years Sunday, shooting a final-round 67 at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro to beat Brad Faxon by five shots.
Maruyama, who was 5 under Sunday, also had rounds of 65, 64 and 70 for a 22 under total, coming within one shot of the tournament record of 265, set by Jesper Parnevik in 1999.
Maruyama, who came into the tournament 130th in putting average but was first this week on the newly redesigned Forest Oaks greens, rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole to get off to a positive start.
www.boston.com /sports/golf/articles/2003/10/19/japans_maruyama_wins_chrysler_classic   (465 words)

  
 Shigeki Maruyama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shigeki Maruyama (born September 12, 1969 in Chiba) is a Japanese golfer.
Maruyama attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992.
Maruyama was a member of The International Team in The Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shigeki_Maruyama   (327 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Maruyama still leads by 1 stroke | Deseret Morning News Web edition
Shigeki Maruyama, of Japan, celebrates his hole-in-one on the fourth tee during the third round of the Sony Open Saturday in Hawaii.
Maruyama made a hole-in-one on the 202-yard fourth hole, part of a wild day at windy Waialae Country Club that kept his large contingent of Japanese fans thoroughly entertained until his 40-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole Saturday stopped on the edge of the cup.
Maruyama was 14 when he watched Aoki hole a wedge for eagle on the last hole to beat Jack Renner by one.
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 Shigeki Maruyama shoots 58 in US Open Qualifying   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Shigeki Maruyama celebrates his round of 58, though it won't count as an offical tour record as it was made during qualifying.
Shigeki Maruyama of Japan took golf's magic number one notch lower today by shooting a 58 (29-29) in the first round of 36-hole sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open.
Maruyama holed a wedge from 96 yards for eagle on the ninth hole, and reached the par-5 18th in two from 250 yards away.
www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news00/maruyama58.html   (568 words)

  
 The Smilin' Assassin
Had Maruyama won the tournament, he would have become the ONLY player on the PGA Tour to have claimed a victory in each of the last four seasons (Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk and Maruyama are the only ones who have won the previous three years).
Maruyama, who moved to L.A. because he hates the cold, clearly was at a disadvantage Sunday when the rain and temperatures started really plummeting as the leaders reached the 18th hole.
Maruyama, 34, first shot even-par when he was 11 and his career started to take off when he won four times on the Japan Golf Tour in 1997.
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 Shigeki saves the day at Nelson Classic: 5/13/02
Maruyama capped off his second PGA Tour victory with a routine par on the final hole, thrust his arms in the air and bowed to tournament host Byron Nelson when he walked to the scoring trailer.
Maruyama started the final round with a three-stroke lead, and it never got closer than two shots throughout a muggy afternoon in which the wind died over the final nine holes.
Maruyama missed the next green on the short side, leaving him little room between the edge of the green and the hole, but made an 18-foot par save.
www.s-t.com /daily/05-02/05-13-02/c13sp114.htm   (1074 words)

  
 SHIGEKI MARUYAMA, JOHN DEERE CLASSIC, Golf, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: It didn't work at all the last time (laughter), but I didn't make the putts, and I was watching the players, Ryan Palmer and Heath Slocum, their styles, and that gave me good hints, so I just changed it.
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: Twice in Japan in tournament, and this is the fifth in the States, only in tournaments.
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: She asked me to show my strange legs, so that's why I showed her how I bend my legs, and she just showed me how strange her arms are in the same way, and I couldn't talk to her very well like that.
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 No one could catch red-hot Maruyama at Chrysler Classic of Greensboro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maruyama was three ahead of Faxon at the start of the final round at Forest Oaks Country Club and the last 18 would be a two-man race.
Maruyama and Faxon traded three birdies over their first five holes and with pars at the next three, the par-5 ninth would be a pivotal hole.
Maruyama holed a short birdie putt at the 11th and the duo exchanged birdies at the par-5 13th.
www.pga.com /news/tours/pga-tour/chrysler101903.cfm?rss   (735 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Maruyama's putting sees him home
Japan's Shigeki Maruyama led throughout the final round on Sunday, firing a five-under par 67 on his way to a five-stroke victory at the $4.5-million PGA Greensboro Classic.
Maruyama bogeyed the par-five ninth and Faxon was poised to pull within a stroke, but missed a four-foot birdie bid.
Maruyama also is the only non-US golfer among four players to win on the US PGA Tour each of the past three years, joining Tiger Woods, US Open champion Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard.
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 JS Online: Maruyama out in front
Shigeki Maruyama fired a second consecutive 6-under-par 66 Friday and took a two-stroke lead over three others into the third round.
Maruyama prefers to let his clubs do the talking, and they are speaking volumes at the Bay Hill Invitational.
Maruyama, 34, has made 14 birdies and just two bogeys on a softer, friendlier Bay Hill course than the one the pros have seen in recent years.
www.jsonline.com /golfplus/mar04/215922.asp?format=print   (788 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version - Playing with Phil, Shigeki stumbles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When Shigeki Maruyama learned he would be playing yesterday with fan favorite Phil Mickelson in the final pairing at the U.S. Open, he joked that he was going to wear earplugs to combat Mickelson's loud gallery.
Maruyama finished with a bitter disappointment, taking a double bogey on the 18th hole.
Maruyama struggled off the tee, hitting only five of 14 fairways, and it came back to burn him on No. 18.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/special/v-pfriendly/story/204545p-176549c.html   (393 words)

  
 CNNSI.com & The Augusta Chronicle - Augusta - The Masters - Japan's golf warriors rise to the occasion - ...
Posted: Saturday April 06, 2002 8:26 PM Shigeki Maruyama hits a tee shot during March's Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, Fla. Maruyama said it was his dream since he started as a golfer to play in the Masters.
Maruyama watched his first Masters on television at age 9, when he was just learning to play.
Maruyama became the first player from Japan to win a PGA Tour event on the U.S. mainland when he defeated Augusta's Charles Howell in a sudden-death playoff at the Greater Milwaukee Open this past year.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /augusta/news/2002/04/03/preview_maruyama   (896 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
New York: Shigeki Maruyama recorded a hole-in-one on the way to a two-under-par 68 which gave him a one-shot lead over American Brett Quigley after the third round of the $4.8 million Sony Open Saturday.
Maruyama hit back by using a six-iron to ace the par-three fourth and he also birdied the ninth, 14th and 18th to finish with a 10-under total of 200.
Quigley, who was in a four-way tie for the lead after the opening round, would have moved alongside Maruyama but for a bogey at the 15th.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050117/asp/sports/story_4263026.asp   (269 words)

  
 JS Online: Playing Through
Maruyama needed to birdie the 18th hole of the day, the 72nd of the tournament, to win.
Maruyama hit his second over the pin and behind the green, in a lie where you couldn’t see the ball.
Maruyama eagled the par-5 4th-hole Thursday, the par-5 6th hole Friday and the par-4 8th hole Sunday.
www.jsonline.com /golfplus/jul01/play71501.asp?format=print   (882 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Rain comes to rescue of Weir in Nissan win
LOS ANGELES – Shigeki Maruyama was pouring cold water all over Mike Weir's hopes of ending his streak of fruitless front-running yesterday in the Nissan Open.
The blunder denied Maruyama his fourth PGA Tour win and handed Weir his second straight Nissan title and fourth tour victory in a year, and saved the reigning Masters champion the ignominy of blowing a 54-hole lead for the sixth time.
Maruyama couldn't get his second shot to the green from 217 yards, and with 41 yards remaining to the pin, his pitch sailed past the hole by 12 feet.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/golf/20040223-9999-1s23nissan.html   (668 words)

  
 Barbados World Cup - World Golf Championships
Shigeki Maruyama and Toshi Izawa of Japan celebrate victory during the final round of the WGC-EMC World Cup.
Maruyama then hit a great approach shot on the 18th, giving Izawa an easy 2-foot putt for par.
Maruyama's second shot at the 13th bounced into a bunker behind the green.
www.worldgolfchampionships.com /news/archive/story/r169/gamer_121502   (677 words)

  
 KOKI FOX23 - Tulsa - Weir hangs on for back-to-back Nissan titles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maruyama, who had almost all of the green to work with thanks to the back-left pin location, chipped his third shot 15 feet past the stick.
Maruyama blew his par-saving putt three feet past the hole, then made his bogey putt and watched as Weir tapped in for par to claim his first victory since last year's Masters.
Maruyama cashed in an eight-foot birdie putt and the lead was cut down to three.
www.fox23.com /sports/story.aspx?content_id=D202A375-80A9-41B5-B339-D233F3E2A4E5   (885 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maruyama holds a three-stroke lead - Oct. 19, 2003
Japan's Shigeki Maruyama shot a two-under-par 70 in the third round to lead the Greensboro Classic by three strokes from Brad Faxon.
Maruyama, who opened with rounds of 65 and 64, is on 17-under 199.
Maruyama was especially pleased with an eagle at the par-five 13th.
www.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/10/19/golf.greensboro.reut   (282 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Faxon inches closer to Maruyama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Shigeki Maruyama tips his hat to the crowd after finishing the third round of the Chrysler Classic with a three-shot lead.
Maruyama, who held a five-stroke lead entering the third round, saw his advantage shrink to a stroke before rallying with an eagle at No. 13 and finishing with a 2-under-par 70.
Maruyama, winless this season after victories on the PGA Tour in 2001 and 2002, came into the round at 15-under 129.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2003-10-18-chrysler-third-round_x.htm   (696 words)

  
 GolfDigest.com - Walking the walk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maruyama's ever-present smile ("I just cannot keep a serious face, even a minute") was replaced by a series of expressions illustrating the angst.
There was the tongue-out Maruyama, the teeth-gritted Maruyama, the deep-sigh-of-relief Maruyama, until it came down to the 17th hole, a wonderfully placed downhill par-3 with a pond guarding the right side of the green and a flagstick stuck in its traditional Sunday spot just beyond the water.
But as Maruyama, Choi and their fellow international players -- who have won nine of 20 PGA Tour events so far in 2002 -- are demonstrating, hard work and talent translate easily.
www.golfdigest.com /newsandtour/index.ssf?/newsandtour/gw20020517nelson.html   (1315 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Maruyama gets swing fix and shares lead
Co-leader Shigeki Maruyama and Tiger Woods share a light moment waiting to hit on the 18th hole during the second round.
Maruyama played himself into today's third-round pairing with Mickelson in the U.S. Open by shooting a 2-under-par 68 yesterday at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
Maruyama is a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, including a victory last year in Greensboro, N.C. In 24 majors, his best finish is a tie for fifth at the 2002 British Open.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/golf/20040619-9999-1s19opennote.html   (863 words)

  
 JS Online: Japan's rising son
Shigeki Maruyama could have chosen a much easier path to fame and fortune.
Maruyama said his father taught him to always smile on the course, and pointed out that it was his most effective way to connect with galleries.
Maruyama's two victories and his strong play in big events suggest he is ready to win a major championship.
www.jsonline.com /golfplus/jul02/56410.asp?format=print   (1237 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maruyama profits from putting move - Oct. 20, 2003
Maruyama, who never lost the lead after the second round, finished at 22-under-par 266 for his third PGA Tour victory while Faxon shot a three-under 69 and ended on 271.
The 34-year-old Maruyama began his final round with a three-stroke lead and was never seriously threatened.
Maruyama added three birdies on the back nine on his way to a first triumph since victory at the 2002 Byron Nelson Classic.
www.cnn.com /2003/SPORT/10/20/golf.america   (367 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Maruyama leads in Los Angeles
For Japan's Shigeki Maruyama playing in the Nissan Open is a homecoming of sorts.
The 34-year-old Maruyama lives in the nearby suburb of Westwood, and is a member of the Riviera Country Club, the site of this week's PGA event.
Maruyama had a three-straight birdie finish as he is trying to win his fourth career US PGA event.
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 WNDU-TV: Sports Story: Murayama captures win at Byron Nelson - May 13, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The triumph for Maruyama is more impressive since it came against a field that boasted eight of the world's top 10 players.
In a round that included four birdies and a pair of bogeys, Maruyama was in front by three shots after tapping in from three feet for birdie at the par-4 10th hole.
Maruyama pulled his approach shot into the water on the par-4 11th hole.
www.wndu.com /sports/052002/sports_14025.php   (686 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Smilin' Assassin' Maruyama hopes to sing a winner's tune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maruyama is known throughout the Tour for his constant smile.
Maruyama, 34, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour who has only two top-10 finishes in 25 previous major championship appearances, failed to break par in practice rounds at Shinnecock this week but is benefiting from last-minute tips from his swing coach, who Maruyama flew in from Japan.
Maruyama was one of five players tied for first after 36 holes of the 2002 British Open.
www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/pga/2004-06-19-maruyama_x.htm   (595 words)

  
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 PGATOUR.com - Maruyama captures third title with Chrysler Classic win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Maruyama became the fourth player on the PGA TOUR to win at least one tournament each of the last three seasons with his final-round 67 Sunday, beating
Maruyama was solid all day, and closed out playing partner Faxon with an up-and-down birdie from the sand on the par-5, 15th hole, grabbing a four-stroke lead with four holes left.
Maruyama, who was 5 under Sunday, also had rounds of 65, 64 and 70 for a 22 under total, coming within one shot of the tournament record of 265, set by
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 SHIGEKI MARUYAMA, 2002 VERIZON BYRON NELSON CLASSIC, Golf, Interviews, Quotes, ASAPSports FastScripts, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: Yesterday the wind was going in the same direction and all the time, but today it is different.
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: It was buried and I could see the ball is -- only like that much (very small) the reporter said to Shigeki he couldn't find the ball.
SHIGEKI MARUYAMA: I am going to have big pressure tomorrow and getting nervous, but I expect good play like a big name player has a good score all the time.
www.asapsports.com /golf/2002bnelson/051102SM.html   (775 words)

  
 Spotlight shining directly on Mickelson / Co-leader Maruyama seems all but forgotten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He was there for Mickelson's metamorphosis from major heartbreak to major champion, when America wrapped Phil and his sheepish smile in a giant bear hug and this country's sports fans dabbed at the collective corners of their eyes when Phil put his arms through a green jacket, at last.
But the golf world is currently under lock and key to Mickelson, and Maruyama's just going to have to live with it when the co-leaders play in today's final third-round pairing.
Maruyama flashed that teeth-together grin that so often marks him as one of the more friendly souls on Tour, and put his index fingers in his ears.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/06/19/SPG6J78V021.DTL&type=printable   (777 words)

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