Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima (; born 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years: 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986. He is second on the career money list (through 2009).

Nakajima featured in the top 5 of the Official World Golf Rankings and was ranked in the top-10 for 85 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1987.69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking He ranked as high as fifth on its predecessor McCormack's World Golf Rankings.

At the 1978 Masters Tournament, Nakajima made a 13 on the par-5 13th hole. After hitting his fourth shot into Rae's Creek, Nakajima elected to play the ball rather than take a drop. He popped the ball straight up and it landed on his foot, causing a two-stroke penalty. When he handed the club to his caddie, it slipped out of his hand and fell into the creek, incurring another two-stroke penalty. He chipped over the green, chipped back on and two-putted for the highest single-hole score in the history of the tournament.

Also in 1978, Nakajima was in contention at The Open Championship on the third day at St Andrews until he putted into – and then took four attempts to escape from – the Road Hole bunker at the 17th for a quintuple bogey, which led the British tabloids to christen that bunker, for a while, "the Sands of Nakajima". Nakajima's best finish in a major was third at the 1988 PGA Championship.

He would also feature in an epic match at the 1982 Suntory World Match Play Championship at Wentworth when he lost to Sandy Lyle only after an extended playoff.

Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 1973 Japan Amateur Championship

Professional wins (58) Japan Golf Tour wins (48) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up124 Oct 1976Golf Digest Tournament−9 (68-73-67-71=279)2 strokes Kikuo Arai225 Sep 1977Japan PGA Championship−11 (73-65-67-72=277)2 strokes Teruo Sugihara, Yoshitaka Yamamoto31 Jun 1980Mitsubishi Galant Tournament−12 (65-71-72-68=276)4 strokes Yoshihisa Iwashita, Graham Marsh425 Apr 1982Dunlop International Open1−12 (71-66-68-71=276)5 strokes Saburo Fujiki59 May 1982Fujisankei Classic−7 (67-73-66-71=277)Playoff Graham Marsh61 Jul 1982−7 (70-67=137)1 stroke Yoshiharu Takai715 Aug 1982JPGA East-West Tournament−17 (65-62=127)6 strokes Norio Suzuki85 Dec 1982Golf Nippon Series−17 (72-72-66-73=283)2 strokes Fujio Kobayashi920 Mar 1983Shizuoka Open−5 (72-72-68-71=283)4 strokes Takashi Kurihara, Masaji Kusakabe1015 May 1983Japan PGA Match-Play Championship38 holes Hideto Shigenobu1122 May 1983Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (2)−10 (65-70-71-72=278)6 strokes Lu Hsi-chuen1231 Jul 1983Japan PGA Championship (2)−9 (66-72-69-72=279)2 strokes Isao Aoki1314 Aug 1983JPGA East-West Tournament (2)−5 (68-71=139)Playoff Saburo Fujiki1411 Sep 1983Suntory Open−14 (66-73-67-68=274)2 strokes Saburo Fujiki1518 Sep 1983ANA Sapporo Open−6 (71-70-72-69=282)5 strokes Isao Aoki1613 Nov 1983Goldwin Cup Japan vs USA−3 (76-65=141)1 stroke Hale Irwin175 Aug 1984Japan PGA Championship (3)−9 (68-69-67-71=275)2 strokes Seiichi Kanai, Shinsaku Maeda, Tōru Nakamura182 Sep 1984Kanto Open−8 (73-69-65-69=276)1923 Jun 1985Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open−17 (65-71-67-72=275)3 strokes Katsuji Hasegawa207 Jul 1985Kanto Pro Championship−6 (68-70-69-67=274)3 strokes Koichi Suzuki2122 Sep 1985ANA Open (2)−11 (68-71-69-69=277)2 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto2213 Oct 1985Japan Open Golf Championship−3 (75-68-72-70=285)2 strokes Hiroshi Makino2317 Nov 1985Taiheiyo Club Masters−8 (67-72-67-74=280)Playoff David Graham2424 Nov 1985Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−13 (67-68-70-70=275)3 strokes Seve Ballesteros, Chen Tze-chung2518 May 1986Japan PGA Match-Play Championship (2)6 and 5 Keiichi Kobayashi261 Jun 1986Mitsubishi Galant Tournament (3)−8 (73-68-69-70=280)1 stroke Chen Tze-ming2729 Jun 1986Mizuno Open−13 (69-65-68-37=239)6 strokes Tsukasa Watanabe2829 Jun 1986Kanto Pro Championship−19 (68-69-65-67=269)3 strokes Naomichi Ozaki2912 Oct 1986Japan Open Golf Championship (2)−4 (70-73-72-69=284)1 stroke Isao Aoki, Masashi Ozaki3019 Oct 1986Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament (2)−9 (68-68-67-72=275)Playoff David Ishii314 Oct 1987Tokai Classic−6 (71-72-73-66=282)1 stroke Masashi Ozaki321 Jul 1990Kanto Pro Championship (2)−13 (67-67-68-69=271)3 strokes Kiyoshi Murota3316 Sep 1990ANA Open (3)−11 (69-70-68-70=277)3 strokes Masashi Ozaki347 Oct 1990Japan Open Golf Championship (3)−7 (68-71-73-69=281)2 strokes Masashi Ozaki3523 Jun 1991Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open (2)−16 (65-65-71-71=272)3 strokes Rick Gibson3613 Oct 1991Japan Open Golf Championship (4) +2 (72-74-71-73=290)Playoff Noboru Sugai3724 May 1992Pepsi Ube Kosan Open−13 (67-72-64-72=275)5 strokes Hirofumi Miyase382 Aug 1992NST Niigata Open−13 (70-68-67-70=275)2 strokes Shigenori Mori396 Sep 1992Japan PGA Match-Play Championship Promise Cup (3)3 and 1 Naomichi Ozaki4019 Sep 1993ANA Open (4)−14 (67-67-67-73=274)4 strokes Naomichi Ozaki, Peter Senior, Katsunari Takahashi415 Dec 1993Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup (2)−18 (69-65-69-67=270)3 strokes Shigeki Maruyama4220 Mar 1994Dydo Shizuoka Open−8 (71-71-69-69=280)Playoff Tōru Nakamura4317 Apr 1994Tsuruya Open−9 (68-70-70-71=279)Playoff Tsutomu Higa4422 May 1994Pepsi Ube Kosan Open (2)−16 (65-67-67-69=268)3 strokes Tsukasa Watanabe457 May 1995Fujisankei Classic (2)−12 (66-70-70-66=272)2 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto462 Jun 2002Diamond Cup Tournament (4)−19 (67-66-68-68=269)2 strokes Tomohiro Kondo, Hirofumi Miyase, Christian Peña4717 Nov 2002Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2)−16 (69-66-67-70=272)1 stroke Hidemichi Tanaka4812 Nov 2006Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (3)−13 (71-68-71-65=275)1 stroke Toru Taniguchi 1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (7–6) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11978Japan PGA Championship Fujio KobayashiLost to birdie on first extra hole21981Golf Digest Tournament Toyotake NakaoLost to par on fifth extra hole31982Fujisankei Classic Graham MarshWon with par on first extra hole41983JPGA East-West Tournament Saburo FujikiWon with birdie on second extra hole51985Taiheiyo Club Masters David GrahamWon with birdie on first extra hole61986Polaroid Cup Golf Digest Tournament David IshiiWon with par on fifth extra hole71990Golf Nippon Series Hitachi Cup Naomichi OzakiLost to birdie on third extra hole81991Japan Open Golf Championship Noboru SugaiWon with par on first extra hole91992Japan PGA Championship Masahiro KuramotoLost to par on second extra hole101994Dydo Shizuoka Open Tōru NakamuraWon with par on first extra hole111994Tsuruya Open Tsutomu HigaWon with par on second extra hole122002JCB Classic Sendai Toru SuzukiLost to par on second extra hole132004JCB Classic Sendai Takashi Kamiyama, Tomohiro KondoKamiyama won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (5) 1976 Mizuno Pro Rookies Tournament, Young Lions Tournament 1977 Young Lions Tournament, Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers 1986 Nissan Cup Individual Trophy

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (5) 2005 Japan Senior Open 2006 Japan PGA Senior Championship, Japan Senior Open 2008 Japan Senior Open 2013 Starts Senior Golf Tournament

Results in major championships Tournament19781979Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipT17CUTPGA Championship Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989Masters TournamentT16T33T47T8CUTT33CUTU.S. OpenT26CUTT53T9T32The Open ChampionshipT36T8T59PGA ChampionshipCUTT10CUTT47CUT3 Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999Masters TournamentT10CUTCUTU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTT55T49PGA ChampionshipCUTT21CUTT61CUTT52 Tournament200020012002Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 6U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 4The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 6PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 2 3 12 6Totals 0 0 1 1 6 9 37 22 Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (1986 Masters – 1986 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

Results in The Players Championship Tournament1983198419851986198719881989The Players ChampionshipT16T54CUTT64T15T27CUT CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances World Cup (representing Japan): 1996 Nissan Cup/Kirin Cup (representing Japan): 1985, 1986 (winners), 1987, 1988 Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1986 Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2003

See also List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins

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