Torakichi Nakamura
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 16 years ago |
Date of birth | September 17,1915 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Yokohama |
Kanagawa | |
Japan | |
Date of died | February 11,2008 |
Died | Zama |
Kanagawa | |
Japan | |
Height | 158 (cm) |
Weight | 65 (kg) |
Masters Tournament | 41st: 1958 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Job | Golfer |
Former tour | Japan Golf Tour |
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ID | 1340532 |
Torakichi Nakamura Life story
Torakichi Nakamura was a Japanese golfer whose victory, with partner Koichi Ono, at the 1957 Canada Cup outside Tokyo helped to spur a boom in golf in Japan. Nakamura, also known as "Pete", "Tora-san," and "the Putting God", was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and became a caddie at the age of 14.