Shigeki Maruyama

Shigeki Maruyama (Japanese丸山 茂树, Shigeki Maruyama, born September 12, 1969 in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese professional golfer. He is known for his omnipresent smile that helped him to his nickname " Smiling Assassin" ( smiling assassin ).

Maruyama studied at Nihon University and in 1992 was a career golfer. Maruyama initially started the domestic Japan Golf Tour to play on, and quickly became one of the leading golfers of the tournament series. Two excellent rankings in the World Golf Championships events in 1999 contributed significantly to qualify for the North American and PGA TOUR since the 2000 season Maruyama mainly plays there. There he succeeded so far with three wins: 2001 at the Greater Milwaukee Open, a year later at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic and again a year later at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.

He was a member of the International Team in the Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2000. Especially his performance in the 1998 event brought Maruyama international reputation, as he could have a flawless match record of 5 wins from 5 matches, an extremely rare feat.

In addition, he holds a very special record: A 58 mm round, scored on 5 June 2000 in the Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland during a Qualification Tournament for the U.S. Open 2000 This is an all-time best performance for professionally organized golf tournaments..

All that and be immortal, typical smile made ​​Shigeki Maruyama become one of the crowd favorites on the PGA Tour.

Japan Golf Tour wins

PGA Tour victories

• 2001 Greater Milwaukee Open ( in the playoff against Charles Howell III)
• 2002 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic (before Ben Crane and Tiger Woods )
• 2003 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro (before Brad Faxon )