Nobumitsu Yuhara (湯原 信光, Yuhara Nobumitsu, born 14 August 1957) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Nobumitsu Yuhara
湯原 信光
Personal information
Born (1957-08-14) 14 August 1957 (age 67)
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1980
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins8
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other1

Yuhara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. He also provided commentary and motion capture for the game Masters '98: Harukanaru Augusta.

Professional wins (8)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 6 Sep 1981 Kanto Open −6 (70-72-68-72=282) 1 stroke   Kikuo Arai
2 5 Oct 1981 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic −4 (71-70-73-70=284) 1 stroke   Takaaki Kono
3 8 May 1983 Fujisankei Classic +3 (69-71-69-78=287) 1 stroke   Masahiro Kuramoto
4 8 Apr 1990 Pocari Sweat Open −7 (69-70-71-67=277) 2 strokes   Wayne Smith
5 14 Jun 1992 Sapporo Tokyu Open −7 (73-68-72-68=281) Playoff   Nobuo Serizawa,   Kazuhiro Takami
6 12 Jul 1992 Yonex Open Hiroshima −9 (71-67-69-68=275) 1 stroke   Saburo Fujiki,   Satoshi Higashi,
  Kiyoshi Murota
7 1 Sep 2002 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta −7 (68-69-72=209)* 1 stroke   Shigemasa Higaki,   Katsunori Kuwabara,
  Toshimasa Nakajima,   Christian Peña,
  Zhang Lianwei

*Note: The 2002 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1981 KBC Augusta   Chen Tze-chung,   Hsieh Min-Nan Hsieh won with birdie on second extra hole
2 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament   Brian Jones Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
3 1985 Casio World Open   Wayne Grady,   Hubert Green,
  Scott Hoch
Green won with par on second extra hole
Grady and Yuhara eliminated by par on first hole
4 1992 Sapporo Tokyu Open   Nobuo Serizawa,   Kazuhiro Takami Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (1)

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Team appearances

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