To use this site, please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page.
This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content, and analyzing our website traffic. By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies.
Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Yomiuri Shimbun file photo Tomoyasu Sugiyama plays golf in 2022.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
14:46 JST, July 18, 2023
Professional golfer Tomoyasu Sugiyama has been arrested on suspicion of driving well above the speed limit in Tomakomai, Hokkaido.
According to the Hokkaido prefectural police’s Tomakomai Police Station, Sugiyama allegedly drove a car at 94 kph on National Highway Route 276 at around 4 p.m. Monday. The speed limit is 50 kph.
Sugiyama, 30, denied the allegation, saying, “I was only going 67 kph. It’s not right for me to be accused of driving at 94 kph,” according to the police.
Sugiyama won the Bridgestone Open Golf Tournament in 2021, and competed at the U.S. Open Golf Championship in 2022.
