Bruce Nakamura (2025) - Hall of Fame

UC San Diego

Hall of Fame

Bruce Nakamura
Golf | 1981-1984
Vista, Calif. (Rolling Hills HS)

Three-time NCAA Division III All-American (1981, 1982, 1983)
Tritons finished 14th at NCAA Division III Championships (1984)
Team won NAIA District III (1984)
Won two events and was the Tritons' top placer in four events (1984)
NAIA All-District III (1984)
Tritons ranked 12th in nation (1984)
Tritons finished 15th at NCAA Division III Championships (1983)
Placed eighth at NCAA Division III Championships (1983)
Won two events (1983)
Placed fifth at NAIA Individual Championships (1983)
Tritons finished ninth at NCAA Division III Championships (1982)
Won five events (1982)
Placed fifth at NCAA Division III Championships (1981)
NAIA All-District III First Team (1981)
Played in three U.S. Senior Open Championships (2013, 2015, 2018)
Played in one Senior PGA Championship (2016)
Won over 30 PGA events in Southern California
Third at 2013 TaylorMade National Championship at Spyglass/Pebble Beach
Management Science major
Current PGA instructor at Aviara Golf Academy, where he has been for over 25 years