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Katsumasa Miyamoto

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Katsumasa Miyamoto
宮本勝昌
Personal information
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972 (age 52)
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins18
Highest ranking89 (23 December 2001)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour12
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2010
Achievements and awards
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner
2023

Katsumasa Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本勝昌, born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Miyamoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. After turning professional, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 12 times. He won his first title in 1998, adding another later that year. He added two more wins in 2001 and 2014 and one win in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2019.

Professional wins (18)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (12)

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Legend
Japan majors (4)
Other Japan Golf Tour (8)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 19 Apr 1998 Tsuruya Open −17 (69-65-69-68=271) 1 stroke Australia Peter McWhinney
2 6 Dec 1998 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −5 (64-67-75-69=275) Playoff Japan Masashi Ozaki
3 1 Jul 2001 Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup −15 (69-67-68-69=273) 7 strokes Colombia Eduardo Herrera, India Jeev Milkha Singh
4 2 Dec 2001 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2) −12 (72-64-66-66=268) 1 stroke Japan Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5 27 Jul 2003 Sato Foods NST Niigata Open −17 (65-71-69-66=271) 1 stroke United States Gregory Meyer
6 26 Aug 2007 KBC Augusta −15 (64-64-70-71=269) 1 stroke Australia Steven Conran, Japan Koumei Oda
7 20 Apr 2008 Token Homemate Cup −8 (71-66-73-66=276) 1 stroke Japan Taichi Teshima
8 6 Jun 2010 Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills (2) −5 (69-67-68-75=279) 3 strokes Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
9 21 Sep 2014 ANA Open −18 (68-67-68-67=270) Playoff Japan Hideto Tanihara
10 7 Dec 2014 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (3) −9 (68-67-71-65=271) 1 stroke Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
11 30 Jul 2017 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open −22 (66-68-69-63=266) 1 stroke South Korea Hur In-hoi
12 5 May 2019 The Crowns −9 (66-69-67-69=271) 1 stroke Japan Shugo Imahira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1998 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Japan Masashi Ozaki Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2003 Aiful Cup Japan Taichi Teshima Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2003 Acom International Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Masashi Ozaki Kuramoto won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2014 ANA Open Japan Hideto Tanihara Won with par on first extra hole
5 2017 Panasonic Open Golf Championship Japan Kenichi Kuboya Lost after concession on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 20 Aug 2023 Fancl Classic −14 (69-68-65=202) 3 strokes Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa
2 29 Oct 2023 Fukuoka Senior Open −12 (70-62=132) Playoff Japan Shingo Katayama
3 26 Nov 2023 Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament −9 (72-66-69=207) 1 stroke Japan Toru Suzuki
4 16 Jun 2024 Starts Senior Golf Tournament −21 (66-65-64=195) 6 strokes Japan Takashi Kanemoto
5 15 Aug 2024 Masahiro Kuramoto Invitational Eagle Cup Senior Charity Open −13 (68-63=131) 4 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2010
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Miyamoto only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2010
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T33
Champions T34
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 51 2001 Ending 23 Dec 2001" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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