Hirofumi Miyase (Japanese: 宮瀬博文, born 11 April 1971) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Hirofumi Miyase
宮瀬博文
Personal information
Born (1971-04-11) 11 April 1971 (age 53)
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
PartnerChieko Miyase
Children2
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking86 (8 April 2001)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT68: 2010

Miyase was born in Chiba Prefecture and would join the Japan Golf Tour after turning professional. He won his first title on the Japan Golf Tour in 1997 and would add six more wins between then and 2007.[2]

In 2004, Miyase played on the PGA Tour in the United States after finishing T28 at qualifying school. He made only five cuts in 27 starts and lost his tour card. His best finish was a T9 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic.[3]

Professional wins (8) edit

Japan Golf Tour wins (7) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 15 Jun 1997 Sapporo Tokyu Open −13 (67-70-66-72=275) 5 strokes   Hajime Meshiai
2 14 Nov 1999 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −14 (66-70-69-69=274) Playoff   Darren Clarke,   Ryoken Kawagishi
3 28 May 2000 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament −8 (70-69-68-69=276) Playoff   Toru Taniguchi
4 8 Oct 2000 Tokai Classic −12 (70-70-70-66=276) 1 stroke   Toru Taniguchi
5 27 Apr 2003 Tsuruya Open −14 (68-62-70-70=270) Playoff   Takashi Kanemoto,   Hisayuki Sasaki
6 25 May 2003 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup −13 (67-71-69-68=275) 3 strokes   Hur Suk-ho
7 29 Apr 2007 The Crowns −2 (67-70-70-71=278) Playoff   Toru Taniguchi

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1994 Maruman Open   David Ishii,   Nobuo Serizawa Ishii won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1999 Gene Sarazen Jun Classic   Hajime Meshiai Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 1999 Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters   Darren Clarke,   Ryoken Kawagishi Won with par on second extra hole
Kawagishi eliminated by par on first hole
4 2000 Mitsubishi Motors Tournament   Toru Taniguchi Won with eagle on second extra hole
5 2003 Tsuruya Open   Takashi Kanemoto,   Hisayuki Sasaki Won with par on first extra hole
6 2007 The Crowns   Toru Taniguchi Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1) edit

  • 2007 Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf

Results in major championships edit

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT T68
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Miyase only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships edit

Tournament 2001
Match Play R64
Championship NT1
Invitational

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament

Team appearances edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Week 14 2001 Ending 8 Apr 2001" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Hirofumi Miyase – Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Hirofumi Miyase". PGA Tour. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

External links edit