Katsumasa Miyamoto

Katsumasa Miyamoto
宮本勝昌
Katsumasa Miyamoto; 宮本勝昌
Personal information
Born	28 August 1972 (age 51); Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1995
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour; Japan PGA Senior Tour
Professional wins	16
Highest ranking	89 (23 December 2001)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	12
Other	4
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2010

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 (16) edit

Japan Golf Tour wins (12) edit

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	Peter McWhinney
2	6 Dec 1998	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−5 (64-67-75-69=275)	Playoff	Masashi Ozaki
3	1 Jul 2001	Japan Golf Tour Championship iiyama Cup	−15 (69-67-68-69=273)	7 strokes	Eduardo Herrera, Jeev Milkha Singh
4	2 Dec 2001	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−12 (72-64-66-66=268)	1 stroke	Toshimitsu Izawa, Tsuneyuki Nakajima
5	27 Jul 2003	Sato Foods NST Niigata Open	−17 (65-71-69-66=271)	1 stroke	Gregory Meyer
6	26 Aug 2007	KBC Augusta	−15 (64-64-70-71=269)	1 stroke	Steven Conran, Koumei Oda
7	20 Apr 2008	Token Homemate Cup	−8 (71-66-73-66=276)	1 stroke	Taichi Teshima
8	6 Jun 2010	Japan Golf Tour Championship Citibank Cup Shishido Hills (2)	−5 (69-67-68-75=279)	3 strokes	Hiroyuki Fujita
9	21 Sep 2014	ANA Open	−18 (68-67-68-67=270)	Playoff	Hideto Tanihara
10	7 Dec 2014	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (3)	−9 (68-67-71-65=271)	1 stroke	Prayad Marksaeng
11	30 Jul 2017	Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open	−22 (66-68-69-63=266)	1 stroke	Hur In-hoi
12	5 May 2019	The Crowns	−9 (66-69-67-69=271)	1 stroke	Shugo Imahira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–3)

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

Other wins (1) edit

2008 Hitachi 3Tours Championship

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3) edit

2023 Fancl Classic, Fukuoka Senior Open Golf Tournament, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Golf Tournament

Results in major championships edit

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 edit

Tournament	2010
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T33
Champions	T34

Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances edit

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1992, 1994

Professional

Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1998
Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2003, 2005

References edit

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

External links edit

Katsumasa Miyamoto at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Katsumasa Miyamoto at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[w200151-1] "Week 51 2001 Ending 23 Dec 2001" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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