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Jinichiro Kozuma

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Jinichiro Kozuma
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Personal information
Born (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30)
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)[1]
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Former tour(s)Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking94 (3 April 2022)[2]
(as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2022
U.S. OpenCUT: 2022
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Jinichiro Kozuma (born 7 July 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour since 2012, where he has won three times; at the 2020 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, the 2022 Token Homemate Cup and the 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta.[1]

Professional wins (5)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Nov 2020 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −8 (71-65-68-68=272) 1 stroke Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita
2 3 Apr 2022 Token Homemate Cup −14 (66-69-66-69=270) Playoff Japan Yuto Katsuragawa
3 25 Aug 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta −19 (68-66-66-69=269) Playoff Japan Yuwa Kosaihira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 Token Homemate Cup Japan Yuto Katsuragawa Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta Japan Yuwa Kosaihira Won with par on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 23 Sep 2016 Elite Grips Challenge −13 (66-65=131) 1 stroke Japan Daijiro Izumida, Japan Hiroyuki Nagamatsu

Other wins (1)

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Jinichiro Kozuma". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Week 14 2022 Ending 3 Apr 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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