Jinichiro Kozuma
Appearance
Jinichiro Kozuma | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan[1] | 7 July 1994
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)[1] |
Sporting nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour LIV Golf |
Former tour(s) | Japan Challenge Tour |
Professional wins | 5 |
Highest ranking | 94 (3 April 2022)[2] (as of 3 November 2024) |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 3 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | CUT: 2022 |
U.S. Open | CUT: 2022 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
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)
[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (3)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 15 Nov 2020 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −8 (71-65-68-68=272) | 1 stroke | Ryosuke Kinoshita |
2 | 3 Apr 2022 | Token Homemate Cup | −14 (66-69-66-69=270) | Playoff | Yuto Katsuragawa |
3 | 25 Aug 2024 | Sansan KBC Augusta | −19 (68-66-66-69=269) | Playoff | Yuwa Kosaihira |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2022 | Token Homemate Cup | Yuto Katsuragawa | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2024 | Sansan KBC Augusta | Yuwa Kosaihira | Won with par on second extra hole |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 23 Sep 2016 | Elite Grips Challenge | −13 (66-65=131) | 1 stroke | Daijiro Izumida, Hiroyuki Nagamatsu |
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2021 Kyusyu Open
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 2022 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | CUT |
U.S. Open | CUT |
The Open Championship |
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Jinichiro Kozuma". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Week 14 2022 Ending 3 Apr 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jinichiro Kozuma at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Jinichiro Kozuma at the Asian Tour official site
- Jinichiro Kozuma at the PGA Tour official site
- Jinichiro Kozuma at the Official World Golf Ranking official site