Yūsaku Miyazato

Yūsaku Miyazato
宮里優作
Yūsaku Miyazato; 宮里優作
	Miyazato in 2015
Personal information
Born	19 June 1980 (age 44); Higashi, Okinawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	50 (31 December 2017); (as of 3 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	7
Other	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2018
PGA Championship	CUT: 2018
U.S. Open	T23: 2016
The Open Championship	T47: 2018
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner	2017
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player	2017
Medal record
Asian Games

Yūsaku Miyazato (宮里優作, Miyazato Yūsaku, born 19 June 1980) is a Japanese professional golfer. In 2006 he became the first modern-era golfer to make two hole in one shots in the same round of a PGA Tour event,^[2]^[3] at the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada.

Early life and amateur career

Miyazato was born in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He attended Tohoku Fukushi University,^[4] and won the Japanese collegiate championship in 2000, and the Japanese Amateur Championship in 2001. In December 2002, he announced his decision to turn pro before his upcoming graduation.^[5] He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional career

At the time of his holes in one, the PGA Tour announced that it was the first time since they had started keeping records. However, research later turned up confirming that an amateur golfer, W.W. "Bill" Whedon, also hit two in the opening round of the 1955 Insurance City Open.^[6]^[7]^[2]

In November 2015, Miyazato won the Dunlop Phoenix event, one of the more prestigious events on the Japan Golf Tour to earn his third tour level victory. He shot rounds of 64-69 on the weekend to win by two strokes. In April 2017, Miyazato won his fourth event on the Japanese Tour, The Crowns, followed two weeks later by another win in the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup.

At the 2017 Indonesian Masters, Miyazato finished in solo 4th, earning enough Official World Golf Ranking points to finish the year in the Top 50, thus earning an invitation to the 2018 Masters Tournament, his first appearance.

Personal life

His younger sister, Ai Miyazato, was also a professional golfer and competed on the LPGA Tour.

Professional wins (8)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Dec 2013	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−13 (66-66-64-71=267)	3 strokes	Wu Ashun
2	20 Apr 2014	Token Homemate Cup	−6 (71-66-68-65=270)	2 strokes	Hiroshi Iwata
3	22 Nov 2015	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−14 (67-70-64-69=270)	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto, Hideki Matsuyama
4	30 Apr 2017	The Crowns	−13 (67-65-67-68=267)	1 stroke	Yoshinori Fujimoto, Toru Taniguchi
5	14 May 2017	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	−12 (71-66-73-66=276)	3 strokes	Brad Kennedy
6	8 Oct 2017	Honma TourWorld Cup	−22 (61-68-65-68=262)	3 strokes	Shingo Katayama
7	3 Dec 2017	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−15 (69-69-65-62=265)	6 strokes	Shaun Norris

Other wins (1)

2013 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2014	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament				CUT
U.S. Open		T23	T60
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T47
PGA Championship				CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2016	2018
Championship	T61	T60
Match Play		T52
Invitational
Champions

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1998, 2000, 2002
Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2000, 2002 (winners)

References

^ "Week 52 2017 Ending 31 Dec 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Staats, Wayne (29 October 2018). "These are the only three golfers to make two holes-in-one in same PGA Tour round". PGA of America. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ Sonner, Scott (25 August 2006). "Miyazato has 2 aces up sleeve". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
^ Miller, Ann (14 January 2003). "Legion of foreign golfers gets set for Waialae". Honolulu Advertiser. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
^ Miller, Ann (2 January 2003). "Defending champ Garcia highlights Mercedes field". Honolulu Advertiser. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
^ "Double aces may also have happened on PGA Tour in 1955". USA Today. Associated Press. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
^ "Pat On The Back". Sports Illustrated. 19 September 1955. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Yūsaku Miyazato at the PGA Tour official site
Yūsaku Miyazato at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Yūsaku Miyazato at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w201752-1] "Week 52 2017 Ending 31 Dec 2017" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[Staats-2] Staats, Wayne (29 October 2018). "These are the only three golfers to make two holes-in-one in same PGA Tour round". PGA of America. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[3] Sonner, Scott (25 August 2006). "Miyazato has 2 aces up sleeve". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 25 May 2008.

[4] Miller, Ann (14 January 2003). "Legion of foreign golfers gets set for Waialae". Honolulu Advertiser. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 August 2006.

[5] Miller, Ann (2 January 2003). "Defending champ Garcia highlights Mercedes field". Honolulu Advertiser. Associated Press. Retrieved 26 August 2006.

[6] "Double aces may also have happened on PGA Tour in 1955". USA Today. Associated Press. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

[7] "Pat On The Back". Sports Illustrated. 19 September 1955. ^{[dead link]}

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