Hiroshi Iwata

Hiroshi Iwata (岩田 寛, Iwata Hiroshi, born 31 January 1981) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour.

Hiroshi Iwata
岩田 寛
Personal information
Born (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981
Sendai, Japan
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeTohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking63 (23 November 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT21: 2015
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2008, 2014, 2015

Iwata was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 14, by his father's influence, who runs a local golf range and currently a professional golfer at the Japan Senior Tour. He played college golf at Tohoku Fukushi University.

Iwata turned professional in 2004 and has played on the Japan Golf Tour since then. His first win came at the 2014 Fujisankei Classic.[2] In the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Iwata shot a 63, which matched the lowest round in a major championship.[3][4] Through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals, he earned his PGA Tour card for 2016 by finishing 24th in the priority ranking.[5]

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 7 Sep 2014 Fujisankei Classic −10 (69-69-70-66=274) 1 stroke Hur In-hoi
2 5 Jul 2015 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational
Sega Sammy Cup		 −16 (70-69-67-66=272) 1 stroke Shugo Imahira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Fujisankei Classic Toyokazu Fujishima Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2014 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Hideki Matsuyama Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 20082009201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T21
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20142015
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T3 T64
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" = tied

See also

References
  1. "Week 47 2014 Ending 23 Nov 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Iwata cards 66 to win Fujisankei Classic". Fox News. Sports Network. 7 September 2014.
  3. Crouse, Karen (14 August 2015). "Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn". The New York Times.
  4. Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Round in a Men's Golf Major, PGA Tour Records: Best 18-Hole Score in Major Championship". About.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. "Heads of the class". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.


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