Yuta Ikeda
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Yuta Ikeda | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | 22 December 1985||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | Japan | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | Tohoku Fukushi University | ||||||
Turned professional | 2008 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 24 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 33 (29 November 2009)[1] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
Japan Golf Tour | 21 (8th all time) | ||||||
Asian Tour | 2 | ||||||
Other | 3 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | 29th: 2010 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T33: 2016 | ||||||
U.S. Open | T58: 2010 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T38: 2011 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Medal record |
Yuta Ikeda (Japanese: 池田勇太; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Professional career[edit]
Ikeda has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008. Since his maiden victory in 2009, he has won a minimum of one tournament per season through 2017 and has a total of 21 victories.
Ikeda has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking twice. In late 2009 he reached a high of 33rd. In late 2016/early 2017 he was again 33rd in the rankings.
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2002 Japan Junior Golf Championships
- 2003 Japan Junior Golf Championships, Junior World Golf Championships
Professional wins (24)[edit]
Japan Golf Tour wins (21)[edit]
Legend |
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Flagship events (2) |
Japan majors (3) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (18) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 14 Jun 2009 | Japan PGA Championship | −14 (65-67-69-65=266) | 7 strokes | Mitsuhiro Tateyama |
2 | 30 Aug 2009 | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | −21 (69-66-69-63=267) | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano |
3 | 11 Oct 2009 | Canon Open | −16 (64-72-64=200)* | 4 strokes | Tomohiro Kondo, Han Lee |
4 | 25 Oct 2009 | Bridgestone Open | −16 (67-67-71-65=270) | 2 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya |
5 | 19 Jul 2010 | Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood | −17 (68-66-64-73=271) | 3 strokes | Shunsuke Sonoda |
6 | 22 Sep 2010 | ANA Open | −14 (70-71-66-67=274) | 1 stroke | Kim Do-hoon, Jay Choi |
7 | 24 Oct 2010 | Bridgestone Open (2) | −23 (67-71-65-62=265) | 3 strokes | Michio Matsumura |
8 | 21 Nov 2010 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −15 (67-66-70-66=269) | 2 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae |
9 | 31 Jul 2011 | Sun Chlorella Classic | −14 (66-72-64-72=274) | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
10 | 7 Oct 2012 | Canon Open (2) | −17 (66-68-68-69=271) | 3 strokes | Taichi Teshima |
11 | 3 Nov 2013 | Mynavi ABC Championship | −15 (63-69-70-67=269) | Playoff | Hur Suk-ho |
12 | 19 Oct 2014 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −10 (64-68-66-72=270) | 1 stroke | Shingo Katayama, Satoshi Kodaira |
13 | 30 Aug 2015 | RIZAP KBC Augusta (2) | −20 (66-65-71-66=268) | 5 strokes | Koumei Oda |
14 | 24 Apr 2016 | Panasonic Open Golf Championship1 | −13 (67-73-66-65=271) | 3 strokes | Marcus Fraser, Kim Kyung-tae |
15 | 9 Oct 2016 | Honma TourWorld Cup | −14 (68-67-69-66=270) | Playoff | Song Young-han |
16 | 27 Nov 2016 | Casio World Open | −13 (72-64-67=203)* | 1 stroke | Ryuji Masaoka |
17 | 27 Aug 2017 | RIZAP KBC Augusta (3) | −18 (69-67-67-67=270) | 3 strokes | Kunihiro Kamii |
18 | 17 Sep 2017 | ANA Open (2) | −13 (70-69-65-71=275) | Playoff | Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu |
19 | 15 Oct 2017 | Japan Open Golf Championship (2) | −8 (67-66-67-72=272) | 1 stroke | Takumi Kanaya (a) |
20 | 23 Sep 2018 | Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 | −15 (69-66-66-68=269) | 6 strokes | Justin Harding |
21 | 2 Jun 2019 | Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open | −7 (70-74-66-71=281) | 1 stroke | Chan Kim |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2009 | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | Yasuharu Imano | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 2012 | Toshin Golf Tournament in Ryosen | Wu Ashun | Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
3 | 2013 | Mynavi ABC Championship | Hur Suk-ho | Won with par on first extra hole |
4 | 2016 | Honma TourWorld Cup | Song Young-han | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
5 | 2016 | Heiwa PGM Championship | Hideto Tanihara | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
6 | 2017 | ANA Open | Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)[edit]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 10 Jul 2008 | Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament | −9 (65-68=133) | 3 strokes | Norihiko Furusho, Taigen Tsumagari |
Other wins (2)[edit]
- 2012 Legend Charity Pro-Am
- 2013 Legend Charity Pro-Am
Results in major championships[edit]
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | 29 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
U.S. Open | T58 | CUT | CUT | |||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T38 | CUT | T72 | CUT | T51 | |||
PGA Championship | CUT | T45 | T33 | CUT | T65 |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Summary[edit]
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (four times)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships[edit]
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Championship | T22 | T55 | T61 | T46 | ||||||
Match Play | R64 | R64 | T51 | T29 | ||||||
Invitational | T69 | 75 | ||||||||
Champions | T51 | T30 | T29 | T72 | T64 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2004, 2006
- Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006
Professional
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2011
- EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2018
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Week 48 2009 Ending 29 Nov 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
External links[edit]
- Yuta Ikeda at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Yuta Ikeda at the Official World Golf Ranking official site