Yuta Ikeda
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Yuta Ikeda is a Japan
ese professional golf
er. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour
since 2008 where he has won eight tournaments. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings
.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
since 2008 where he has won eight tournaments. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
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Amateur wins
- 2002 Japan Junior Golf Championships
- 2003 Japan Junior Golf Championships, Junior World Golf ChampionshipsJunior World Golf ChampionshipsThe Junior World Golf Championships are held in San Diego, California, USA each year, currently in July. They include tournaments for six age groups ranging from under-6 to 15–17 and for both boys and girls...
Japan Golf Tour wins (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 14 Jun 2009 2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 16 to December 6. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The following table shows the 2009 schedule... |
Japan PGA Championship Japan PGA Championship The is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played since 1926. It is played at a variety of courses throughout Japan. The purse for the 2011 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner... |
7 strokes |  Mitsuhiro Tateyama |
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| 2 | 30 Aug 2009 2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 16 to December 6. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The following table shows the 2009 schedule... |
Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano Yasuharu Imano Yasuharu Imano is a Japanese professional golfer.Imano was born in Gifu Prefecture. He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won seven times between 1999 and 2009.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1999 The Crowns... |
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| 3 | 11 Oct 2009 2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 16 to December 6. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The following table shows the 2009 schedule... |
Canon Open Canon Open The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It was played for the first time in October 2008. It is played at the Totsuka Country Club in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama. The 2011 purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.-Winners:-External links:*... |
4 strokes | Tomohiro Konda  Han LeeHan Lee Han Lee is an American professional golfer.Lee played college golf at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the Canadian Amateur in 1999 and 2000.... |
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| 4 | 25 Oct 2009 2009 Japan Golf Tour The 2009 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 16 to December 6. The season consisted of 24 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The following table shows the 2009 schedule... |
Bridgestone Open Bridgestone Open The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1972 at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. In 1973, the event moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974 it has held at the Sodegaura Country Club. The tournament record is 266 , set by Taichi Teshima in 2006... |
2 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons.... |
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| 5 | 19 Jul 2010 2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 15 to December 5. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The table below shows the 2010 schedule... |
Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 2010. It is played at the Toshin Lake Wood Golf Club in Tsu, Mie. The purse for the 2011 event was ¥70,000,000, with ¥14,000,000 going to the winner.-External links:*... |
3 strokes | Shunsuke Sonoda Shunsuke Sonoda is a Japanese professional golfer.Sonoda was born in Tokyo. He was first trained by his father. After that he has been taught by golf teaching pro, Todd Baker, since he was 10 years old. When Sonoda visited Gold Coast, Australia with his family at age 13, he decided to study in Gold Coast because... |
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| 6 | 22 Sep 2010 2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 15 to December 5. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The table below shows the 2010 schedule... |
ANA Open ANA Open The is a Japan Golf Tour event. ANA is an acronym for All Nippon Airways, the tournament's sponsor. First played in 1973, it is usually held in September each year. The host venues are the Sapporo golf club Wattsu and Yuni courses. The tournament record is 268 , set by Masashi Ozaki in 1994... |
1 stroke |  Kim Do-hoon Jay ChoiJay Choi Jay Choi is an American professional golfer.Choi was born in Kusan, South Korea. He graduated from Gahr High School in Cerritos, California and played college golf at the University of New Mexico.... |
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| 7 | 24 Oct 2010 2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 15 to December 5. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The table below shows the 2010 schedule... |
Bridgestone Open Bridgestone Open The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1972 at the Mitsukaido Golf Club. In 1973, the event moved to the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Since 1974 it has held at the Sodegaura Country Club. The tournament record is 266 , set by Taichi Teshima in 2006... |
3 strokes | Michio Matsumura Michio Matsumura is a Japanese professional golfer.Matsumura has won twice on the Japan Challenge Tour and twice on the Japan Golf Tour. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-External links:... |
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| 8 | 21 Nov 2010 2010 Japan Golf Tour The 2010 Japan Golf Tour season was played from April 15 to December 5. The season consisted of 25 official money events in Japan as well as the four majors and the four World Golf Championships.-Tournament results:The table below shows the 2010 schedule... |
Dunlop Phoenix | 2 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae Kim Kyung-tae Kim Kyung-tae is a South Korean golfer. He won several amateur tournaments, including the 2006 Japan Amateur Championship. He turned professional in late 2006 and he won the 2007 Maekyung Open in his second start on the Asian Tour... |
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| 9 | 31 Jul 2011 | Sun Chlorella Classic Sun Chlorella Classic The is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 2000. The tournament record is −19 . It was set by Christian Pena in 2002. In 2011, it was played from 28–31 July... |
1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka Tetsuji Hiratsuka is a Japanese professional golfer.Hiratsuka was born in Kyoto, Japan. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour. He represented Japan at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Hideto Tanihara.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*2003 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup... |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| The Masters | DNP | 29 | CUT |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour... |
DNP | T58 | DNP |
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
CUT | CUT | T38 |
| PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship... |
DNP | CUT | T45 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
Professional- Royal TrophyRoyal TrophyThe Royal Trophy is a men's professional team golf tournament which was played for the first time in January 2006 at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand. The competing teams represent Europe and Asia. Eight man teams play a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and...
(representing Asia): 20112011 Royal TrophyThe 2011 Royal Trophy was the fifth edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It is being held from 7–9 January at the Black Mountain Golf Club in Thailand... - World Cup (representing Japan): 2011