| Hiroshi Iwata 岩田 寛 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 31 January 1981 Sendai, Japan |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| College | Tohoku Fukushi University |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tours | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour |
| Former tour | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 63 (23 November 2014)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 7 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T21: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2008, 2014, 2015, 2023 |
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 Asian Tour.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]In 1981, Iwata was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 14, by his father's influence, who ran a local golf range and was a professional golfer on the Japan Senior Tour. Iwata played college golf at Tohoku Fukushi University.
Professional career
[edit]In 2004, Iwata turned professional and has played on the Japan Golf Tour since then. His first win came at the 2014 Fujisankei Classic.[2] He also won the 2015 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup.
In the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Iwata shot a 63, which matched the then lowest round in a major championship.[3][4] Iwata played on the 2016 PGA Tour, having qualified through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals, finishing 24th in the priority ranking.[5]
Professional wins (7)
[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (7)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Japan majors (1) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (6) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin 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
|
| 3 | 2 May 2021 | The Crowns | −12 (67-68-63=198)[a] | 3 strokes | Katsumasa Miyamoto
|
| 4 | 21 Aug 2022 | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup (2) | −19 (68-68-66-67=269) | 2 strokes | Tomoharu Otsuki
|
| 5 | 30 Apr 2023 | The Crowns (2) | −15 (67-67-66-65=265) | 3 strokes | Rikuya Hoshino
|
| 6 | 9 Jun 2024 | BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup | −13 (71-65-67-68=271) | Playoff | Ryo Ishikawa
|
| 7 | 24 Nov 2024 | Casio World Open | −14 (66-67-73-68=274) | 1 stroke | Taisei Shimizu
|
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 | 2024 | BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup | Ryo Ishikawa
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| U.S. Open | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT | |
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||||||
| U.S. Open | |||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| PGA Championship | T21 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||||
| PGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Open | |||||
| The Open Championship | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Championship | ||
| Match Play | ||
| Invitational | ||
| Champions | T3 | T64 |
"T" = tied
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References
[edit]- ^ "Week 47 2014 Ending 23 Nov 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Iwata cards 66 to win Fujisankei Classic". Fox News. Sports Network. 7 September 2014.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (14 August 2015). "Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn". The New York Times.
- ^ Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Round in a Men's Golf Major, PGA Tour Records: Best 18-Hole Score in Major Championship". About.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Heads of the class". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
External links
[edit]- Hiroshi Iwata at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Hiroshi Iwata at the PGA Tour official site
- Hiroshi Iwata at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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