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 Asian 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)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
CollegeTohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking63 (23 November 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT21: 2015
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2008, 2014, 2015, 2023

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.

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] 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 (5)

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 7 Sep 2014 Fujisankei Classic −10 (69-69-70-66=274) 1 stroke South Korea Hur In-hoi
2 5 Jul 2015 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −16 (70-69-67-66=272) 1 stroke Japan Shugo Imahira
3 2 May 2021 The Crowns −12 (67-68-63=198)* 3 strokes Japan Katsumasa Miyamoto
4 21 Aug 2022 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup (2) −19 (68-68-66-67=269) 2 strokes Japan Tomoharu Otsuki
5 30 Apr 2023 The Crowns (2) −15 (67-67-66-65=265) 3 strokes Japan Rikuya Hoshino

*Note: The 2021 Crowns was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

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

Results in major championships
Tournament 20082009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship T21
Tournament 20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NT CUT
  Did not play

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

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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