Toshimitsu Izawa

Toshimitsu Izawa (Japanese: 伊沢利光, born 2 March 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside Japan as Toshi Izawa.

Toshimitsu Izawa 伊沢利光
Personal information
Born	(1968-03-02) 2 March 1968 Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Nihon Taiiku University
Turned professional	1989
Current tour(s)	Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	18
Highest ranking	15 (16 December 2001)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	16
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T4: 2001
PGA Championship	T18: 2003
U.S. Open	T44: 2001
The Open Championship	T22: 2002
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour money list winner 2001, 2003 Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2003

Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989.

Izawa's career on the Japan Golf Tour developed quite slowly. His first win came in 1995, and he did not make the top ten on the money list until 1999, when he was thirty one years old. He went on to top the money list in 2001 and 2003. In the first of those years he set a record of ¥217,934,583 in earnings which survived though the 2004 season, and his dominant form in Japan lifted him into the top twenty in the Official World Golf Ranking. He has 16 victories on the Japan Golf Tour and is eighth on the career money list (through 2013).

Izawa has only played a limited number of tournaments outside Japan, but in 2001 he finished tied fourth at the Masters Tournament, which is one of golf's four major championships, and tied for second at the PGA Tour's Nissan Open. In 2002, he won the WGC-World Cup for Japan in partnership with Shigeki Maruyama.