Hiroyuki Fujita

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Hiroyuki Fujita
藤田寛之
Personal information
Born (1969-06-16) 16 June 1969 (age 54)
Higashi-ku, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Japan PGA Senior Tour
Professional wins21
Highest ranking43 (2 December 2012)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour18
Asian Tour3
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2011, 2013
PGA ChampionshipT56: 2009
U.S. OpenT51: 2012
The Open ChampionshipT41: 2005
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
Most Valuable Player		2010, 2012
Japan Golf Tour
money list winner		2012

Hiroyuki Fujita (Japanese: 藤田寛之, born 16 June 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career[edit]

Fujita has won 18 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, reaching a height of 43rd and finishing in 48th position of the 2010 year-end ranking. In 2012, Fujita won four tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, including the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. He went on to finish the season as the leading money winner,[2] as well as being voted the most valuable player.[3]

Professional wins (23)[edit]

Japan Golf Tour wins (18)[edit]

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (15)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 14 Sep 1997 Suntory Open −14 (68-68-66-72=274) 3 strokes Japan Masashi Ozaki
2 5 Aug 2001 Sun Chlorella Classic −5 (71-73-71-68=283) Playoff Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
3 22 Dec 2002
(2003 season) 		Asia Japan Okinawa Open1 −14 (67-68-67=202)* 3 strokes Japan Yūsaku Miyazato (a), United States Ted Purdy
4 28 Mar 2004 Token Homemate Cup −3 (70-68-74-69=281) 2 strokes Japan Shingo Katayama, South Korea Charlie Wi
5 22 May 2005 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup −18 (63-66-72-69=270) 3 strokes Australia Steven Conran, Japan Tadahiro Takayama
6 11 May 2008 Pine Valley Beijing Open1 −12 (67-65-72-72=276) 3 strokes Japan Shintaro Kai
7 26 Jul 2009 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup −16 (69-68-69-66=272) 1 stroke Japan Kōki Idoki
8 23 Aug 2009 Kansai Open Golf Championship −20 (69-66-61-68=264) 2 strokes Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Japan Tomohiro Kondo
9 25 April 2010 Tsuruya Open −14 (66-66-67=199)* Playoff Japan Toru Taniguchi
10 5 Dec 2010 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −15 (65-70-64-66=265) 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
11 4 Dec 2011 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2) −10 (66-70-64=200)* Playoff Japan Toru Taniguchi
12 22 Apr 2012 Tsuruya Open (2) −15 (68-66-68-67=269) 4 strokes South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon
13 27 May 2012 Diamond Cup Golf −14 (66-65-70-73=274) 3 strokes Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
14 16 Sep 2012 ANA Open −16 (71-68-65-68=272) 1 stroke Australia Kurt Barnes, Japan Yuta Ikeda,
South Korea Kim Hyung-sung, China Liang Wenchong
15 2 Dec 2012 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (3) −10 (61-66-68-67=262) 5 strokes United States Han Lee, Japan Toshinori Muto
16 27 Apr 2014 Tsuruya Open (3) −4 (66-72-66-67=271) Playoff South Korea Park Sang-hyun
17 31 Aug 2014 RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta −12 (71-66-74-65=276) Playoff China Liang Wenchong
18 28 Sep 2014 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 (2) −6 (68-71-73-66=278) 2 strokes Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat, South Korea Hur Suk-ho,
United States Jason Knutzon

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (5–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2001 Diamond Cup Tournament Japan Yuji Igarashi, Japan Toshimitsu Izawa Izawa won with par on first extra hole
2 2001 Sun Chlorella Classic Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2008 The Crowns Japan Tomohiro Kondo Lost to par on second extra hole
4 2010 Tsuruya Open Japan Toru Taniguchi Won with birdie on third extra hole
5 2010 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic Japan Takashi Kanemoto, Japan Michio Matsumura Matsumura won with par on third extra hole
Kanemoto eliminated by par on first hole
6 2011 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup Japan Toru Taniguchi Won with par on second extra hole
7 2014 Tsuruya Open South Korea Park Sang-hyun Won with par on first extra hole
8 2014 RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta China Liang Wenchong Won with par on fifth extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)[edit]

  • 1997 Mito Green Open, Twin Fields Cup

Japan PGA Senior Tour win (3)[edit]

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
U.S. Open T58 CUT T51 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T41 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship T68 T56 CUT CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Championship T61 73
Match Play R64 R64
Invitational
Champions T46 T46 T11 T50
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Week 48 2012 Ending 2 Dec 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "藤田寛之が完全優勝の３連覇を達成、２０１２年の賞金王に" [Hiroyuki Fujita wins outright for the third time in a row and becomes the 2012 prize money king.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "藤田寛之はさらなる高みを目指して･･･" [Hiroyuki Fujita aims for even greater heights...] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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