Jinichiro Kozuma

Jinichiro Kozuma
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Personal information
Born (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994 (age 30)
Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan[1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)[1]
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
LIV Golf
Former tour(s)Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking94 (3 April 2022)[2]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2022
U.S. OpenCUT: 2022
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Jinichiro Kozuma (born 7 July 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour since 2012, where he has won three times; at the 2020 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, the 2022 Token Homemate Cup and the 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta.[1]

Professional wins (5)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 15 Nov 2020 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −8 (71-65-68-68=272) 1 stroke Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita
2 3 Apr 2022 Token Homemate Cup −14 (66-69-66-69=270) Playoff Japan Yuto Katsuragawa
3 25 Aug 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta −19 (68-66-66-69=269) Playoff Japan Yuwa Kosaihira

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 Token Homemate Cup Japan Yuto Katsuragawa Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2024 Sansan KBC Augusta Japan Yuwa Kosaihira Won with par on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 23 Sep 2016 Elite Grips Challenge −13 (66-65=131) 1 stroke Japan Daijiro Izumida, Japan Hiroyuki Nagamatsu

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jinichiro Kozuma". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Week 14 2022 Ending 3 Apr 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 4 April 2022.