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Koumei Oda
小田孔明
Koumei Oda; 小田孔明
Personal information
Born	7 June 1978 (age 46); Tagawa, Fukuoka
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	53 (7 December 2014)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	8
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T40: 2014
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T39: 2014
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner	2014
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player	2014

Koumei Oda (Japanese: 小田孔明, Oda Kōmei, born 7 June 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

Oda was born in Tagawa, Fukuoka. He turned professional in 2000.

Oda won the 2008 Casio World Open and the 2009 Token Homemate Cup. He competed in the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, but failed to make the cut, finishing day two at 14 over par. He retained the Casio World Open in 2009 and the Token Homemate Cup in 2010.

In 2011, he won the Diamond Cup Golf for his fifth Japan Golf Tour win. In September 2013, Oda won the ANA Open, the victory was his sixth on the Japan Golf Tour. In May 2014, Oda won the Kansai Open Golf Championship for his seventh Japan Golf Tour win. He would follow with his eighth victory on tour later that year in October, when he won the Bridgestone Open.

Professional wins (8)

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	30 Nov 2008	Casio World Open	−11 (66-67-72-72=277)	3 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
2	19 Apr 2009	Token Homemate Cup	−10 (69-70-67-68=274)	Playoff	Kim Jong-duck
3	29 Nov 2009	Casio World Open (2)	−21 (67-65-70-65=267)	3 strokes	Ryo Ishikawa
4	18 Apr 2010	Token Homemate Cup (2)	−1 (74-70-68-71=283)	Playoff	Satoru Hirota, Daisuke Maruyama
5	29 May 2011	Diamond Cup Golf	−16 (67-65-70-70=272)	4 strokes	Toshinori Muto, Kaname Yokoo
6	21 Sep 2013	ANA Open	−15 (66-68-71-68=273)	4 strokes	Shingo Katayama, Lee Kyoung-hoon
7	25 May 2014	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−15 (71-66-69-67=273)	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto
8	26 Oct 2014	Bridgestone Open	−15 (67-65-69-68=269)	1 stroke	Hiroyuki Fujita

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	Token Homemate Cup	Kim Jong-duck	Won with par on second extra hole
2	2010	Token Homemate Cup	Satoru Hirota, Daisuke Maruyama	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole Hirota eliminated by par on second hole
3	2014	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Ryo Ishikawa	Lost to birdie on third extra hole