Ryuko Tokimatsu

Ryuko Tokimatsu
Personal information
Born (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking97 (24 June 2018)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2018

Ryuko Tokimatsu (時松 隆光, Tokimatsu Ryūkō, born 7 September 1993) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Tokimatsu plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Japan Challenge Tour. He had one win on each tour in 2016.[2]

Tokimatsu made his debut on American soil at the 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, having qualified by virtue of his win at the 2017 Bridgestone Open.[3][4]

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 24 Jul 2016 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open −25 (65-67-63-68=263) 3 strokes Japan Takashi Iwamoto
2 22 Oct 2017 Bridgestone Open −9 (69-64=133)* 2 strokes South Korea Lee Sang-hee
3 20 May 2018 Kansai Open Golf Championship −10 (68-68-71-71=278) 1 stroke Japan Kunihiro Kamii, Japan Shugo Imahira

*Note: The 2017 Bridgestone Open was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2017 ANA Open Japan Yuta Ikeda, Japan Shugo Imahira Ikeda won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 ANA Open Japan Yosuke Asaji, Japan Terumichi Kakazu,
United States Seungsu Han, South Africa Shaun Norris 		Asaji won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2021 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Japan Ryosuke Kinoshita Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 1 Jul 2016 Japan Create Challenge −9 (65-70=135) Playoff Japan Yuto Soeda, South Korea Kwon Sung-yeol

Results in major championships

Tournament 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2018
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T39
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Week 25 2018 Ending 24 Jun 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ Young, Bruce (24 July 2016). "Tokimatsu new winner at Dunlop Srixon Open". www.iseekgolf.com.
  3. ^ "Ryuko Tokimatsu shoots 2-under 68 in round one of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob (31 July 2018). "Sleeper Picks: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour.


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