Kazuki Higa

Kazuki Higa (Japanese: 比嘉一貴, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour, as well as topping the money list in 2022.

Kazuki Higa
Personal information
Born	(1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 30) Okinawa, Japan
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour Japan Challenge Tour Asian Development Tour
Professional wins	10
Highest ranking	67 (8 January 2023)[1] (as of 3 August 2025)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Asian Tour	1
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2023
PGA Championship	76th: 2023
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2022, 2023
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour money list winner 2022 Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2022
Medal record Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju Men's individual 2015 Gwangju Men's team 2017 Taipei Men's individual 2017 Taipei Men's team

Professional career

Higa attended Tohoku Fukushi University and turned professional in late 2017.^[2] Since turning professional, he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. His first win was at the 2019 RIZAP KBC Augusta. He won again in 2021 at the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup.^[3]

2022: Four wins and money list title

Higa started off the season by winning the Kansai Open Golf Championship in April. He also won the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup in June. In September, Higa won the Shinhan Donghae Open, an event also sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He shot a final-round 65 to win by two shots.^[4] He claimed his fourth victory of the season at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in November. He shot a final round 64 to win by three shots ahead of Mito Pereira.^[5] Higa ended the 2022 season as the Japan Golf Tour money list winner and earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour.^[6]

Amateur wins

• 2017 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (individual winner), Tohoku Amateur Championship, Kanto Collegiate Championship

Source:^[7]

Professional wins (10)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Sep 2019	RIZAP KBC Augusta	−26 (66-63-67-66=262)	5 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino
2	22 Aug 2021	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−20 (68-65-67-68=268)	2 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
3	17 Apr 2022	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−14 (65-67-68-70=270)	1 stroke	Rikuya Hoshino
4	5 Jun 2022	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	−12 (69-71-65-67=272)	1 stroke	Tomoharu Otsuki
5	11 Sep 2022	Shinhan Donghae Open1	−20 (66-63-70-65=264)	2 strokes	Cho Min-gyu, Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Shin Yong-gu
6	20 Nov 2022	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−21 (69-65-65-64=263)	3 strokes	Mito Pereira

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	29 Jun 2018	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	−12 (66-64=130)*	2 strokes	Yoshikazu Haku, Takahiro Hataji, Konosuke Nakazato

*Note: The 2018 Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

Asian Development Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Apr 2018	BTI Open1	−17 (62-70-69-70=271)	3 strokes	Zamal Hossain
2	16 Mar 2019	UMW Championship2	−22 (68-65-68-65=266)	6 strokes	Shintaro Kobayashi, Naoki Sekito

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
²Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

Other wins (1)

• 2018 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2022	2023
Masters Tournament		CUT
PGA Championship		76
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2016
• Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2013, 2015, 2017 (winners)