Yūsaku Miyazato

Yūsaku Miyazato (宮里 優作, Miyazato Yūsaku; born 19 June 1980) is a Japanese professional golfer. In 2006 he became the first modern-era golfer to make two hole in one shots in the same round of a PGA Tour event,^[2][3] at the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada.

Yūsaku Miyazato 宮里 優作
Miyazato in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1980-06-19) 19 June 1980 (age 45) Higashi, Okinawa, Japan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	50 (31 December 2017)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	7
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2018
PGA Championship	CUT: 2018
U.S. Open	T23: 2016
The Open Championship	T47: 2018
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour money list winner 2017 Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2017
Medal record Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team 2002 Busan Men's team

Early life and amateur career

Miyazato was born in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He attended Tohoku Fukushi University,^[4] and won the Japanese collegiate championship in 2000, and the Japanese Amateur Championship in 2001. In December 2002, he announced his decision to turn pro before his upcoming graduation.^[5] He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional career

At the time of his holes in one, the PGA Tour announced that it was the first time since they had started keeping records. However, research later turned up confirming that an amateur golfer, W.W. "Bill" Whedon, also hit two in the opening round of the 1955 Insurance City Open.^[6][7][2]

In November 2015, Miyazato won the Dunlop Phoenix event, one of the more prestigious events on the Japan Golf Tour to earn his third tour level victory. He shot rounds of 64-69 on the weekend to win by two strokes. In April 2017, Miyazato won his fourth event on the Japanese Tour, The Crowns, followed two weeks later by another win in the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup.

At the 2017 Indonesian Masters, Miyazato finished in solo 4th, earning enough Official World Golf Ranking points to finish the year in the Top 50, thus earning an invitation to the 2018 Masters Tournament, his first appearance.

Personal life

His younger sister, Ai Miyazato, was also a professional golfer and competed on the LPGA Tour.

Professional wins (8)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Dec 2013	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−13 (66-66-64-71=267)	3 strokes	Wu Ashun
2	20 Apr 2014	Token Homemate Cup	−6 (71-66-68-65=270)	2 strokes	Hiroshi Iwata
3	22 Nov 2015	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−14 (67-70-64-69=270)	2 strokes	Yoshinori Fujimoto, Hideki Matsuyama
4	30 Apr 2017	The Crowns	−13 (67-65-67-68=267)	1 stroke	Yoshinori Fujimoto, Toru Taniguchi
5	14 May 2017	Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup	−12 (71-66-73-66=276)	3 strokes	Brad Kennedy
6	8 Oct 2017	Honma TourWorld Cup	−22 (61-68-65-68=262)	3 strokes	Shingo Katayama
7	3 Dec 2017	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−15 (69-69-65-62=265)	6 strokes	Shaun Norris

Other wins (1)

• 2013 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament					CUT
U.S. Open			T23	T60
The Open Championship	CUT		CUT	CUT	T47
PGA Championship					CUT

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2016	2017	2018
Championship	T61		T60
Match Play			T52
Invitational
Champions

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1998, 2000, 2002
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2000, 2002 (winners)