Yuta Ikeda

Yuta Ikeda (Japanese: 池田勇太; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yuta Ikeda
Ikeda at the 2010 PGA Championship
Personal information
Born	(1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 39) Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	24
Highest ranking	33 (29 November 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	21 (8th all-time)
Asian Tour	2
Other	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	29th: 2010
PGA Championship	T33: 2016
U.S. Open	T58: 2010
The Open Championship	T38: 2011
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year 2009 Japan Golf Tour money list winner 2016 Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2016
Medal record Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok Men's team

Professional career

Ikeda has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008. Since his maiden victory in 2009, he has won a minimum of one tournament per season through 2017 and has a total of 21 victories.

Ikeda has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking twice. In late 2009 he reached a high of 33rd. In late 2016/early 2017 he was again 33rd in the rankings.

Amateur wins

• 2002 Japan Junior Golf Championships
• 2003 Japan Junior Golf Championships, Junior World Golf Championships

Professional wins (24)

Japan Golf Tour wins (21)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Japan majors (3)[a]
Other Japan Golf Tour (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Jun 2009	Japan PGA Championship	−14 (65-67-69-65=266)	7 strokes	Mitsuhiro Tateyama
2	30 Aug 2009	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	−21 (69-66-69-63=267)	Playoff	Yasuharu Imano
3	11 Oct 2009	Canon Open	−16 (64-72-64=200)*	4 strokes	Tomohiro Kondo, Han Lee
4	25 Oct 2009	Bridgestone Open	−16 (67-67-71-65=270)	2 strokes	Kenichi Kuboya
5	19 Jul 2010	Toshin Golf Tournament	−17 (68-66-64-73=271)	3 strokes	Shunsuke Sonoda
6	22 Sep 2010	ANA Open	−14 (70-71-66-67=274)	1 stroke	Kim Do-hoon, Jay Choi
7	24 Oct 2010	Bridgestone Open (2)	−23 (67-71-65-62=265)	3 strokes	Michio Matsumura
8	21 Nov 2010	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−15 (67-66-70-66=269)	2 strokes	Kim Kyung-tae
9	31 Jul 2011	Sun Chlorella Classic	−14 (66-72-64-72=274)	1 stroke	Tetsuji Hiratsuka
10	7 Oct 2012	Canon Open (2)	−17 (66-68-68-69=271)	3 strokes	Taichi Teshima
11	3 Nov 2013	Mynavi ABC Championship	−15 (63-69-70-67=269)	Playoff	Hur Suk-ho
12	19 Oct 2014	Japan Open Golf Championship	−10 (64-68-66-72=270)	1 stroke	Shingo Katayama, Satoshi Kodaira
13	30 Aug 2015	RIZAP KBC Augusta (2)	−20 (66-65-71-66=268)	5 strokes	Koumei Oda
14	24 Apr 2016	Panasonic Open Golf Championship1	−13 (67-73-66-65=271)	3 strokes	Marcus Fraser, Kim Kyung-tae
15	9 Oct 2016	Honma TourWorld Cup	−14 (68-67-69-66=270)	Playoff	Song Young-han
16	27 Nov 2016	Casio World Open	−13 (72-64-67=203)*	1 stroke	Ryuji Masaoka
17	27 Aug 2017	RIZAP KBC Augusta (3)	−18 (69-67-67-67=270)	3 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
18	17 Sep 2017	ANA Open (2)	−13 (70-69-65-71=275)	Playoff	Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu
19	15 Oct 2017	Japan Open Golf Championship (2)	−8 (67-66-67-72=272)	1 stroke	Takumi Kanaya (a)
20	23 Sep 2018	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1	−15 (69-66-66-68=269)	6 strokes	Justin Harding
21	2 Jun 2019	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open	−7 (70-74-66-71=281)	1 stroke	Chan Kim

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	Vana H Cup KBC Augusta	Yasuharu Imano	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	2012	Toshin Golf Tournament	Wu Ashun	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
3	2013	Mynavi ABC Championship	Hur Suk-ho	Won with par on first extra hole
4	2016	Honma TourWorld Cup	Song Young-han	Won with birdie on first extra hole
5	2016	Heiwa PGM Championship	Hideto Tanihara	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
6	2017	ANA Open	Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	10 Jul 2008	Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament	−9 (65-68=133)	3 strokes	Norihiko Furusho, Taigen Tsumagari

Other wins (2)

• 2012 Legend Charity Pro-Am
• 2013 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Results in major championships

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament		29	CUT						CUT	CUT
U.S. Open		T58						CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T38				CUT	T72	CUT	T51
PGA Championship		CUT	T45					T33	CUT	T65

Tournament	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	8

• Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (four times)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Championship		T22	T55						T61	T46
Match Play		R64	R64						T51	T29
Invitational		T69	75
Champions	T51	T30	T29	T72						T64

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2004, 2006
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006

Professional

• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011
• World Cup (representing Japan): 2011
• EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2018

See also

• List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
• Lowest rounds of golf

Notes

1. The 2014 and 2017 Japan Open Golf Championships were also Japan major championships.