Keiichiro Fukabori

Keiichiro Fukabori (深堀圭一郎, Fukabori Kei'ichirō, born 9 October 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He has eight wins on the Tour, and had his best year during the 2000 season.

Keiichiro Fukabori
深堀圭一郎
Personal information
Full nameKeiichiro Fukabori
Born (1968-10-09) 9 October 1968
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking91 (30 December 2001)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour8
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT57: 2005
The Open ChampionshipT30: 2004

Fukabori was born in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1995.

Fukabori's best finish in a major was a tie for 30th at the 2004 Open Championship. He also finished tied for 57th in the 2005 U.S. Open.

Professional wins (9)

Japan Golf Tour wins (8)

Legend
Japan Opens (1)
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (7)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 30 Mar 1997 Just System KSB Open −12 (69-64-69-74=276) 2 strokes Katsunori Kuwabara, Toshiaki Odate
2 20 Sep 1998 ANA Open −9 (71-71-68-69=279) 2 strokes Lee Janzen, Katsumasa Miyamoto
3 9 Jul 2000 Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima −13 (67-67-70-71=275) 1 stroke Masashi Ozaki
4 5 Nov 2000 Ube Kosan Open −12 (70-72-69-65=276) 3 strokes Tatsuya Shiraishi, Toru Taniguchi
5 8 Jul 2001 Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima (2) −13 (67-67-69=203) Playoff Masashi Ozaki
6 19 Oct 2003 Japan Open Golf Championship −8 (66-75-71-64=276) 2 strokes Yasuharu Imano
7 7 Aug 2005 Sun Chlorella Classic −15 (67-70-70-66=273) 1 stroke Hidemasa Hoshino
8 18 Sep 2005 ANA Open (2) −14 (72-62-72-68=274) Playoff Yasuharu Imano

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2001 Juken Sangyo Open Hiroshima Masashi Ozaki Won with par on first extra hole
2 2005 ANA Open Yasuharu Imano Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
U.S. Open T57 CUT
The Open Championship CUT T30 T56
  Did not play

T = Tied
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Fukabori never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

Team appearances

References

  1. "Week 52 2001 Ending 30 Dec 2001" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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