Shugo Imahira

Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and has won four times on the tour, between 2017 and 2019. He was the leading money winner on the tour in 2018.

Shugo Imahira
Personal information
Born (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking30 (5 January 2020)[1]
(as of 7 February 2021)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour4
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT44: 2020
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2018, 2019
U.S. Open61st: 2020
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2016, 2019
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
leading money winner		2018, 2019

Japan Challenge Tour

Imahira won twice on the 2014 Japan Challenge Tour en route to winning the season money list title.[2]

Japan Golf Tour

Since 2015 he has played on the main Japan Golf Tour. In 2015, his best finish was second place in the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. In 2016, he tied for second place in the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open and also had a third-place finish and three fourth-place finishes, finishing 10th in the money list. In 2017, he had his first win on the tour, winning the Kansai Open and finished 6th in the money list.[3][4] Imahira won the 2018 Bridgestone Open. He was also 2nd three times, 3rd three times and had 7 other top-10 finishes to be the leading money winner on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.

Majors

Imahira played in the 2016 Open Championship for his first major appearance.[5] He had an opening round 68, but shot 80 in the second round and missed the cut.[6][7] He qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open and the 2018 PGA Championship but missed the cut on both occasions.[8] Imahira was 53rd in the world rankings at the end of 2018 and missed out on qualification for the 2019 Masters Tournament, for which the top-50 qualified automatically. However, he later received a special invitation for the event.[9] At the 2020 U.S. Open he did make the cut, but finished last among the remaining players.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

  • 2008 Japan Junior Championship (Boy's 15–17 division)[10][11]

Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 21 May 2017 Kansai Open Golf Championship −9 (67-69-69-70=275) 6 strokes Daisuke Kataoka
2 21 Oct 2018 Bridgestone Open −16 (70-65-67-66=268) 1 stroke Masahiro Kawamura
3 13 Oct 2019 Bridgestone Open (2) −11 (64-67=131)* 1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita, Seungsu Han,
Tomoharu Otsuki, Akio Sadakata
4 24 Nov 2019 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −10 (65-72-66=203)* 2 strokes Hwang Jung-gon

*Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 ANA Open Yuta Ikeda, Ryuko Tokimatsu Ikeda won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 23 May 2014 Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship −10 (66-68=134) Playoff Masashi Nishimura, Akinori Tani
2 23 Oct 2014 JGTO Novil Final −7 (68-69=137) 1 stroke Mitsugu Murakami

Results in major championships
Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament 2019 2020
Masters Tournament CUT T44
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT 61
The Open Championship CUT NT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2017201820192020
Championship T39 T61
Match Play NT1
Invitational T27
Champions DQ NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
DQ = Disqualified
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

References
  1. "Week 1 2020 Ending 5 Jan 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Challenge Tournaments Stats –Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. "Kansai Open Golf Championship, final Rd, Shugo Imahira (今平 周吾) wins". Golf-swinger. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. "Official World Golf Ranking News 2017: Week 20: Horschel defeats Day in playoff at AT&T Byron Nelson". GolfToday. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. "Kodai Ichihara, Shugo Imahira, Sang-hee Lee, Hideto Tanihara qualify for Open Championship". ESPN. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. "Recent news on Shugo Imahira - PGA Golfer". Rotoworld. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. "The Open: Soomin Lee makes 68 on debut". GolfingIndian. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  8. "Miyazato gets U.S. Open spot after 8-hole playoff in Japan". Japan Today. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. "Shugo Imahira receives special invitation to Masters". ESPN. Associated Press. 8 January 2018.
  10. "Shugo Imahira". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. "2008 National Championships". Japan Golf Association. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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