Yosuke Asaji

Yosuke Asaji (born 24 May 1993) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yosuke Asaji
Personal information
Born (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993
Tokyo, Japan
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
Asian Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT67: 2019

Professional career

Asaji won the 2019 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf (a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour), to qualify for the 2019 Open Championship.[1] He earned entry into that tournament through Monday qualifier.[2] He finished the 2019 Open Championship in a tie for 67th place. Later in 2019 he won a five-way playoff at the ANA Open after making a birdie at the first extra hole.

Asaji has two wins on the Japan Challenge Tour.[3]

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 12 May 2019 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 −3 (69-72-68-72=281) 1 stroke Micah Lauren Shin, Ren Yonezawa (a)
2 15 Sep 2019 ANA Open −16 (73-68-66-65=272) Playoff Seungsu Han, Terumichi Kakazu,
Shaun Norris, Ryuko Tokimatsu

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 ANA Open Seungsu Han, Terumichi Kakazu,
Shaun Norris, Ryuko Tokimatsu
Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 Jun 2012 ISPS Charity Challenge Tournament −17 (65-69-65=199) 8 strokes Makoto Inoue
2 19 Jun 2015 Musee Platinum Challenge Tournament −11 (66-67=133) Playoff Sushi Ishigaki

Results in major championships

Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T67
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2019
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T38
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

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