Yuta Ikeda

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

Yuta Ikeda
Personal information
Born (1985-12-22) 22 December 1985
Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Nationality Japan
Career
CollegeTohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins22
Highest ranking33 (29 November 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour21 (8th all time)
Asian Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament29th: 2010
PGA ChampionshipT33: 2016
U.S. OpenT58: 2010
The Open ChampionshipT38: 2011
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
leading money winner
2016

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

Professional wins (22)

Japan Golf Tour wins (21)

Legend
Japan Opens (2)
Japan majors (3)
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 in LakeWood −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 at Trophia Golf −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.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2009 Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Yasuharu Imano Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2012 Toshin Golf Tournament in Ryosen 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 at Trophia Golf 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 −9 (65-68=133) 3 strokes Norihiko Furusho, Taigen Tsumagari

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

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000041
PGA Championship00000053
U.S. Open00000031
The Open Championship00000083
Totals000000208
  • 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.

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
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

Professional

See also

References

  1. "Week 48 2009 Ending 29 Nov 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.


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