Ryosuke Kinoshita

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Ryosuke Kinoshita
Personal information
Born (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 33)
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Japan Challenge Tour
LIV Golf
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 69 (2 January 2022) [1]
(as of 14 July 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2022
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T59: 2021

Ryosuke Kinoshita (born 16 July 1991) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour since 2014 and has won three times on the tour.

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Professional career

Kinoshita turned professional in late 2013. [2] From 2014 to 2018, he played on the Japan Golf Tour and the second-tier Japan Challenge Tour. In his first season, 2014, he was a joint runner-up in the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open, two strokes behind Satoshi Kodaira. [3] In 2018, he won the ISPS Handa Challenge Cup on the Japan Challenge Tour, by two strokes. [4] In 2018, he also had his first top-10 finishes on the main Japan Golf Tour since 2014, including a tie for fourth place in the Fujisankei Classic. [5]

In early 2020, Kinoshita finished tied for 6th place in the SMBC Singapore Open. The event was one of the Open Qualifying Series for the Open Championship and his high finish gave him entry to the 2020 Open Championship. [6] The 2020 Open was later cancelled but Kinoshita was given an entry into the 2021 Open Championship, his first major championship. In late 2020, Kinoshita was runner-up in the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, a stroke behind Jinichiro Kozuma, who had an eagle at the final hole while Kinoshita could only make a par. [7]

Kinoshita had his first win on the Japan Golf Tour at the Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills, winning by 5 strokes from Yuki Furuwaka. [8] Three weeks later, he won again on the tour, at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open. He had a final round 62, to get into a playoff with Ryuko Tokimatsu, and won with a birdie at the first extra hole. [9]

At the 2021 Open Championship, Kinoshita placed 59th. This was after making a par putt on the 18th on Friday's second round to make the cut line.

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
16 Jun 2021 Japan Golf Tour Championship
Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills 		−14 (67-68-67-68=270)5 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Furuwaka
227 Jun 2021 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open −25 (70-66-65-62=263)Playoff Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu
326 May 2024 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open −12 (69-66-70-71=276)2 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Koh Gun-taek

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Flag of Japan.svg Ryuko Tokimatsu Won with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
18 Jun 2018 ISPS Handa Challenge Cup−14 (67-63-72=202)2 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Fumihiro Ebine, Flag of Japan.svg Daisuke Matsubara

Results in major championships

Tournament2021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T59CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2021
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T43
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 1 2022 Ending 2 Jan 2022" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ryosuke Inoshita". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open Golf Tournament 2014". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ISPS Handa Challenge Cup 2018". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ryosuke Kinoshita". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Four secure qualification to The Open". SMBC Singapore Open. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ryosuke Kinoshita's first victory slipped away by 1 shot deficit but is determined to fight harder". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ryosuke Kinoshita in joyous tears! Dream come true on the Major stage to achieve his 1st Victory". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ryosuke Kinoshita marks V2 and accomplished back-to-back win after his 1st Victory". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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