Ryutaro Nagano

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Ryutaro Nagano
永野 竜太郎
Personal information
Born (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 35)
Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Residence Kumamoto City, Japan
Career
College Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T20: 2023
The Open Championship CUT: 2021
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Bangkok Men's team

Ryutaro Nagano (永野 竜太郎, Nagano Ryūtarō, born 6 May 1988) is a Japanese professional golfer. He plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has five runner-up finishes. [1]

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Amateur career

Nagano was born in the Kumamoto Prefecture and as a child honed his skills at a driving range built on his grandfather's ranch. He won the club championship at Kumamoto Airport CC as a freshman in junior high school. In 2005, he came to national attention when he reached the final of the Japan Amateur as a sophomore at Mizuki High School in Ibaraki Prefecture. [1] The next year, he won the National High School Golf Championship. [2]

In 2007, he enrolled at Tohoku Fukushi University. He represented Ibaraki Prefecture at the 62nd National Athletic Meet golf competition, and won the adult men's section and team. [3]

He won a bronze medal with Yuta Ikeda, Yuki Usami and Daisuke Yasumoto at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok. [4]

Professional career

Nagano turned professional at the end of 2008 when he was a sophomore at Tohoku Fukushi University. Expectations were high for him as a rookie, but he struggled for his first three years on the Japan Golf Tour. [1]

In 2012, he recorded a few top-10s, and in 2014 he finished runner-up at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open, two shots behind Satoshi Kodaira. He was again runner-up at the 2015 Japan Golf Tour Championship. In 2016, his form continued to improve and he moved up to 18th in the season ranking, and into the top-250 in the Official World Golf Ranking. In 2017, he recorded his third runner-up finish at the Mynavi ABC Championship.

He was a torch bearer at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, carrying the torch through Kumamoto, his hometown. [5]

Nagano qualified for his first major, the 2021 Open Championship, by finishing runner-up at the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open. [6] He shot a 70 and 72 at to miss the cut at Royal St George's Golf Club by a single stroke. Later the same year, he tied for 39th at the Zozo Championship in his first regular PGA Tour start, won by Hideki Matsuyama.

He bogeyed the final hole to enter a playoff at the 2021 Panasonic Open Golf Championship with world number one ranked amateur Keita Nakajima, which he lost, but could claim the 20 million yen winner's check.

Nagano earned a spot at the 2023 U.S. Open in the Japan qualifying event at Ibaraki Golf Club alongside Gunn Charoenkul and Ryo Ishikawa. At Los Angeles Country Club, he gained recognition by sitting in 8th place after three rounds, and finishing in a tie for 20th. [7]

Amateur wins

Playoff record

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2021 Panasonic Open Flag of Japan.svg Keita Nakajima (a)Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open T20
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "永野 竜太郎 プロフィール" [Ryutaro Nagano Player Profile] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "全国高校ゴルフ選手権 歴代優勝者" [All Japan High School Golf Championship Past Winners] (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "第62回国民体育大会特集" [The 62nd National Sports Festival](PDF) (in Japanese). Ibaraki Sports Association. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Men's Team Results" (PDF). FISU. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Cradock, Matt (18 June 2023). "7 Things You Didn't Know About Ryutaro Nagano". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Stafford, Ali (30 May 2021). "The 149th Open: Juvic Pagunsan wins Mizuno Open, carrying only 11 clubs, to secure major place". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Reedy, Joe (18 June 2023). "Unknown Nagano making a name for himself with great play at the US Open". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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