Masahiro Kuramoto
Masahiro Kuramoto 倉本昌弘 | |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Nickname | Massy |
Born |
Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | 9 September 1955
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
Nationality | Japan |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1981 |
Current tour(s) |
European Senior Tour Japan PGA Senior Tour |
Former tour(s) |
Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour Champions Tour |
Professional wins | 39 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Japan Golf Tour | 30 (T5th all-time) |
European Senior Tour | 2 |
Other | 7 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 1993, 1994 |
The Open Championship | T4: 1982 |
PGA Championship | T42: 1982 |
Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto (倉本昌弘 Kuramoto Masahiro, born 9 September 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1981. He has won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion ¥.
Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992 PGA Tour qualifying school and played full-time on the Tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was a T-4 at the 1982 British Open (also his best finish in a major championship).
In 2005, he was medalist at the Champions Tour qualifying school, and he began play on that tour in 2006. His best finish is a fourth-place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
Amateur wins
- 1975 Japan Amateur Championship
- 1977 Japan Amateur Championship
- 1980 Japan Amateur Championship
Professional wins
Japan Golf Tour wins (30)
- 1980 (1) Chushikoku Open (as an amateur)
- 1981 (4) ANA Sapporo Open, Tokai Classic, Chushikoku Open, Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers
- 1982 (2) Japan PGA Championship, Chushikoku Open
- 1983 (2) Chushikoku Open, Tokai Classic
- 1984 (2) Bridgestone Open, Chushikoku Open
- 1985 (2) Jun Classic (tie with Kazushige Kono and Payne Stewart), Bridgestone Open
- 1986 (2) ANA Open, Tokai Classic
- 1987 (2) Maruman Open, Chushikoku Open
- 1988 (5) Sendai Classic, Yomiuri Open, Kansai Pro Championship, KBC Augusta, Chushikoku Open
- 1990 (1) Seto Uthumi Open
- 1991 (1) Acom International
- 1992 (3) Japan PGA Championship, Bridgestone Open, Daikyo Open
- 1994 (1) JCB Classic Sendai
- 1995 (1) Suntory Open
- 2003 (1) Acom International
Other wins
- 1981 Wakayama Open, Hyogo-ken Open
European Senior Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 Nov 2010 (2011 season) |
Handa Cup Senior Masters | −17 (69-71-66-65=271) | 4 strokes | Satoshi Higashi, Frankie Miñoza, Kiyoshi Murota |
2 | 24 Jun 2012 | Van Lanschot Senior Open | E (75-72-69=216) | 2 strokes | Andrew Oldcorn |
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (5)
- 2007 Big Raisac Senior Open
- 2010 Japan Senior Open, Handa Cup Senior Masters
- 2014 Japan Senior Open
- 2015 Kyoshinkai Hiroshima Senior Championship
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
Note: Kuramoto never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
This list may be incomplete.
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1976
Professional
- Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1985, 1992
- Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1988, 1990
- Royal Trophy (Asian team): 2006 (non-playing captain)
See also
External links
- Masahiro Kuramoto at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Masahiro Kuramoto at the PGA Tour official site
- Masahiro Kuramoto at the European Senior Tour official site
- Masahiro Kuramoto at the Official World Golf Ranking official site