Hiroshi Iwata

Hiroshi Iwata
岩田寛
Hiroshi Iwata; 岩田寛
Personal information
Born	31 January 1981 (age 40); Sendai, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	63 (23 November 2014)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T21: 2015
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2008, 2014, 2015

Hiroshi Iwata (岩田寛, Iwata Hiroshi, born 31 January 1981) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour.

Iwata was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 14, by his father's influence, who ran a local golf range and was a professional golfer on the Japan Senior Tour. Iwata played college golf at Tohoku Fukushi University.

Iwata turned professional in 2004 and has played on the Japan Golf Tour since then. His first win came at the 2014 Fujisankei Classic.^[2] He also won the 2015 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. In the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Iwata shot a 63, which matched the then lowest round in a major championship.^[3]^[4] Iwata played on the 2016 PGA Tour, having qualified through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals, finishing 24th in the priority ranking.^[5]

Professional wins (3)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Sep 2014	Fujisankei Classic	−10 (69-69-70-66=274)	1 stroke	Hur In-hoi
2	5 Jul 2015	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−16 (70-69-67-66=272)	1 stroke	Shugo Imahira
3	2 May 2021	The Crowns	−12 (67-68-63=198)*	3 strokes	Katsumasa Miyamoto

*Note: The 2021 Crowns was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2008	Fujisankei Classic	Toyokazu Fujishima	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	2014	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Hideki Matsuyama	Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships[]

Tournament	2008	2014	2015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship			T21

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2014	2015
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions	T3	T64

Top 10

Did not play

"T" = tied

References[]

^ "Week 47 2014 Ending 23 Nov 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Iwata cards 66 to win Fujisankei Classic". Fox News. Sports Network. 7 September 2014.
^ Crouse, Karen (14 August 2015). "Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn". The New York Times.
^ Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Round in a Men's Golf Major, PGA Tour Records: Best 18-Hole Score in Major Championship". About.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
^ "Heads of the class". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links[]

Hiroshi Iwata at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Hiroshi Iwata at the PGA Tour official site
Hiroshi Iwata at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[w201447-1] "Week 47 2014 Ending 23 Nov 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[2] "Iwata cards 66 to win Fujisankei Classic". Fox News. Sports Network. 7 September 2014.

[3] Crouse, Karen (14 August 2015). "Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn". The New York Times.

[4] Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Round in a Men's Golf Major, PGA Tour Records: Best 18-Hole Score in Major Championship". About.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

[5] "Heads of the class". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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