Masanori Kobayashi

Masanori Kobayashi 小林正則
Personal information
Born	(1976-02-14) 14 February 1976 (age 45) Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Nationality	Japan
Career
Status	Professional
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2014, 2018

Masanori Kobayashi (小林正則, Kobayashi Masanori, born 14 February 1976) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kobayashi has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 1999.^[1] He won his first title in 2011 at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open and his second at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in 2012.^[2] He also won two events on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2000.^[2]

Professional wins (5)[]

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)[]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	22 May 2011	Totoumi Hamamatsu Open	−20 (69-66-68-65=268)	Playoff	Ryo Ishikawa
2	23 Sep 2012	Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1	−17 (74-64-67-62=267)	1 stroke	Koumei Oda
3	22 Oct 2013	Japan Open Golf Championship	−10 (69-69-69-67=274)	3 strokes	Koumei Oda

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

• The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2011	Totoumi Hamamatsu Open	Ryo Ishikawa	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)[]

• 2000 Hisamitsu KBC Challenge, PRGR Cup (West)

Results in major championships[]

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

Results in World Golf Championships[]

WD = withdrew

References[]

External links[]

• Masanori Kobayashi at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Masanori Kobayashi at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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