*anese professional golfer

Medal record

Yūsaku Miyazato (宮里 優作, Miyazato Yūsaku, born 19 June 1980) is a *anese professional golfer. In 2006 he became the first modern-era golfer to make two hole in one shots in the same round of a PGA Tour event, at the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada.

Contents

• 1 Early life and amateur career
• 2 Professional career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Professional wins (8)
  • 4.1 *an Golf Tour wins (7)
  • 4.2 Other wins (1)
• 5 Results in major championships
• 6 Results in World Golf Championships
• 7 Team appearances
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Early life and amateur career

Miyazato was born in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, *an. He attended Tohoku *ushi University, and won the *anese collegiate championship in 2000, and the *anese Amateur Championship in 2001. In December 2002, he announced his decision to turn pro before his upcoming graduation. He currently plays on the *an Golf Tour.

Professional career

At the time of his holes in one, the PGA Tour announced that it was the first time since they had started keeping records. However, research later turned up confirming that an amateur golfer, W.W. "Bill" Whedon, also hit two in the opening round of the 1955 Insurance City Open.

In November 2015, Miyazato won the Dunlop Phoenix event, one of the more prestigious events on the *an Golf Tour to earn his third tour level victory. He shot rounds of 64-69 on the weekend to win by two strokes. In April 2017, Miyazato won his fourth event on the *anese Tour, The Crowns, followed two weeks later by another win in the *an PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup.

At the 2017 Indonesian Masters, Miyazato finished in solo 4th, earning enough Official World Golf Ranking points to finish the year in the Top 50, thus earning an invitation to the 2018 Masters Tournament, his first appearance.

Personal life

His younger sister, Ai Miyazato, is also a professional golfer and currently competes on the LPGA Tour.

Professional wins (8)

*an Golf Tour wins (7)

Other wins (1)

• 2013 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships

::Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

::Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing *an): 1998, 2000, 2002
• Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2000, 2002 (winners)

References

External links

• Official website (in *anese)
• Yūsaku Miyazato at the PGA Tour official site
• Yūsaku Miyazato at the *an Golf Tour official site
• Yūsaku Miyazato at the Official World Golf Ranking official site