Tomohiro Kondo

Tomohiro Kondo
近藤智弘
Personal information
Born (1977-06-17) 17 June 1977 (age 47)
Tōkai, Aichi, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking88 (4 January 2015)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2007, 2009, 2014
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Men's individual
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Men's team

Tomohiro Kondo (Japanese: 近藤智弘, born 17 June 1977) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kondo was born in Tōkai, Aichi, Japan. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games.

After turning professional, Kondo joined the Japan Golf Tour. He has five wins on the Japan Golf Tour, winning twice in 2006, and once in 2007, 2008, 2011, and 2014.

Kondo managed to qualify for The Open Championship three times; 2007, 2009, 2014. Missing the cut each time

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 14 May 2006 Japan PGA Championship −10 (68-70-71-69=278) Playoff Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori
2 17 Sep 2006 ANA Open −10 (69-64-72-69=274) 1 stroke Japan Kiyoshi Maita, Japan Kaname Yokoo
3 3 Jun 2007 JCB Classic −13 (68-66-68-69=271) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Seong-ho, Japan Koumei Oda,
Japan Mamo Osanai, Japan Azuma Yano
4 4 May 2008 The Crowns −9 (72-68-64-67=271) Playoff Japan Hiroyuki Fujita
5 24 Apr 2011 Tsuruya Open −19 (66-63-70-66=265) 4 strokes South Korea Bae Sang-moon, Japan Nobuhiro Masuda
6 9 Nov 2014 Heiwa PGM Championship −20 (68-66-64-66=264) 4 strokes Japan Yoshinori Fujimoto, South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo,
Japan Hideto Tanihara

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–5)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 JCB Classic Sendai Japan Takashi Kamiyama, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima Kamiyama won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2004 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup South Korea Hur Suk-ho Lost to par on second extra hole
3 2006 Japan PGA Championship Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori Won with par on first extra hole
4 2006 The Golf Tournament in Omaezaki South Korea Hur Suk-ho, Japan Toru Taniguchi Taniguchi won with birdie on third extra hole
Kondo eliminated by birdie on second hole
5 2008 The Crowns Japan Hiroyuki Fujita Won with par on second extra hole
6 2016 Token Homemate Cup South Korea Kim Kyung-tae Lost to birdie on first extra hole
7 2022 Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Japan Shugo Imahira, Japan Tomoharu Otsuki Imahira won with birdie on second extra hole
Otsuki eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Kondo only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Week 1 2015 Ending 4 Jan 2015" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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