Yuto Katsuragawa

Yuto Katsuragawa
Personal information
Born (1998-10-09) 9 October 1998 (age 26)
Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
ResidenceFunabashi, Chiba, Japan
Career
CollegeNihon University
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Japan Golf Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. Open58th: 2023
The Open ChampionshipT47: 2022
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
Rookie of the Year		2022

Yuto Katsuragawa (Japanese: 桂川有人, born 9 October 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and European Tour. He has won the ISPS Handa Championship twice.

Career

Katsuragawa turned professional in the fall of 2020 and won his first professional event on the Japan Challenge Tour a year later. In 2022, he won the ISPS Handa Championship in Japan and claimed Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year honors.[1]

He qualified for the 150th Open Championship by finishing runner-up at the 2022 SMBC Singapore Open, behind Sadom Kaewkanjana. At the Old Course at St Andrews he shot a final round 69 to finish in a tie for 47th.[2]

Katsuragawa spent 2023 mainly on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he recorded two top-20 finishes, and qualified for the 2023 U.S. Open where he made the cut.[3]

In April 2024, Katsuragawa claimed his first victory on the European Tour when he won the co-sanctioned ISPS Handa Championship for a second time.[4]

Amateur wins

  • 2015 Philippine Amateur Open Match Play Championship
  • 2018 Chubu Amateur Championship, Japan Collegiate Championship

Source:[5]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 28 Apr 2024 ISPS Handa Championship1 −17 (70-65-65-63=263) 3 strokes Sweden Sebastian Söderberg

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 24 Apr 2022 ISPS Handa Championship in Japan −24 (67-63-65-65=260) 1 stroke Japan Rikuya Hoshino
2 28 Apr 2024 ISPS Handa Championship1 (2) −17 (70-65-65-63=263) 3 strokes Sweden Sebastian Söderberg

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 Token Homemate Cup Japan Jinichiro Kozuma Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Oct 2021 Ryo Ishikawa Everyone Project Challenge −15 (69-65-67=201) 3 strokes Japan Yu Morimoto

Results in major championships

Tournament 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open 58
The Open Championship T47 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" = tied

References

  1. ^ "Who Is Yuto Katsuragawa? Meet the 25-Year-Old DP World Tour Winner". Essentially Sports. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Cameron Smith rallies to win British Open, Yuto Katsuragawa T47th". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  3. ^ Fuller, Jackson (13 June 2023). "Unlikely U.S. Open qualifier looks to capitalize on opportunity". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Katsuragawa shoots 63 to win on DP World Tour's return to Japan". Japan Times. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Yuto Katsuragawa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 2 May 2024.