Katsumasa Miyamoto ( ja, 宮本勝昌, born 28 August 1972) is a Japanese

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Miyamoto was born in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

. After turning professional, he joined the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after th ...

, where he has won 12 times. He won his first title in 1998, adding another later that year. He added two more wins in 2001 and 2014 and one win in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2019.

Professional wins (13)

Japan Golf Tour wins (12)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–3)

Other wins (1)

*2008

Hitachi 3Tours Championship The is an unofficial golf event held every December at the Glissando Golf Club Narita, Chiba, Japan. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits teams from the Japan Golf Tour, the LPGA of Japan Tour, and PGA Se ...

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisen ...

(representing Japan):

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

Professional *

Alfred Dunhill Cup The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championshi ...

(representing Japan):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Dynasty Cup Dynasty Cup was an East Asian international association football tournament. The tournament was held every 2 or 3 years. It was hosted by Beijing in 1990 and 1992, Hong Kong in 1995, Yokohama and Tokyo in 1998. In 2002 the East Asian Football F ...

(representing Japan): 2003, 2005

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* * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture 1972 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub