is a Japanese

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Early life

Kuramoto was born in

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

. He turned professional in 1981.

Professional career

Kuramoto won 30 tournaments on 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 ...

, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion ¥. Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992

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and had full playing rights on the tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was tied for fourth place at the

1982 Open Championship The 1982 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 111th Open Championship, held from 15–18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, one stroke ahead of runners-up Pe ...

, which was also his best finish in a major championship.

Senior career

In 2005, Kuramoto turned 50 and was eligible to play on the

Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...

. He qualified at the 2005

qualifying school. He made his first start at the

Turtle Bay Championship The Turtle Bay Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2008. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the GTE Kaanapali Classic when it was played at Kāʻanapali on the island of Maui. History It was played annually in ...

in January 2006. His best finish on the Champions Tour was a fourth-place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. He also won two

European Senior Tour The Legends Tour is the current branding of the European Senior Tour, a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was branded as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insur ...

events in 2010 and 2012.

Amateur wins

*1975 Japan Amateur Championship *1977 Japan Amateur Championship *1980 Japan Amateur Championship

Professional wins (46)

Japan Golf Tour wins (30)

''*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (6–4)

Other wins (4)

*1981 Wakayama Open, Hyogo Open *1983 House Foods Kyosen Invitation *1985

KSB Setonaikai Open The KSB Open was a professional golf tournament that was held in Japan. Founded as the KSB Kagawa Open in 1981, it was an event on the Japan Golf Tour in 1983 and again from 1989. It was played until 1999, after which it was merged with the Descent ...

European Senior Tour wins (2)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (10)

*2007 Big Raisac Senior Open *2010

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, Handa Cup Senior Masters *2014

, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament *2015 Kyoshinkai Hiroshima Senior Championship *2016 Uniden Grand Senior Championship, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament *2018 Uniden Grand Senior Championship *2019 Starts Senior Golf Tournament

Results in major championships

''Note: Kuramoto never played in the

Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...

.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

''This list may be incomplete.'' 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):

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Professional *

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):

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

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 ...

Four Tours World Championship The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from 1985 to 1991. It was played between teams representing the four main professional tours: the American PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour, the PGA Tour of ...

(representing Japan): 1988, 1990 *

Royal Trophy The Royal Trophy was a men's professional team golf tournament which was played between 2006 and 2013. The competing teams represented Europe and Asia. Eight man teams played a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for the ...

(Asian team): 2006 (non-playing captain)

External links

*
Masahiro Kuramoto
at the PGA of Japan official website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuramoto, Masahiro Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture 1955 births Living people