Ryosuke Kinoshita (born 16 July 1991) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played primarily on the

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since 2014 and has won twice on the tour.

Professional career

Kinoshita turned professional in late 2013. From 2014 to 2018, he played on the

and the second-tier Japan Challenge Tour. In his first season, 2014, he was a joint runner-up in the

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, two strokes behind

Satoshi Kodaira is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and Japan Golf Tour. While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had seven victories, including two Japan Golf Tour majors, the 2013 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills ...

. In 2018, he won the ISPS Handa Challenge Cup on the Japan Challenge Tour, by two strokes. In 2018, he also had his first top-10 finishes on the main Japan Golf Tour since 2014, including a tie for fourth place in the Fujisankei Classic. In early 2020, Kinoshita finished tied for 6th place in the

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. The event was one of the Open Qualifying Series for the

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and his high finish gave him entry to the 2020 Open Championship. The 2020 Open was later cancelled but Kinoshita was given an entry into the

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, his first major championship. In late 2020, Kinoshita was runner-up in the

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, a stroke behind Jinichiro Kozuma, who had an eagle at the final hole while Kinoshita could only make a par. Kinoshita had his first win on the

at the

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, winning by 5 strokes from Yuki Furuwaka. Three weeks later, he won again on the tour, at the

. He had a final round 62, to get into a playoff with

Ryuko Tokimatsu is a Japanese professional golfer. Tokimatsu plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Japan Challenge Tour. He had one win on each tour in 2016. Tokimatsu made his debut on American soil at the 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, having qualified ...

, and won with a birdie at the first extra hole. At the

, Kinoshita placed 59th. This was after making a par putt on the 18th on Friday's second round to make the cut line.

Professional wins (3)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinoshita, Ryosuke Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers LIV Golf players Sportspeople from Nara Prefecture 1991 births Living people