Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) 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 ...

. He has played full-time 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 ...

since 2015 and has won four times on the tour, between 2017 and 2019. He was the leading money winner on the tour in 2018 and 2019.

Japan Challenge Tour

Imahira won twice on the 2014 Japan Challenge Tour en route to winning the season money list title.

Japan Golf Tour

Since 2015 he has played on the main

. In 2015, his best finish was second place in the

Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually at The North Country Golf Club near Chitose, Hokkaido since 2005. The tournament typically took place during the first week of July, but since 2019 it ha ...

. In 2016, he tied for second place in the

Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open The is a professional golf tournament played in Japan. Founded in 1971, it has been a Japan Golf Tour event since 1979. Since 1998, the event has been prefixed , with the top finishers gaining exemptions into The Open Championship. The Mizuno Op ...

and also had a third-place finish and three fourth-place finishes, finishing 10th in the money list. In 2017, he had his first win on the tour, winning the

Kansai Open The is a professional golf tournament held in the Kansai region of Japan. Founded in 1926, one year before the Japan Open Golf Championship, it was the first professional tournament to be organised in Japan. It was an event on the Japan Golf Tou ...

and finished 6th in the money list. Imahira won the 2018

Bridgestone Open The was a professional golf tournament in Japan, sponsored by Bridgestone. Founded in 1972, it had been an event on the Japan Golf Tour since in inaugural season in 1973. From 1972 to 1984, the title of the event was the Bridgestone Tournament, be ...

. He was also 2nd three times, 3rd three times and had 7 other top-10 finishes to be the leading money winner on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.

Majors

Imahira played in the 2016 Open Championship for his first major appearance. He had an opening round 68, but shot 80 in the second round and missed the cut. He qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open and the

2018 PGA Championship The 2018 PGA Championship was the 100th PGA Championship, held August 9–12 at Bellerive Country Club in Town and Country, Missouri, a suburb west of St. Louis. This was the second PGA Championship (1992) and third major ( 1965 U.S. Open) hel ...

but missed the cut on both occasions. Imahira was 53rd in the world rankings at the end of 2018 and missed out on qualification for the

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, for which the top-50 qualified automatically. However, he later received a special invitation for the event. At the 2020 U.S. Open he did make the cut, but finished last among the remaining players.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *2008 Japan Junior Championship (Boy's 15–17 division)

Professional wins (10)

Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

*''Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather.''
¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)

Asian Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

*2018 Legend Charity Pro-Am

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
DQ = Disqualified
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Imahira, Shugo Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture 1992 births Living people