Takumi Kanaya ( ja, 金谷拓実, born 23 May 1998) is a Japanese

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. He had an exceptionally successful amateur career and was world ranked number 1 in the

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for 55 weeks. He also won a professional event on the 2019 Japan Golf Tour while still an amateur.

Amateur career

Kanaya had a successful amateur career, winning the 2015 Japan Amateur Championship and the 2018

Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Asia-Pacific. It is organized by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) and was first played in 2009. It was organized in ...

. The latter gave him entry to the Masters and the

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in 2019. He played in a number of representative matches, including the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy where he had the second best individual score. Kanaya won team gold medals at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...

and at the

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. He was world ranked number 1 in the

for 55 weeks, winning the Mark H. McCormack Medal for 2020. While still an amateur, Kanaya played in a number of professional tournaments. He was the runner-up in the 2017

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, a stroke behind Yuta Ikeda. He won the 2019

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on the Japan Golf Tour and finished tied for 3rd place in the 2019 Emirates Australian Open.

Professional career

Kanaya turned professional in October 2020 and made his professional debut at the

, finishing in 7th place. In November 2020, Kanaya won the

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. This was his second win in a professional tournament but his first since turning pro. The Dunlop Phoenix is regarded as one of the premier tournaments in Japan. The win moved him to 126th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

*2015 Japan High School Spring Championship, Japan Amateur Championship *2016 JHGA Spring Championship 15 - 17, Chugoku Amateur Championship *2018 Chugoku Amateur Championship,

Source:

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

''*Note: The 2021 Token Homemate Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' "T" = Tied
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = No tournament due to

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Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to the

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2017 *

Bonallack Trophy The Bonallack Trophy is an amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup which opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific. The venue alternates between courses in Europe and Asia/Pacific. The first compe ...

(representing Asia/Pacific): 2016, 2018 (winners) *

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):

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(representing International team):

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

(winners)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanaya, Takumi Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Universiade medalists in golf Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Golfers at the 2018 Asian Games People from Kure, Hiroshima Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture 1998 births Living people