Hiroyuki Fujita
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Hiroyuki Fujita is a Japan
ese professional golf
er.
Fujita has won ten tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour
and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings
. Specifically, Fujita finished in the top 50 of the 2010 year-end Official World Golf Rankings, which qualified him for the 2011 Masters Tournament
.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
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Fujita has won ten tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour 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 men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
. Specifically, Fujita finished in the top 50 of the 2010 year-end Official World Golf Rankings, which qualified him for the 2011 Masters Tournament
2011 Masters Tournament
The 2011 Masters Tournament was the 75th Masters Tournament and was played from April 7–10 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the first major championship of the 2011 season. South African Charl Schwartzel won the 2011 event by two strokes over Adam Scott and Jason Day.Eight players held a share...
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Japan Golf Tour wins (10)
- 1997 Suntory OpenSuntory OpenThe Suntory Open was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was first played in 1973. The event is held in Chiba, currently at the Sobu Country Club...
- 2001 Sun Chlorella ClassicSun Chlorella ClassicThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 2000. The tournament record is −19 . It was set by Christian Pena in 2002. In 2011, it was played from 28–31 July...
- 2002 Asia Japan Okinawa Open
- 2004 Token Homemate CupToken Homemate CupThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1990. It is usually the first event played on the Japan Golf Tour season. The tournament record is 267 . It was set by Wayne Perske in 2006. The course measures 7,081 yards and the par is 71...
- 2005 Munsingwear Open KSB CupMunsingwear Open KSB CupThe Munsingwear Open KSB Cup is an annual professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was created in 2000 as a result of the merger of two previous tournaments, the Georgia KSB Open and the Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup....
- 2008 Pine Valley Beijing Open (co-sanctioned with Asian TourAsian TourThe Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...
) - 2009 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy CupNagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy CupThe is a 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 record is -16 . It was set by Hiroyuki Fujita in 2009....
, Kansai Open Golf Championship - 2010 Tsuruya OpenTsuruya OpenThe is a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played annually since 1994. The tournament's to-par record is -17 set by Katsumasa Miyamoto in 1998. The aggregate record is 268 set by Brendan Jones in 2007. The course measures 6,770 yards and the par is 71...
, Golf Nippon Series JT CupGolf Nippon Series JT CupThe is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It has been played since 1963. It has been played since at least 1985 at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. The purse for the 2011 event was ¥130,000,000, with ¥40,000,000 going to the winner. It has recently been one of the last events of the season...
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 | CUT |
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
T41 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship... |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T68 | T56 | CUT | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Japan): 1997, 20092009 Omega Mission Hills World CupThe 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from November 26 to November 29 at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 55th World Cup. 28 countries competed as two player teams...