is a Japan

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....

er.

Oda was born in Tagawa, Fukuoka

Tagawa, Fukuoka

is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan.As of May 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 51,128, with 24,348 households and a population density of 937.78 people per km². Its total area is 54.52 km².The city was founded on November 3, 1943....

. He turned professional in 2000.

Oda won the 2008 Casio World Open

Casio World Open

The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1981...

 and the 2009 Token Homemate Cup

Token Homemate Cup

The 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...

. He competed in the 2009 Open Championship

2009 Open Championship

The 2009 Open Championship was the 138th Open Championship, one of the four major golf championships, and was played from 16–19 July at the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the fourth time The Open Championship had been played at Turnberry...

 at Turnberry, but failed to make the cut, finishing day two at 14 over par. He retained the Casio World Open in 2009 and the Token Homemate Cup in 2010. In 2011, he won the Diamond Cup Golf

Diamond Cup Golf

is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. The tournament is played in May. Since its founding in 1973 the event has traveled throughout Japan; different courses have hosted the event on all four major islands...

 for his fifth Japan Golf Tour win.

Japan Golf Tour wins (5)

• 2008 Casio World Open
  Casio World Open
  The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1981...
  
  
• 2009 Token Homemate Cup
  Token Homemate Cup
  The 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...
  
  , Casio World Open
  Casio World Open
  The is an annual event on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played in November and attracts some of the leading international golfers. It was founded in 1981...
  
  
• 2010 Token Homemate Cup
  Token Homemate Cup
  The 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...
  
  
• 2011 Diamond Cup Golf
  Diamond Cup Golf
  is an annual golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. The tournament is played in May. Since its founding in 1973 the event has traveled throughout Japan; different courses have hosted the event on all four major islands...
  
  

Results in major championships

Tournament	2009	2010
The Masters	DNP	DNP
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
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...	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	CUT

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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