Kodai Ichihara

Kodai Ichihara
Personal information
Born (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982
Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Nationality  Japan
Career
Status Professional
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour 1
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T79: 2016
PGA Championship DNP

Kodai Ichihara (市原 弘大, Ichihara Kōdai, born 29 May 1982) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour.

Ichihara had his first win on the tour in June 2018, the Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills. Previously his best finish is T-2 at the 2016 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open. He also has one win on the Japan Challenge Tour, the 2003 Kanitop Cup.

Ichihara qualified for the 2012 Open Championship through International Final Qualifying, but missed the cut.[1] His runner-up finish at the 2016 Mizuno Open qualified him for the 2016 Open Championship.[2] He made the cut and finished tied for 79th. Ichihara's win at the 2018 Japan Golf Tour Championship lifted him to second place in the 2018 Japan Golf Tour money list, earning him a place in the 2018 Open Championship.

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

  • 2003 Kanitop Cup

Results in major championships

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT T79 CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2018
Mexico Championship
Match Play
Bridgestone Invitational T69
HSBC Champions
  Did not play

References

  1. ↑ "Ichihara, Imahira, Lee and Tanihara qualify for the 145th Open in Japan". Compleat Golfer. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Four qualify for Open via Japan Golf Tour's Mizuno Open". Golf Channel. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
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