Shugo Imahira

Shugo Imahira
Personal information
Born (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st)
Nationality  Japan
Career
Status Professional
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour 1
Other 2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2017
The Open Championship CUT: 2016
PGA Championship CUT: 2018

Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and won his first tour event in 2017, the Kansai Open.

Japan Challenge Tour

Imahira won twice on the 2014 Japan Challenge Tour en route to winning the season money list title.[1]

Japan Golf Tour

Since 2015 he has played on the main Japan Golf Tour. In 2015, his best finish was second place in the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. In 2016, he tied for second place in the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open 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.[2][3]

Majors

He played in the 2016 Open Championship for his first major appearance.[4] He had an opening round 68, but shot 80 in the second round and missed the cut.[5][6]

Imahira qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open.[7]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

  • 2008 Japan Junior Championship (Boy's 15–17 division)[8][9]

Professional wins (3)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

  • 2014 Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship, JGTO Novil Final

Results in major championships

Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

References

  1. ↑ "Challenge Tournaments Stats –Money Ranking". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kansai Open Golf Championship, final Rd, Shugo Imahira (今平 周吾) wins". Golf-swinger. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking News 2017: Week 20: Horschel defeats Day in playoff at AT&T Byron Nelson". GolfToday. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kodai Ichihara, Shugo Imahira, Sang-hee Lee, Hideto Tanihara qualify for Open Championship". ESPN. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Recent news on Shugo Imahira - PGA Golfer". Rotoworld. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Open: Soomin Lee makes 68 on debut". GolfingIndian. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Miyazato gets U.S. Open spot after 8-hole playoff in Japan". Japan Today. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Shugo Imahira". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "2008 National Championships". Japan Golf Association. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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