Hiroyuki Fujita

Hiroyuki Fujita
藤田寛之
Hiroyuki Fujita; 藤田寛之
Personal information
Born	16 June 1969 (age 55); Higashi-ku, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	Japan PGA Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	21
Highest ranking	43 (2 December 2012)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	18
Asian Tour	3
Other	5
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2011, 2013
PGA Championship	T56: 2009
U.S. Open	T51: 2012
The Open Championship	T41: 2005
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player	2010, 2012
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner	2012

Hiroyuki Fujita (Japanese: 藤田寛之, born 16 June 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Career

Fujita has won 18 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, reaching a height of 43rd and finishing in 48th position of the 2010 year-end ranking. In 2012, Fujita won four tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, including the season-ending Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. He went on to finish the season as the leading money winner,^[2] as well as being voted the most valuable player.^[3]

Professional wins (23)

Japan Golf Tour wins (18)

Legend
Japan majors (3)
Other Japan Golf Tour (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Sep 1997	Suntory Open	−14 (68-68-66-72=274)	3 strokes	Masashi Ozaki
2	5 Aug 2001	Sun Chlorella Classic	−5 (71-73-71-68=283)	Playoff	Katsuyoshi Tomori
3	22 Dec 2002 (2003 season)	Asia Japan Okinawa Open¹	−14 (67-68-67=202)*	3 strokes	Yūsaku Miyazato (a), Ted Purdy
4	28 Mar 2004	Token Homemate Cup	−3 (70-68-74-69=281)	2 strokes	Shingo Katayama, Charlie Wi
5	22 May 2005	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	−18 (63-66-72-69=270)	3 strokes	Steven Conran, Tadahiro Takayama
6	11 May 2008	Pine Valley Beijing Open¹	−12 (67-65-72-72=276)	3 strokes	Shintaro Kai
7	26 Jul 2009	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−16 (69-68-69-66=272)	1 stroke	Kōki Idoki
8	23 Aug 2009	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−20 (69-66-61-68=264)	2 strokes	Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Tomohiro Kondo
9	25 April 2010	Tsuruya Open	−14 (66-66-67=199)*	Playoff	Toru Taniguchi
10	5 Dec 2010	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	−15 (65-70-64-66=265)	1 stroke	Toru Taniguchi
11	4 Dec 2011	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (2)	−10 (66-70-64=200)*	Playoff	Toru Taniguchi
12	22 Apr 2012	Tsuruya Open (2)	−15 (68-66-68-67=269)	4 strokes	Lee Kyoung-hoon
13	27 May 2012	Diamond Cup Golf	−14 (66-65-70-73=274)	3 strokes	Kiradech Aphibarnrat
14	16 Sep 2012	ANA Open	−16 (71-68-65-68=272)	1 stroke	Kurt Barnes, Yuta Ikeda, Kim Hyung-sung, Liang Wenchong
15	2 Dec 2012	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup (3)	−10 (61-66-68-67=262)	5 strokes	Han Lee, Toshinori Muto
16	27 Apr 2014	Tsuruya Open (3)	−4 (66-72-66-67=271)	Playoff	Park Sang-hyun
17	31 Aug 2014	RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta	−12 (71-66-74-65=276)	Playoff	Liang Wenchong
18	28 Sep 2014	Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf¹ (2)	−6 (68-71-73-66=278)	2 strokes	Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Hur Suk-ho, Jason Knutzon

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (5–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2001	Diamond Cup Tournament	Yuji Igarashi, Toshimitsu Izawa	Izawa won with par on first extra hole
2	2001	Sun Chlorella Classic	Katsuyoshi Tomori	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	2008	The Crowns	Tomohiro Kondo	Lost to par on second extra hole
4	2010	Tsuruya Open	Toru Taniguchi	Won with birdie on third extra hole
5	2010	Coca-Cola Tokai Classic	Takashi Kanemoto, Michio Matsumura	Matsumura won with par on third extra hole Kanemoto eliminated by par on first hole
6	2011	Golf Nippon Series JT Cup	Toru Taniguchi	Won with par on second extra hole
7	2014	Tsuruya Open	Park Sang-hyun	Won with par on first extra hole
8	2014	RZ Everlasting KBC Augusta	Liang Wenchong	Won with par on fifth extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

1997 Mito Green Open, Twin Fields Cup

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	19 Jun 2022	Starts Senior Golf Tournament	−18 (64-66-68=198)	5 strokes	Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Prayad Marksaeng, David Smail, Suk Jong-yul, Thaworn Wiratchant
2	28 Aug 2022	Maruhan Cup Taiheiyo Club Senior	−9 (69-66=135)	1 stroke	Shinichi Akiba, Keiichiro Fukabori, Takeshi Sakiyama
3	17 Sep 2023	Japan Senior Open Golf Championship	−10 (70-71-67-70=278)	1 stroke	Prayad Marksaeng, Masayoshi Yamazoe

Playoff record

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2024	U.S. Senior Open	Richard Bland	Lost to par on third extra hole after two-hole aggregate playoff; Bland: E (4-4=8), Fujita: E (4-4=8)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2015
Masters Tournament					CUT		CUT
U.S. Open				T58	CUT	T51	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	T41			CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship		T68	T56	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2015
Championship		T61			73
Match Play		R64		R64
Invitational
Champions	T46	T46	T11	T50

Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Japan): 1997, 2009
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1998
Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2003, 2005
Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2013

References

^ "Week 48 2012 Ending 2 Dec 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ "藤田寛之が完全優勝の３連覇を達成、２０１２年の賞金王に" [Hiroyuki Fujita wins outright for the third time in a row and becomes the 2012 prize money king.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "藤田寛之はさらなる高みを目指して･･･" [Hiroyuki Fujita aims for even greater heights...] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

External links

Hiroyuki Fujita at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Hiroyuki Fujita at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[w201248-1] "Week 48 2012 Ending 2 Dec 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] "藤田寛之が完全優勝の３連覇を達成、２０１２年の賞金王に" [Hiroyuki Fujita wins outright for the third time in a row and becomes the 2012 prize money king.] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

[3] "藤田寛之はさらなる高みを目指して･･･" [Hiroyuki Fujita aims for even greater heights...] (in Japanese). Japan Golf Tour Organization. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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