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Yuta Ikeda
Ikeda at the 2010 PGA Championship
Personal information
Born
(1985-12-22) 22 December 1985 (age 38) Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight
76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality
Japan
Career
College
Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional
2008
Current tour(s)
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins
24
Highest ranking
33 (29 November 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour
21 (8th all time)
Asian Tour
2
Other
3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
29th: 2010
PGA Championship
T33: 2016
U.S. Open
T58: 2010
The Open Championship
T38: 2011
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year
2009
Japan Golf Tour money list winner
2016
Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player
2016
Medal record
Summer Universiade
2007 Bangkok
Men's team
Yuta Ikeda (Japanese: 池田勇太; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer.
^"Week 48 2009 Ending 29 Nov 2009" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
YutaIkeda (Japanese: 池田勇太; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer. Ikeda has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008. Since his maiden...
October 2016, Matsuyama captured the Japan Open by three strokes over YutaIkeda and Lee Kyoung-hoon. The win was Matsuyama's first title at his country's...
Rankings list Robert Allenby (19), Ben Curtis, Simon Dyson, Anders Hansen, YutaIkeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (19), Robert Karlsson (19)...
Golf Rankings list Ross Fisher (19), Hiroyuki Fujita, Peter Hanson (19), YutaIkeda (19), Ryo Ishikawa (19), Robert Karlsson (19), Kim Kyung-tae (19), Edoardo...
Furyk Branden Grace Bill Haas Seungsu Han Justin Harding Tyrrell Hatton YutaIkeda Im Sung-jae Shugo Imahira Russell Knox Mikko Korhonen Anirban Lahiri Alexander...
Boston". ESPN. August 21, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2024. "Magical 59 takes Ikeda to the top". Japan Golf Tour Organization. May 19, 2022. Retrieved February...
for professional players. The tournament record is 265 (−23), set by YutaIkeda in 2010. The 2018 total purse was ¥150,000,000 with ¥30,000,000 going...
Ross Fisher Matt Fitzpatrick Marcus Fraser Tyrrell Hatton Scott Hend YutaIkeda Thongchai Jaidee Andrew Johnston Matt Jones Rikard Karlberg Kim Kyung-tae...
Valuable Player Award: Ryo Ishikawa... Best Newcomer Award Shimada Trophy: YutaIkeda] "2009 Challenge Schedule". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 17...
000, with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner. In 2012, Wu Ashun defeated YutaIkeda in a sudden-death playoff to become the first Chinese winner on the Japan...
Fisher (18) Matt Fitzpatrick (18) Branden Grace (18) Tyrrell Hatton (18) YutaIkeda Yūsaku Miyazato Alex Norén (18) Bernd Wiesberger 18. Top 50 on the Official...
Ross Fisher Ryan Fox Dylan Frittelli Jim Furyk Scott Hend Jim Herman YutaIkeda Thongchai Jaidee Andrew Johnston Kim Kyung-tae Søren Kjeldsen Satoshi...
Japan Open 22. Top 2 on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List YutaIkeda 23. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money...
Tour events up to and including the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Championship YutaIkeda Yosuke Tsukada 21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015 Marco Dawson 22....
Money Rankings". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 10 April 2023. "YutaIkeda Tops 2016 Japan Golf Tour Money List With N1-CB Forged Irons". The Golf...
Jung-gon 3 Nov 5, 2017 Heiwa PGM Championship −6 (67-70-72-69=278) 1 stroke YutaIkeda, Song Young-han 4 Oct 20, 2019 Japan Open Golf Championship +1 (74-69-75-67=285)...
Tour events up to and including the 2009 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic YutaIkeda, Koumei Oda 27. The Senior British Open Champion for 2008 Bruce Vaughan...
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