Shugo Imahira
Japanese golfer (born 1992)
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Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and has won 10 times on the tour, between 2017 and 2024. He was the leading money winner in 2018 and 2019.
Japan| Shugo Imahira | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | 2 October 1992 Saitama Prefecture, Japan | ||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) | ||||||
| Sporting nationality | Japan | ||||||
| Career | |||||||
| Turned professional | 2011 | ||||||
| Current tours | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour | ||||||
| Professional wins | 13 | ||||||
| Highest ranking | 30 (5 January 2020)[1] (as of 6 September 2026) | ||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 10 | ||||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||||
| Other | 3 | ||||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||||
| Masters Tournament | T44: 2020 | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2018, 2019 | ||||||
| U.S. Open | 61st: 2020 | ||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 | ||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Japan Challenge Tour
Imahira won twice on the 2014 Japan Challenge Tour en route to winning the season money list title.[2]
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 and finished 6th in the money list.[3][4] Imahira won the 2018 Bridgestone Open. He was also 2nd three times, 3rd three times and had 7 other top-10 finishes to be the leading money winner on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.[citation needed]
Majors
Imahira played in the 2016 Open Championship for his first major appearance.[5] He had an opening round 68, but shot 80 in the second round and missed the cut.[6][7] He qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open and the 2018 PGA Championship but missed the cut on both occasions.[8] Imahira was 53rd in the world rankings at the end of 2018 and missed out on qualification for the 2019 Masters Tournament, for which the top-50 qualified automatically. However, he later received a special invitation for the event.[9] At the 2020 U.S. Open he did make the cut, but finished last among the remaining players.
Amateur wins
Professional wins (13)
Japan Golf Tour wins (10)
| Legend |
|---|
| Japan majors (1) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (9) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 May 2017 | Kansai Open Golf Championship | −9 (67-69-69-70=275) | 6 strokes | Daisuke Kataoka |
| 2 | 21 Oct 2018 | Bridgestone Open | −16 (70-65-67-66=268) | 1 stroke | Masahiro Kawamura |
| 3 | 13 Oct 2019 | Bridgestone Open (2) | −11 (64-67=131)* | 1 stroke | Hiroyuki Fujita,  Seungsu Han, Tomoharu Otsuki, Akio Sadakata |
| 4 | 24 Nov 2019 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −10 (65-72-66=203)* | 2 strokes |  Hwang Jung-gon |
| 5 | 5 Sep 2021 | Fujisankei Classic | −12 (71-69-68-64=272) | 4 strokes | Kenshiro Ikegami, Ryo Ishikawa |
| 6 | 15 May 2022 | Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup1 | −8 (66-69-69-68=272) | 1 stroke | Hiroshi Iwata, Yuto Katsuragawa, Kaito Onishi, Kosuke Suzuki (a) |
| 7 | 22 May 2022 | Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament | −22 (65-67-61-65=258) | Playoff | Tomohiro Kondo, Tomoharu Otsuki |
| 8 | 2 Apr 2023 | Token Homemate Cup | −20 (64-66-71-63=264) | 2 strokes | Rikuya Hoshino |
| 9 | 12 Nov 2023 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −12 (67-66-65-70=268) | 1 stroke | Taiki Yoshida |
| 10 | 13 Oct 2024 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −4 (66-72-70-68=276) | 1 stroke | Ryosuke Kinoshita |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | ANA Open | Yuta Ikeda, Ryuko Tokimatsu |
Ikeda won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2022 | Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament | Tomohiro Kondo, Tomoharu Otsuki |
Won with birdie on second extra hole Otsuki eliminated by par on first hole |
Asian Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 May 2022 | Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup1 | −8 (66-69-69-68=272) | 1 stroke | Hiroshi Iwata, Yuto Katsuragawa, Kaito Onishi, Kosuke Suzuki (a) |
1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 May 2014 | Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship | −10 (66-68=134) | Playoff | Masashi Nishimura, Akinori Tani |
| 2 | 23 Oct 2014 | JGTO Novil Final | −7 (68-69=137) | 1 stroke | Mitsugu Murakami |
Other wins (1)
- 2018 Legend Charity Pro-Am
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T44 | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | ||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | 61 | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T39 | T61 | ||
| Match Play | NT1 | |||
| Invitational | T27 | |||
| Champions | DQ | NT1 |
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
DQ = Disqualified
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied