Satoshi Kodaira
| Satoshi Kodaira | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 September 1989 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Highest ranking | 27 (15 April 2018)[1] (as of 14 July 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T28: 2018 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 2017 |
| U.S. Open | T46: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | T35: 2018 |
Satoshi Kodaira (小平 智, Kodaira Satoshi, born 11 September 1989) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had six victories, including two Japan Golf Tour majors, the 2013 Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills[2] and the 2015 Japan Open. He has also won once on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2012.
In April 2018, Kodaira won the RBC Heritage, for his first victory on the PGA Tour, in just his 15th start. Players ranked in the world top 50 are automatically invited to that tournament, and Kodaira had been in the top 50 for most of the year.[3] He came from six strokes behind in the final round and posted a five-under 66 to sit in the clubhouse at −12, well before the leading groups finished. Kim Si-woo, who had the lead, faltered on the remaining holes and fell back into a playoff with Kodaira. Both players parred the first two extra holes, before Kodaira holed a 25-foot putt for birdie to win on the third extra hole. The win lifted Kodaira to a career high 27th in the world rankings.[4]
Professional wins (8)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Apr 2018 | RBC Heritage | 73-63-70-66=272 | −12 | Playoff |  Kim Si-woo
|
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | RBC Heritage | Kim Si-woo
|
Won with birdie on third extra hole |
Japan Golf Tour wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Jun 2013 | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills | –14 (70-64-70-70=274) | 1 stroke |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat, S. K. Ho
|
| 2 | 3 Aug 2014 | Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open | –16 (72-68-64-68=272) | 2 strokes | Yuki Inamori, Hiroshi Iwata, Ryosuke Kinoshita, Ryutaro Nagano, Kazuhiro Yamashita
|
| 3 | 18 Oct 2015 | Japan Open | –13 (71-62-70-72=275) | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda
|
| 4 | 23 Oct 2016 | Bridgestone Open | –14 (75-66-62-67=270) | 1 stroke | Lee Kyoung-hoon
|
| 5 | 1 Oct 2017 | Top Cup Tokai Classic | –14 (67-68-70-69=274) | 1 stroke | Ryuko Tokimatsu
|
| 6 | 12 Nov 2017 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | –18 (63-72-70-65=270) | 3 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato
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Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)
- 2012 PGA JGTO challenge Cup II in Boso
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T28 | |||||
| U.S. Open | T46 | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T35 | |||
| PGA Championship | T48 | T59 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico Championship | 54 | |||||
| Match Play | T59 | |||||
| Bridgestone Invitational | T65 | T47 | T63 | |||
| HSBC Champions | 71 |
"T" = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2010
Professional
References
- ^ "Week 15 2018 Ending 15 Apr 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ Young, Bruce (24 June 2013). "Kodaira wins Japan Tour Championship". iseekgolf.com. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ https://www.pgatour.com/inside-the-field/2018/04/06/rbc-heritage-field-how-they-qualified.html
- ^ "Kodaira prevails in playoff to win RBC Heritage". PGA Tour. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links
- Satoshi Kodaira at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Satoshi Kodaira at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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