Shunsuke Sonoda
| Shunsuke Sonoda 薗田 峻輔 | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 26 September 1989 Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Residence | Otaku Tokyo |
| Career | |
| College | Meiji University |
| Turned professional | 2010 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Highest ranking | 89 (2 January 2011)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2015 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2010 |
Shunsuke Sonoda (薗田 峻輔, Sonoda Shunsuke, born 26 September 1989) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Sonoda was born in Tokyo. He was first trained by his father. After that he has been taught by golf teaching pro, Todd Baker, since he was 10 years old. When Sonoda visited Gold Coast, Australia with his family at age 13, he decided to study in Gold Coast because the town has many golf courses. He spent two years in a junior high school there to pursue his golf game further. He won the Japan National Junior Golf Championship. He decided to return Japan to enter the Suginami-Gakuin High School. He was a high school teammate of Ryo Ishikawa. Ishikawa calls him "King" as he swept all the junior tournaments. They first met in elementary school. In his sophomore year at the Meiji University, he qualified for Japan Golf Tour.
Sonoda began playing on the Japan Golf Tour in 2010 and won the 2010 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic. This victory earned him an exemption into the 2010 Open Championship.
Professional wins (2)
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
- 2010 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
- 2013 Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2008
Professional
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011
External links
- Shunsuke Sonoda at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Shunsuke Sonoda at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- ^ "Week 1 2011 Ending 2 Jan 2011" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.