Yuta Ikeda
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| Yuta Ikeda 池田 勇太 |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 22 December 1985 Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| College | Tohoku Fukushi University |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 11 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 10 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | 29th: 2010 |
| U.S. Open | T58: 2010 |
| The Open Championship | T38: 2011 |
| PGA Championship | T45: 2011 |
Yuta Ikeda (池田 勇太; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008 where he has won ten tournaments. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Amateur wins
- 2002 Japan Junior Golf Championships
- 2003 Japan Junior Golf Championships, Junior World Golf Championships
Professional wins (11)
Japan Golf Tour wins (10)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jun 2009 | Japan PGA Championship | –14 (65-67-69-65=266) | 7 strokes | Mitsuhiro Tateyama |
| 2 | 30 Aug 2009 | Vana H Cup KBC Augusta | –21 (69-66-69-63=267) | Playoff | Yasuharu Imano |
| 3 | 11 Oct 2009 | Canon Open | –16 (64-72-64=200) | 4 strokes | Tomohiro Konda,  Han Lee |
| 4 | 25 Oct 2009 | Bridgestone Open | –16 (67-67-71-65=270) | 2 strokes | Kenichi Kuboya |
| 5 | 19 Jul 2010 | Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood | –17 (68-66-64-73=271) | 3 strokes | Shunsuke Sonoda |
| 6 | 22 Sep 2010 | ANA Open | –14 (70-71-66-67=274) | 1 stroke |  Kim Do-hoon, Jay Choi |
| 7 | 24 Oct 2010 | Bridgestone Open | –23 (67-71-65-62=265) | 3 strokes | Michio Matsumura |
| 8 | 21 Nov 2010 | Dunlop Phoenix | –15 (67-66-70-66=269) | 2 strokes | Kim Kyung-tae |
| 9 | 31 Jul 2011 | Sun Chlorella Classic | –14 (66-72-64-72=274) | 1 stroke | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
| 10 | 7 Oct 2012 | Canon Open | –17 (66-68-68-69=271) | 3 strokes | Taichi Teshima |
Other wins (1)
- 2008 Everlife Cup Challenge (Japan Challenge Tour)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | 29 | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | T58 | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T38 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | T45 |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2004, 2006
Professional
- Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2011
External links
- Yuta Ikeda at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Yuta Ikeda at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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