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.
| Satoshi Kodaira | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 September 1989 Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2010 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Highest ranking | 27 (15 April 2018)[1] (as of 5 May 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 7 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T28: 2018 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 2017 |
| U.S. Open | T46: 2017 |
| The Open Championship | T35: 2018 |
While playing on the Japan Golf Tour, Kodaira has had seven 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 (10) edit
PGA Tour wins (1) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Apr 2018 | RBC Heritage | −12 (73-63-70-66=272) | Playoff |  Kim Si-woo
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PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | RBC Heritage | Kim Si-woo
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Won with birdie on third extra hole |
Japan Golf Tour wins (7) edit
| Legend |
|---|
| Flagship events (1) |
| Japan majors (3) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (4) |
| 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, Hur Suk-ho
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| 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 Golf Championship | −13 (71-62-70-72=275) | 1 stroke | Yuta Ikeda
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| 4 | 23 Oct 2016 | Bridgestone Open | −14 (75-66-62-67=270) | 1 stroke | Lee Kyoung-hoon
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| 5 | 1 Oct 2017 | Top Cup Tokai Classic | −14 (67-68-70-69=274) | 1 stroke | Ryuko Tokimatsu
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| 6 | 12 Nov 2017 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −18 (63-72-70-65=270) | 3 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato
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| 7 | 2 Dec 2018 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | −8 (66-74-68-64=272) | Playoff | Hwang Jung-gon, Ryo Ishikawa
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- The Japan Open Golf Championship is also a Japan major championship.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Fujisankei Classic |  Seungsu Han, Ryu Hyun-woo
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Ryu won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | Golf Nippon Series JT Cup | Hwang Jung-gon, Ryo Ishikawa
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Aug 2010 | Hatoyama Country Club GMA Challenge Tournament (as an amateur) |
−13 (64-67=131) | 2 strokes | Motoharu Mukai, Norihiko Nakata
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| 2 | 21 Sep 2012 | PGA JGTO Challenge Cup II in Boso | −13 (64-67=131) | 1 stroke | Hisashi Sawada
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Results in major championships edit
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| 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 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 61 | |||
| PGA Championship | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||
| The Open Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship edit
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Results in World Golf Championships edit
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 54 | T51 | |||||
| Match Play | T59 | T24 | |||||
| Invitational | T65 | T47 | T63 | ||||
| Champions | 71 | T37 |
"T" = tied
Team appearances edit
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2010
Professional
- World Cup (representing Japan): 2018
- Amata Friendship Cup (representing Japan): 2018
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Inside the Field: RBC Heritage".
- ^ "Kodaira prevails in playoff to win RBC Heritage". PGA Tour. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links edit
- Satoshi Kodaira at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Satoshi Kodaira at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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