Yuta Ikeda (; born 22 December 1985) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Professional career Ikeda has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008. Since his maiden victory in 2009, he has won a minimum of one tournament per season through 2017 and has a total of 21 victories.
Ikeda has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking twice. In late 2009 he reached a high of 33rd. In late 2016/early 2017 he was again 33rd in the rankings.
Amateur wins 2002 Japan Junior Golf Championships 2003 Japan Junior Golf Championships, Junior World Golf Championships
Professional wins (24) Japan Golf Tour wins (21) Legend Flagship events (2) Japan majors (3) Other Japan Golf Tour (18) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up114 Jun 2009Japan PGA Championship−14 (65-67-69-65=266)7 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama230 Aug 2009Vana H Cup KBC Augusta−21 (69-66-69-63=267)Playoff Yasuharu Imano311 Oct 2009Canon Open−16 (64-72-64=200)*4 strokes Tomohiro Kondo, Han Lee425 Oct 2009Bridgestone Open−16 (67-67-71-65=270)2 strokes Kenichi Kuboya519 Jul 2010Toshin Golf Tournament−17 (68-66-64-73=271)3 strokes Shunsuke Sonoda622 Sep 2010ANA Open−14 (70-71-66-67=274)1 stroke Kim Do-hoon, Jay Choi724 Oct 2010Bridgestone Open (2)−23 (67-71-65-62=265)3 strokes Michio Matsumura821 Nov 2010Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−15 (67-66-70-66=269)2 strokes Kim Kyung-tae931 Jul 2011Sun Chlorella Classic−14 (66-72-64-72=274)1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka107 Oct 2012Canon Open (2)−17 (66-68-68-69=271)3 strokes Taichi Teshima113 Nov 2013Mynavi ABC Championship−15 (63-69-70-67=269)Playoff Hur Suk-ho1219 Oct 2014Japan Open Golf Championship−10 (64-68-66-72=270)1 stroke Shingo Katayama, Satoshi Kodaira1330 Aug 2015RIZAP KBC Augusta (2)−20 (66-65-71-66=268)5 strokes Koumei Oda1424 Apr 2016Panasonic Open Golf Championship1−13 (67-73-66-65=271)3 strokes Marcus Fraser, Kim Kyung-tae159 Oct 2016Honma TourWorld Cup−14 (68-67-69-66=270)Playoff Song Young-han1627 Nov 2016Casio World Open−13 (72-64-67=203)*1 stroke Ryuji Masaoka1727 Aug 2017RIZAP KBC Augusta (3)−18 (69-67-67-67=270)3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii1817 Sep 2017ANA Open (2)−13 (70-69-65-71=275)Playoff Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu1915 Oct 2017Japan Open Golf Championship (2)−8 (67-66-67-72=272)1 stroke Takumi Kanaya (a)2023 Sep 2018Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1−15 (69-66-66-68=269)6 strokes Justin Harding212 Jun 2019Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open−7 (70-74-66-71=281)1 stroke Chan Kim *Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather. 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (4–2) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12009Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Yasuharu ImanoWon with birdie on second extra hole22012Toshin Golf Tournament Wu AshunLost to birdie on fourth extra hole32013Mynavi ABC Championship Hur Suk-hoWon with par on first extra hole42016Honma TourWorld Cup Song Young-hanWon with birdie on first extra hole52016Heiwa PGM Championship Hideto TaniharaLost to birdie on first extra hole62017ANA Open Shugo Imahira, Ryuko TokimatsuWon with birdie on first extra hole
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up110 Jul 2008Everlife Cup Challenge Tournament−9 (65-68=133)3 strokes Norihiko Furusho, Taigen Tsumagari
Other wins (2) 2012 Legend Charity Pro-Am 2013 Legend Charity Pro-Am
Results in major championships Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018Masters Tournament29CUTCUTCUTU.S. OpenT58CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT38CUTT72CUTT51PGA ChampionshipCUTT45T33CUTT65 Tournament2019Masters TournamentPGA Championship U.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (four times) Longest streak of top-10s – 0
Results in World Golf Championships Results not in chronological order prior to 2015. Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018ChampionshipT22T55T61T46Match PlayR64R64T51T29InvitationalT6975ChampionsT51T30T29T72T64
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2004, 2006 Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2004 (winners), 2006
Professional Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011 World Cup (representing Japan): 2011 EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2018
See also List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins Lowest rounds of golf
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