Rikuya Hoshino (星野陸也, Hoshino Rikuya; born 12 May 1996) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he claimed his first win in 2024 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He has also played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2017 and has won six times on the tour.
Professional career Hoshino turned professional in August 2016. In early 2017, he won the Novil Cup on the Japan Challenge Tour.
Since 2017, Hoshino has played on the main Japan Golf Tour. His first win came in September 2018 at the Fujisankei Classic which he won by 5 strokes. With eight more top-10 finishes he finished 2018 as the 6th highest money winner on the tour. Hoshino qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open, his first major, where he missed the cut.
In May 2019, Hoshino lost in a playoff for the Kansai Open Golf Championship before winning his second Japan Golf Tour event at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open in June, a tournament reduced to 54 holes. A third-place finish in the Japan PGA Championship the following week lifted him into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Later in 2019, he finished runner-up in the RIZAP KBC Augusta.
Hoshino won the Fujisankei Classic for the second time in 2020, beating Mikumu Horikawa at the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
In February 2024, Hoshino claimed his first victory on the European Tour at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
Professional wins (8) European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up111 Feb 2024Commercial Bank Qatar Masters−14 (69-68-69-68=274)1 stroke Ugo Coussaud
European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12023ISPS Handa Australian Open Joaquín NiemannLost to eagle on second extra hole
Japan Golf Tour wins (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up12 Sep 2018Fujisankei Classic−16 (68-68-66-66=268)5 strokes Shugo Imahira230 Jun 2019Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open−20 (67-64-65=196)2 strokes Shota Akiyoshi36 Sep 2020Fujisankei Classic (2)−9 (69-69-67-70=275)Playoff Mikumu Horikawa425 Apr 2021Kansai Open Golf Championship−14 (66-67-68-69=270)2 strokes Chan Kim516 May 2021Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf−13 (72-65-69-69=275)4 strokes Juvic Pagunsan630 Oct 2022Heiwa PGM Championship−22 (63-68-64-63=258)5 strokes Aguri Iwasaki, Chan Kim
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12019Kansai Open Golf Championship Tomoharu OtsukiLost to birdie on fourth extra hole22020Fujisankei Classic Mikumu HorikawaWon with birdie on third extra hole32022Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Ryo IshikawaLost to birdie on second extra hole
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up12 Apr 2017Novil Cup−11 (71-68-66=205)1 stroke Kunihiro Kamii, Katsuyuki Sakurai
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020. Tournament20182019202020212022202320242025Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipCUTT60T62U.S. OpenCUTT26CUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipNTCUTCUTT60CUTCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also 2024 Race to Dubai dual card winners
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