Kazuki Higa
Kazuki Higa | ||
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Born | Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player 2022 | | 23 April 1995
Kazuki Higa (Japanese: 比嘉一貴, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour, as well as topping the money list in 2022.
Professional career
Higa attended
RIZAP KBC Augusta. He won again in 2021 at the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup.[3]
2022: Four wins and money list title
Higa started off the season by winning the
BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup in June. In September, Higa won the Shinhan Donghae Open, an event also sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He shot a final-round 65 to win by two shots.[4] He claimed his fourth victory of the season at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in November. He shot a final round 64 to win by three shots ahead of Mito Pereira.[5] Higa ended the 2022 season as the Japan Golf Tour money list winner and earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour.[6]
Amateur wins
- 2017 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (individual winner), Tohoku Amateur Championship, Kanto Collegiate Championship
Source:[7]
Professional wins (10)
Japan Golf Tour wins (6)
Legend |
Japan majors (1) |
Other Japan Golf Tour (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 1 Sep 2019 | RIZAP KBC Augusta
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−26 (66-63-67-66=262) | 5 strokes | Rikuya Hoshino |
2 | 22 Aug 2021 | Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup | −20 (68-65-67-68=268) | 2 strokes | Kunihiro Kamii |
3 | 17 Apr 2022 | Kansai Open Golf Championship
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−14 (65-67-68-70=270) | 1 stroke | Rikuya Hoshino |
4 | 5 Jun 2022 | BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup
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−12 (69-71-65-67=272) | 1 stroke | Tomoharu Otsuki |
5 | 11 Sep 2022 | Shinhan Donghae Open1 | −20 (66-63-70-65=264) | 2 strokes | Cho Min-gyu, Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Shin Yong-gu |
6 | 20 Nov 2022 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −21 (69-65-65-64=263) | 3 strokes | Mito Pereira |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 29 Jun 2018
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Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge | −12 (66-64=130) | 2 strokes | Yoshikazu Haku, Takahiro Hataji, Konosuke Nakazato |
Asian Development Tour wins (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 27 Apr 2018 | BTI Open1 | −17 (62-70-69-70=271) | 3 strokes | Zamal Hossain |
2 | 16 Mar 2019 | UMW Championship2 | −22 (68-65-68-65=266) | 6 strokes | Shintaro Kobayashi, Naoki Sekito |
1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
2Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
Other wins (1)
- 2018 Kyusyu Open
Results in major championships
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |
PGA Championship | 76 | |
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT |
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2016
- Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2013, 2015, 2017 (winners)
References
- OWGR. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Kazuki Higa – Profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Kazuki Higa – Tour Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ Kaur, Malkeet (12 September 2022). "Japan's Kazuki Higa triumphs at Shinhan Donghae Open". Par Golf. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Nosferatu [@VC606] (20 November 2022). "Big congrats to the not so big Kazuki Higa" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Top-3 Japan Tour Order of Merit finishers to receive DP World Tour membership". News Nine. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Kazuki Higa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
External links
- Kazuki Higa at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Kazuki Higa at the PGA Tour official site
- Kazuki Higa at the European Tour official site
- Kazuki Higa at the Official World Golf Ranking official site