Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Name Hiroshi Iwata Turned professional 2004 U.S. Open DNP Professional wins 2 | Masters Tournament DNP Japan golf tour 2 Nationality Japan Role Professional golfer | |
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Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) Current tour(s) Japan Golf TourPGA Tour | ||
Hiroshi iwata ties the tournament record at pga championship
Hiroshi Iwata (岩田 寛 Iwata Hiroshi, born 31 January 1981) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour.
Contents
- Hiroshi iwata ties the tournament record at pga championship
- Highlights Sung Kang and Hiroshi Iwata co lead at ATT Pebble Beach Pro Am
- Japan Golf Tour wins 2
- Results in major championships
- Results in World Golf Championships
- References
Iwata was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 14, by his father's influence, who runs a local golf range and currently a professional golfer at the Japan Senior Tour. He played college golf at Tohoku Fukushi University.
Iwata turned professional in 2004 and has played on the Japan Golf Tour since then. His first win came at the 2014 Fujisankei Classic. In the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Iwata shot a 63, which matched the lowest round in a major championship. Through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals, he earned his PGA Tour card for 2016 by finishing 24th in the priority ranking.
Highlights | Sung Kang and Hiroshi Iwata co-lead at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
Results in major championships
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Results in World Golf Championships
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.