Full name Shingo Katayama
片山 晋呉 Professional wins 29 Height 1.68 m Japan golf tour 29 Turned professional 1995 Role Golfer Current tours Japan Golf Tour | College None Name Shingo Katayama Spouse Michiyo Katayama Nationality Japan Masters Tournament 4th: 2009 Weight 73 kg | |
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Born 31 January 1973 (age 51)
Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture ( 1973-01-31 ) Similar People Yuta Ikeda, Koumei Oda, Ryo Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Fujita, Hideto Tanihara | ||
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Shingo Katayama (Japanese: 片山 晋呉, born 31 January 1973) is a Japanese golfer.
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- Shingo katayama swing vision 20071025 abc championship golf tournament
- Shingo katayama singha corporation thailand open day 2
- Japan Golf Tour wins 31
- Results in major championships
- Summary
- Team appearances
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Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. He has won 31 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking sixth on the career wins list and ranking second on the career money list with over 1.9 billion ¥.
Katayama has played in several major championships and World Golf Championships events, and his most notable achievement outside Japan is his tied fourth-place finish at the 2001 PGA Championship. He played the 3rd round with the champion David Toms. He was called "Cowboy Shingo" due to his distinctive cowboy-style hat. He has featured in the top thirty of the Official World Golf Rankings. Placing fourth with a 10-under par at the 2009 Masters, he tied Toshimitsu Izawa (2001) for the best showing of a Japanese golfer at the tournament.
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Japan Golf Tour wins (31)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional