Shingo Katayama
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Shingo Katayama (Japanese:片山 晋呉, born 31 January 1973) is a Japanese golfer.
Career
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 fifth on the career wins list and ranking second on the career money list with over ¥2,000,000,000.
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. 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.
Katayama also featured in the top thirty of the Official World Golf Ranking, reaching a highest ranking of 23rd in December 2007.
Katayama rarely played on the U.S. based PGA Tour, playing the majority of his golf in Japan. His best finish outside of Japan, (excluding majors) came in 2006 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship where he defeated Colin Montgomerie, 3 and 2, in the second round en route to finishing T9.
Professional wins (36)
Japan Golf Tour wins (31)
| Legend |
|---|
| Flagship events (2) |
| Japan majors (7) |
| Other Japan Golf Tour (24) |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (5–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Sanko Grand Summer Championship | Japan Kazuhiko Hosokawa | Won with par on third extra hole |
| 2 | 1999 | JCB Classic Sendai | Japan Shigemasa Higaki | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 3 | 2002 | Japan PGA Championship | Japan Kenichi Kuboya | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 4 | 2006 | ABC Championship | South Korea Yang Yong-eun | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 5 | 2008 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Japan Yasuharu Imano | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 6 | 2012 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 7 | 2013 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | Japan Hidemasa Hoshino, Japan Satoshi Tomiyama | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 8 | 2015 | Top Cup Tokai Classic | South Korea Kim Hyung-sung | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)
Other wins (1)
- 2016 Legend Charity Pro-Am
Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Jun 2024 | Sumaida Cup Senior Golf Tournament | −15 (68-64-69=201) | 1 stroke | Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant |
| 2 | 30 Mar 2025 | Unitex Senior Open | −7 (67-68=135) | 2 strokes | Japan Kenichi Kuboya, New Zealand David Smail |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T40 | CUT | T37 | T33 | T27 | T44 | CUT | 4 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T35 | CUT | CUT | T36 | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | 71 | CUT | CUT | T50 | T34 | CUT | |||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T4 | CUT | CUT | T62 | T23 | T50 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | T44 | |||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2007 Masters – 2007 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice times)
Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | T70 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 67 | 72 | T73 | T46 | ||||
| Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | R64 | R16 | R64 | R64 | R32 |
| Invitational | T46 | 72 | ||||||
| Champions | T33 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 1994
Professional
- Dynasty Cup (representing Japan): 2005
- EurAsia Cup (representing Asia): 2016
See also
Notes
External links
- at theJapan Golf Tourofficial site
- at thePGA Tourofficial site
- at theOfficial World Golf Rankingofficial site