Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and has won 10 times on the tour, between 2017 and 2024. He was the leading money winner in 2018 and 2019.
Japan Challenge Tour Imahira won twice on the 2014 Japan Challenge Tour en route to winning the season money list title.
Japan Golf Tour Since 2015 he has played on the main Japan Golf Tour. In 2015, his best finish was second place in the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. In 2016, he tied for second place in the Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open and also had a third-place finish and three fourth-place finishes, finishing 10th in the money list. In 2017, he had his first win on the tour, winning the Kansai Open and finished 6th in the money list. Imahira won the 2018 Bridgestone Open. He was also 2nd three times, 3rd three times and had 7 other top-10 finishes to be the leading money winner on the 2018 Japan Golf Tour.
Majors Imahira played in the 2016 Open Championship for his first major appearance. He had an opening round 68, but shot 80 in the second round and missed the cut. He qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open and the 2018 PGA Championship but missed the cut on both occasions. Imahira was 53rd in the world rankings at the end of 2018 and missed out on qualification for the 2019 Masters Tournament, for which the top-50 qualified automatically. However, he later received a special invitation for the event. At the 2020 U.S. Open he did make the cut, but finished last among the remaining players.
Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 2008 Japan Junior Championship (Boy's 15–17 division)
Professional wins (13) Japan Golf Tour wins (10) Legend Japan majors (1) Other Japan Golf Tour (9) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up121 May 2017Kansai Open Golf Championship−9 (67-69-69-70=275)6 strokes Daisuke Kataoka221 Oct 2018Bridgestone Open−16 (70-65-67-66=268)1 stroke Masahiro Kawamura313 Oct 2019Bridgestone Open (2)−11 (64-67=131)*1 stroke Hiroyuki Fujita, Seungsu Han, Tomoharu Otsuki, Akio Sadakata424 Nov 2019Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−10 (65-72-66=203)*2 strokes Hwang Jung-gon55 Sep 2021Fujisankei Classic−12 (71-69-68-64=272)4 strokes Kenshiro Ikegami, Ryo Ishikawa615 May 2022Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup1−8 (66-69-69-68=272)1 stroke Hiroshi Iwata, Yuto Katsuragawa, Kaito Onishi, Kosuke Suzuki (a)722 May 2022Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament−22 (65-67-61-65=258)Playoff Tomohiro Kondo, Tomoharu Otsuki82 Apr 2023Token Homemate Cup−20 (64-66-71-63=264)2 strokes Rikuya Hoshino912 Nov 2023Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters−12 (67-66-65-70=268)1 stroke Taiki Yoshida1013 Oct 2024Japan Open Golf Championship−4 (66-72-70-68=276)1 stroke Ryosuke Kinoshita *Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather. 1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12017ANA Open Yuta Ikeda, Ryuko TokimatsuIkeda won with birdie on first extra hole22022Golf Partner Pro-Am Tournament Tomohiro Kondo, Tomoharu OtsukiWon with birdie on second extra holeOtsuki eliminated by par on first hole
Asian Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up115 May 2022Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup1−8 (66-69-69-68=272)1 stroke Hiroshi Iwata, Yuto Katsuragawa, Kaito Onishi, Kosuke Suzuki (a) 1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up123 May 2014Heiwa PGM Challenge I Road to Championship−10 (66-68=134)Playoff Masashi Nishimura, Akinori Tani223 Oct 2014JGTO Novil Final−7 (68-69=137)1 stroke Mitsugu Murakami
Other wins (1) 2018 Legend Charity Pro-Am
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament201620172018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA ChampionshipCUT Tournament2019202020212022202320242025Masters TournamentCUTT44PGA ChampionshipCUTU.S. OpenCUT61The Open ChampionshipCUTNTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied NT = no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020ChampionshipT39T61Match PlayNT1InvitationalT27ChampionsDQNT1 1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play DQ = Disqualified NT = No tournament "T" = Tied
See also List of golfers with most Japan Golf Tour wins
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