Yuta Sugiura (杉浦 悠太, Sugiura Yuta; born 12 September 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he claimed his first win at the 2026 AdventHealth Championship. He also plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has three victories and was the 2025 Rookie of the Year.
Amateur career Sugiura was born in Takahama, Aichi Prefecture. He graduated from Fukui Institute of Technology High School, before attending Nihon University from 2020 to 2023.
In 2018, Sugiura won the Japan Junior Championship. He finished 4th at the 2020 Australian Master of the Amateurs, six strokes behind winner Sahith Theegala.
He played an active role on the national team, and won the 2022 Nomura Cup in the Philippines, both with the team and individually. His team finished 4th at the 2022 Asian Games.
Sugiura tied for 3rd at the 2022 Japan Open Golf Championship. In 2023, his final year at university, he won the Japan Challenge Tour's Dunlop Phoenix Challenge, which earned him a spot in the 50th Dunlop Phoenix Tournament, where he became the seventh amateur to win on the Japan Golf Tour, winning by three strokes after starting the day a stroke behind overnight leader Hideki Matsuyama.
Professional career Sugiura turned professional the day after he won the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in November 2023 and joined the Japan Golf Tour. In 2024, he won the Japan PGA Championship in his first appearance. He finished top- 10 in five consecutive tournaments including a runner-up at the Kansai Open, to finish 11th in the season rankings.
In 2025, Sugiura was runner-up at the Fujisankei Classic and the International Series Japan, behind Lucas Herbert. He qualified for his first major, the 2025 U.S. Open, in the qualifier at Tarao Country Club, alongside Jinichiro Kozuma and Scott Vincent. He won the ACN Championship and was named Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year.
Sugiura joined the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour, where he won the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City, Missouri.
Amateur wins 2018 Ryo Ishikawa Cup Junior Championship, Japan Junior Championship 2019 JHGA Spring Championship 15-17 2022 Nomura Cup (Individual) 2023 Pacific Rim Collegiate Golf Super League Tournament
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Professional wins (5) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) Legend Japan majors (1) Other Japan Golf Tour (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up119 Nov 2023Dunlop Phoenix Tournament(as an amateur)−12 (64-68-69-71=272)3 strokes Keita Nakajima, Taiga Semikawa27 Jul 2024Japan PGA Championship−18 (65-66-65-72=268)1 stroke Yuki Inamori, Taiga Semikawa39 Nov 2025ACN Championship−13 (67-65-68=200)3 strokes Shu Fukuzumi, Shugo Imahira, Naoyuki Kataoka, Takashi Ogiso, Tatsunori Shogenji
Korn Ferry Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up123 Aug 2026AdventHealth Championship−19 (62-68-64-65=259)1 stroke Austin Hitt
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up12 Sep 2023Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Challenge(as an amateur)−11 (75-66-64=205)1 stroke Masato Sumiuchi (a)
Results in major championships Tournament2025Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipU.S. OpenCUTThe Open Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
Team appearances Amateur Spirit International Amateur (representing Japan): 2019 Nomura Cup (representing Japan): 2022 (winners) Asian Games (representing Japan): 2022 Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2023 (winners) Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2023
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