| Hiroshi Iwata 岩田 寛 | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 31 January 1981 Sendai, Japan |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Japan |
| Career | |
| College | Tohoku Fukushi University |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | 63 (23 November 2014)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 6 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T21: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2008, 2014, 2015, 2023 |
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 Asian Tour.
Iwata was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He started playing golf at the age of 14, by his father's influence, who ran a local golf range and was a professional golfer on the Japan Senior Tour. Iwata 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.[2] He also won the 2015 Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup. In the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits, Iwata shot a 63, which matched the then lowest round in a major championship.[3][4] Iwata played on the 2016 PGA Tour, having qualified through the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals, finishing 24th in the priority ranking.[5]
- ^ "Week 47 2014 Ending 23 Nov 2014" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Iwata cards 66 to win Fujisankei Classic". Fox News. Sports Network. 7 September 2014.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (14 August 2015). "Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn". The New York Times.
- ^ Kelley, Brent. "Lowest Round in a Men's Golf Major, PGA Tour Records: Best 18-Hole Score in Major Championship". About.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Heads of the class". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.