Rikuya Hoshino | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | 12 May 1996||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | Japan | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2016 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Tour Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour | ||
Professional wins | 8 | ||
Highest ranking | 63 (22 May 2022)[1] (as of 27 October 2024) | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 1 | ||
Japan Golf Tour | 6 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | T60: 2022 | ||
U.S. Open | T26: 2021 | ||
The Open Championship | T60: 2023 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Rikuya Hoshino (星野陸也, Hoshino Rikuya; born 12 May 1996) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he claimed his first win in 2024 at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He has also played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2017 and has won six times on the tour.