Toshimitsu Izawa 伊沢利光 | |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1968 |
Birth Place: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Weight: | 68kg (150lb) |
College: | Nihon Taiiku University |
Yearpro: | 1989 |
Tour: | Japan PGA Senior Tour |
Extour: | Japan Golf Tour |
Prowins: | 19 |
Japwins: | 16 |
Otherwins: | 3 |
Masters: | T4: 2001 |
Usopen: | T44: 2001 |
Open: | T22: 2002 |
Pga: | T18: 2003 |
Award1: | Japan Golf Tour money list winner |
Year1: | 2001, 2003 |
Award2: | Japan Golf Tour Most Valuable Player |
Year2: | 2001, 2003 |
Toshimitsu Izawa (ja|伊沢利光, born 2 March 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside Japan as Toshi Izawa.
Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989.
Izawa's career on the Japan Golf Tour developed quite slowly. His first win came in 1995, and he did not make the top ten on the money list until 1999, when he was thirty one years old. He went on to top the money list in 2001 and 2003. In the first of those years he set a record of ¥217,934,583 in earnings which survived though the 2004 season, and his dominant form in Japan lifted him into the top twenty in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He has 16 victories on the Japan Golf Tour and is eighth on the career money list (through 2013).
Izawa has only played a limited number of tournaments outside Japan, but in 2001 he finished tied fourth at the Masters Tournament, which is one of golf's four major championships, and tied for second at the PGA Tour's Nissan Open. In 2002, he won the WGC-World Cup for Japan in partnership with Shigeki Maruyama.
Legend | |
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Flagship events (1) | |
Japan majors (3) | |
Other Japan Golf Tour (12) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 1 Oct 1995 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −7 (67-70-70-70=277) | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
2 | 11 Oct 1998 | Tokai Classic | −11 (73-66-70-68=277) | 3 strokes | ![]() | |
3 | 25 Jul 1999 | Aiful Cup | −14 (67-72-68-67=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
4 | 1 Aug 1999 | NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | −19 (64-67-68-70=269) | 6 strokes | ![]() | |
5 | 2 Jul 2000 | JGTO TPC iiyama Cup | −13 (63-70-70=203)* | 3 strokes | ![]() | |
6 | 27 Aug 2000 | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | −18 (67-65-71-67=270) | 4 strokes | ![]() | |
7 | 12 Nov 2000 | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −14 (68-69-66-71=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
8 | 27 May 2001 | Diamond Cup Tournament | −11 (77-68-64-68=277) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() | |
9 | 23 Sep 2001 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2) | −18 (66-67-68-69=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() | |
10 | 7 Oct 2001 | Georgia Tokai Classic (2) | −16 (65-68-70-69=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() | |
11 | 21 Oct 2001 | Bridgestone Open | −14 (71-67-67-69=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
12 | 28 Oct 2001 | Philip Morris K.K. Championship | −16 (67-67-66-72=272) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() | |
13 | 6 Jul 2003 | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup (2) | −14 (70-63-68-69=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() | |
14 | 13 Jul 2003 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | −13 (66-68-69-72=275) | Playoff | ![]() | |
15 | 28 Aug 2005 | Under Armour KBC Augusta | −20 (67-65-67-65=264) | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() | |
16 | 13 May 2007 | Japan PGA Championship | −5 (68-70-72-73=283) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1998 | Casio World Open | ![]() | Lost to birdie on second extra hole | |
2 | 2001 | Diamond Cup Tournament | ![]() ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole | |
3 | 2003 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | ![]() | Won with par on first extra hole |
Legend | |
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World Golf Championships (1) | |
Other wins (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |
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1 | 27 Oct 2019 | Fukuoka Senior Open Golf Tournament | −8 (67-69=136) | 1 stroke | ![]() | |
2 | 25 Aug 2024 | Maruhan Cup Pacific Club Senior | −12 (62-68=130) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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Masters Tournament | T4 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
U.S. Open | T44 | WD | CUT | |||||||
The Open Championship | T22 | CUT | ||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T39 | T53 | T18 |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
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Match Play | R32 | R32 | R16 | R64 | |
Invitational | T24 | T14 | |||
Championship | NT1 | T25 |