Masahiro Kuramoto


Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto is a Japanese professional golfer.
Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1981. He has won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion ¥.
Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992 PGA Tour qualifying school and played full-time on the Tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was a T-4 at the 1982 British Open.
In 2005, he was medalist at the Champions Tour qualifying school, and he began play on that tour in 2006. His best finish is a fourth-place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.

Amateur wins

Japan Golf Tour wins (30)

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11981Tokai Classic Fujio Kobayashi, Tōru Nakamura,
Hideto Shigenobu		Won with par on first extra hole
21983Jun Classic Masashi Ozaki
31984Chushikoku Open Hideto Shigenobu
41984Bridgestone Tournament Chen Tze-chung, Yoshihisa Iwashita,
Sam Torrance		Won with eagle on first extra hole
51985Bridgestone ASO Open Hsieh Min-Nan
61991Sapporo Tokyu Open Rick Gibson, Shinsaku MaedaGibson won with birdie on first extra hole
71992Japan PGA Championship Tommy NakajimaWon with par on second extra hole
81992Nikkei Cup Kiyoshi MurotaLost to birdie on first extra hole
91992Bridgestone Open Tetsu NishikawaWon with birdie on second extra hole
102003Acom International Katsumasa Miyamoto, Masashi OzakiWon with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (7)

Note: Kuramoto never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

This list may be incomplete.
Amateur
Professional