Yuta Ikeda


Yuta Ikeda is a Japanese professional golfer.

Professional career

Ikeda has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008. Since his maiden victory in 2009, he has won a minimum of one tournament per season through 2017 and has a total of 21 victories.
Ikeda has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking twice. In late 2009 he reached a high of 33rd. In late 2016/early 2017 he was again 33rd in the rankings.

Amateur wins

Japan Golf Tour wins (21)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Jun 2009Japan PGA Championship−14 7 strokes Mitsuhiro Tateyama
230 Aug 2009Vana H Cup KBC Augusta−21 Playoff Yasuharu Imano
311 Oct 2009Canon Open−16 *4 strokes Tomohiro Kondo, Han Lee
425 Oct 2009Bridgestone Open−16 2 strokes Kenichi Kuboya
519 Jul 2010Toshin Golf Tournament in LakeWood−17 3 strokes Shunsuke Sonoda
622 Sep 2010ANA Open−14 1 stroke Kim Do-hoon, Jay Choi
724 Oct 2010Bridgestone Open −23 3 strokes Michio Matsumura
821 Nov 2010Dunlop Phoenix Tournament−15 2 strokes Kim Kyung-tae
931 Jul 2011Sun Chlorella Classic−14 1 stroke Tetsuji Hiratsuka
107 Oct 2012Canon Open −17 3 strokes Taichi Teshima
113 Nov 2013Mynavi ABC Championship−15 Playoff Hur Suk-ho
1219 Oct 2014Japan Open Golf Championship−10 1 stroke Shingo Katayama, Satoshi Kodaira
1330 Aug 2015RIZAP KBC Augusta −20 5 strokes Koumei Oda
1424 Apr 2016Panasonic Open Golf Championship1−13 3 strokes Marcus Fraser, Kim Kyung-tae
159 Oct 2016Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf−14 Playoff Song Young-han
1627 Nov 2016Casio World Open−13 *1 stroke Ryuji Masaoka
1727 Aug 2017RIZAP KBC Augusta −18 3 strokes Kunihiro Kamii
1817 Sep 2017ANA Open −13 Playoff Shugo Imahira, Ryuko Tokimatsu
1915 Oct 2017Japan Open Golf Championship −8 1 stroke Takumi Kanaya
2023 Sep 2018Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1−15 6 strokes Justin Harding
212 Jun 2019Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open−7 1 stroke Chan Kim

*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Japan Golf Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12009Vana H Cup KBC Augusta Yasuharu ImanoWon with birdie on second extra hole
22012Toshin Golf Tournament in Ryosen Wu AshunLost to birdie on fourth extra hole
32013Mynavi ABC Championship Hur Suk-hoWon with par on first extra hole
42016Honma TourWorld Cup at Trophia Golf Song Young-hanWon with birdie on first extra hole
52016Heiwa PGM Championship Hideto TaniharaLost to birdie on first extra hole
62017ANA Open Shugo Imahira, Ryuko TokimatsuWon with birdie on first extra hole

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied for place

Summary

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.
Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
ChampionshipT22T55T61T46
Match PlayR64R64T51T29
InvitationalT6975
ChampionsT51T30T29T72T64

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional