Ryuichi Oda

Professional golfer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroProfessional golfer
PlacesJapan
isAthlete Golfer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth12 December 1976, Kagoshima Prefecture
Age48 years
The details

Biography

Ryuichi Oda (Japanese: 小田龍一, born 12 December 1976) is a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the Japan Golf Tour.
Oda was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He spent much of his amateur career developing his skills at the Kagoshima Country Club. He competed in two Japan Golf Tour events in 2002 (Token Corporation Cup and Tsuruya Open) and despite missing the cut on both occasions, became a professional in time for the Fujisankei Classic where he once again failed to get past the second day. It was not until the Diamond Cup Tournament before he made his first cut, finishing T55.
It was not until the 2009 Japan Open that Oda shot to fame. He only just avoided being cut after two rounds and by round three was tied for 5th place. He went on to beat Ryo Ishikawa and Yasuharu Imano in a three-man playoff. Oda would win on the Japan Golf Tour again in 2014, when he took victory at the Mynavi ABC Championship. He would handily by 5 strokes over Koumei Oda and Hideto Tanihara.

Professional wins (2)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
118 Oct 2009Japan Open−6 (74-70-71-67=282)Playoff Ryo Ishikawa, Yasuharu Imano
22 Nov 2014Mynavi ABC Championship−21 (68-67-66-62=263)5 strokes Koumei Oda, Hideto Tanihara

Other wins

  • 2016 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships

Tournament2010
Masters TournamentDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT
PGA ChampionshipDNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

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