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Rikuya Hoshino (born 12 May 1996) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2017 and has won twice on the tour, in 2018 and 2019.
Professional career
Hoshino turned professional in August 2016. In early 2017, he won the Novil Cup on the Japan Challenge Tour.
Since 2017, Hoshino has played on the main Japan Golf Tour. His first win came in September 2018 at the Fujisankei Classic which he won by 5 strokes. With eight more top-10 finishes he finished 2018 as the 6th highest money winner on the tour. Hoshino qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open, his first major, where he missed the cut.
In May 2019, Hoshino lost in a playoff for the Kansai Open Golf Championship before winning his second Japan Golf Tour event at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open in June, a tournament reduced to 54 holes. A third-place finish in the Japan PGA Championship the following week lifted him into the top-100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Later in 2019, he finished runner-up in the RIZAP KBC Augusta.
Professional wins (3)
Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Sep 2018 | Fujisankei Classic | −16 (68-68-66-66=268) | 5 strokes | Shugo Imahira |
| 2 | 30 Jun 2019 | Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open | −20 (67-64-65=196) | 2 strokes | Shota Akiyoshi |
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Apr 2017 | Novil Cup | −11 (71-68-66=205) | 1 stroke | Kunihiro Kamii, Katsuyuki Sakurai |