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Jun 19, 1980 Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 44 years old
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Ysaku Miyazato - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Ysaku Miyazato
- Yusaku Miyazato (?? ??, Miyazato Yusaku, born 19 June 1980) is a Japanese professional golfer.
- In 2006 he became the first modern-era golfer to make two hole in one shots in the same round of a PGA Tour event, at the Reno-Tahoe Open in Nevada. Miyazato was born in Higashi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
- He attended Tohoku Fukushi University, and won the Japanese collegiate championship in 2000, and the Japanese Amateur Championship in 2001.
- In December 2002, he announced his decision to turn pro before his upcoming graduation.
- He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour. His younger sister, Ai Miyazato, is also a professional golfer and is currently competing in the LPGA Tour. At the time of his holes in one, the PGA Tour announced that it was the first time since they had started keeping records.
- However, research later turned up confirming that an amateur golfer, W.W.
- "Bill" Whedon, also hit two in the opening round of the 1955 Insurance City Open.In November 2015, Miyazato won the Dunlop Phoenix event, one of the more prestigious events on the Japan Golf Tour to earn his third tour level victory.
- He shot rounds of 64-69 on the weekend to win by two strokes.
- In April 2017, Miyazato won his fourth event on the Japanese Tour, The Crowns, followed two weeks later by another win in the Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup. At the 2017 Indonesian Masters, Miyazato finished in solo 4th, earning enough Official World Golf Ranking points to finish the year in the Top 50, thus earning an invitation to the 2018 Masters Tournament, his first appearance.
