Katsumasa Miyamoto

Miyamoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. Took up the game at age 13, he is known on the Japan Golf Tour for his wide smile and positive attitude.
After turning professional, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 12 times.
Played a total of 602 Japan Golf Tour events from 1996 through 2023. He made 429 cuts with 135 top-ten finishes. Along with his 12 Japan Tour wins, was runner-up 18 times and finished 14 times in the top-3. He has career earnings of yen1,182,871,990 ($8,440,886). Miyamoto has been key player on the Japan Tour for several years. He won two events in the same year twice, in 2001, he was victorious at the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup and the Japan Tour Golf Championship iiyama Cup and in 1998, he won the Golf Nippon Series JT Cup and the Tsuruya Open.
He is now playing on the Japan Senior circut, last October was 2nd at the Japan PGA Senior Championship.
He has made 29 starts on the PGA Tour, best finish T-11th in the 1999 Farmers Insurance Open. He did try to play on the PGA Tour, in the Q-School he finished T-23rd and played full time in 1999, playing in 22 events making 8 cuts with three top-25 finishes. (best T-11th, Farmers). He made $154,402 which was 170th on the money list.
He has played in one major, missing the cut in the 2010 British Open.
In 2023 on the Japan Golf Tour, he missed the cut at the Token Homemate Cup, Kansai Open and was T-35th at The Crowns.