Ryosuke Kinoshita

He is making his Open Championship debut by earning a spot in the 2020 SBC Singapore Open. With birdies on the final two holes, he finished T-6th which was good enough for one of the four spots given out.
Kinoshita started playing golf at age 10. He turned professional in late 2013. From 2014 to 2018, he played on the Japan Golf Tour and the second-tier Japan Challenge Tour. In his first season, 2014, he was a joint runner-up in the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open, two strokes behind Satoshi Kodaira. In 2018, he won the ISPS Handa Challenge Cup on the Japan Challenge Tour, by two shots. In 2018, he also had his first top-10 finishes on the main Japan Golf Tour since 2014, including a T-4th in the Fujisankei Classic.
In early 2020, Kinoshita finished T-6th in the SMBC Singapore Open. The event was one of the Open Qualifying Series for the Open Championship and his high finish gave him entry to the 2020 Open Championship. The 2020 Open was later canceled but Kinoshita was given an entry into the 2021 Open Championship, his first major championship. In late 2020, Kinoshita was runner-up in the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters, a shot behind Jinichiro Kozuma, who had an eagle at the final hole while Kinoshita could only make par.
Kinoshita had his first win on the Japan Golf Tour at the 2021 Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills, winning by 5 shots from Yuki Furuwaka. Three weeks later, he won again on the tour, at the Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open. He had a final round 62, to get into a playoff with Ryuko Tokimatsu, and won with a birdie at the first extra hole.
2014 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 13; In Money - 9; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 72.37 (Rank T-84th); Money - Yen7,089,641 ($63,853) (Rank 90th); Best Finish - T-2nd Dunlop Srixon Fukushima Open
2015 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 8; In Money - 2; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.78; Money - Yen609,500 ($5,489) (Rank 193rd); Best Finish - T-44th JGT Championship.
2016 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 7; In Money - 6; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 71.78; Money - Yen7,488,485 ($67,441) (Rank 94th); Best finish - T-11th ANA Open.
2017 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 10; In Money - 3; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.90; Money - Yen1,472,750 ($13,263) (Rank 167th); Best Finish - T-31st Bridgestone Open.
2018 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 21; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 71.59 (Rank T-48th); Money - Yen19,198,487 ($172,544) (Rank 54th); Best Finish - T-4th Fujisankel Classic.
2019 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 22; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes -6; Scoring Average - 71.36 (Rank 25th); Money - Yen25,482,410 ($229,050) (Rank 34th); Best Finish - T-5th Gate Way To The Open Mizuno Open.
2020/21 Japan PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 27; In Money - 21; Top-10 Finishes - 12; Scoring Average - 70.42 (Rank 4th); Money - Yen115,001,239 ($892,105) (Rank 8th); Best Finish - Win in the 2021 Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup Shishido Hills and Dunlop SRIXON Fukushima Open.

2020/21 Japan Tour Record
Tournament Score To Par Place Yen
Token Homemate Cup 72=72 Even DQ
Kansai Open Golf Champ. 65-70-74-68=277 -7 T-5th Yen3,040,000
ISPS Handa Japan 69-67-67-69=272 -12 T-32nd Yen520,909
The Crowns 66-72-68-65=271 -9 T-5th Yen3,800,000

Kinoshita has earned yen7,360,909 ($57,101) and is presently 13th on the Japan Golf Tour.