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Takumi Kanaya
Personal information
Born (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 (age 26)
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
CollegeTohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking49 (5 December 2021)[1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Asian Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT58: 2019
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2021, 2022, 2024
U.S. OpenCUT: 2020, 2024
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal2020
Japan Golf Tour
Rookie of the Year		2020–21
Japan Golf Tour
money list winner		2024
Japan Golf Tour
Most Valuable Player		2024
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team

Takumi Kanaya (Japanese: 金谷拓実, born 23 May 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. He had an exceptionally successful amateur career and was world ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He also won a professional event on the 2019 Japan Golf Tour while still an amateur.

Amateur career

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Kanaya had a successful amateur career, winning the 2015 Japan Amateur Championship and the 2018 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.[2] The latter gave him entry to the Masters and the Open Championship in 2019.[2] He played in a number of representative matches, including the 2018 Eisenhower Trophy where he had the second best individual score.[2] Kanaya won team gold medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade and at the 2018 Asian Games.[2] He was world ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks, winning the Mark H. McCormack Medal for 2020.[3][4]

While still an amateur, Kanaya played in a number of professional tournaments. He was the runner-up in the 2017 Japan Open Golf Championship, a stroke behind Yuta Ikeda.[5] He won the 2019 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters on the Japan Golf Tour and finished tied for 3rd place in the 2019 Emirates Australian Open.[5]

Professional career

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Kanaya turned professional in October 2020 and made his professional debut at the Japan Open Golf Championship, finishing in 7th place.[6][7]

In November 2020, Kanaya won the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament. This was his second win in a professional tournament but his first since turning pro. The Dunlop Phoenix is regarded as one of the premier tournaments in Japan. The win moved him to 126th in the Official World Golf Ranking.[8]

In 2024, Kanaya won the Token Homemate Cup[9] and the ACN Championship on the Japan Golf Tour,[10] claiming the season-long money list title,[11] as well as being awarded the Most Valuable Player.[12] After the conclusion of the 2024 Japan Golf Tour season, in December, Kanaya finished third at the PGA Tour Qualifying School, earning a PGA Tour card for 2025.[13][14]

Amateur wins

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  • 2015 Japan High School Spring Championship, Japan Amateur Championship
  • 2016 JHGA Spring Championship 15 - 17, Chugoku Amateur Championship
  • 2018 Chugoku Amateur Championship, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Source:[15]

Professional wins (8)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

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Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 17 Nov 2019 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters
(as an amateur) 		−13 (73-66-63-65=267) 1 stroke South Africa Shaun Norris
2 22 Nov 2020 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −13 (68-66-68-69=271) Playoff Japan Toshihiro Ishizaka
3 18 Apr 2021 Token Homemate Cup −11 (67-65-70=202)* 1 stroke Japan Keita Nakajima (a)
4 4 Jun 2023 BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup −11 (64-71-67-71=273) 2 strokes Japan Yuki Inamori, Japan Hiroshi Iwata
5 3 Sep 2023 Fujisankei Classic −8 (68-68-69-67=272) 4 strokes Japan Naoyuki Kataoka
6 31 Mar 2024 Token Homemate Cup (2) −23 (67-65-64-65=261) 2 strokes Japan Tatsunori Shogenji
7 6 Oct 2024 ACN Championship −20 (68-68-65-63=264) Playoff South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo

*Note: The 2021 Token Homemate Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to a positive COVID-19 test in the field.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2020 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament Japan Toshihiro Ishizaka Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
2 2023 ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament Japan Keita Nakajima Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3 2024 ACN Championship South Korea Ryu Hyun-woo Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

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Legend
International Series (1)
Other Asian Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 12 Feb 2023 International Series Oman −10 (69-71-67-71=278) 4 strokes United States Berry Henson, Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana

Results in major championships

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Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Masters Tournament T58 CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT NT CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

"T" = tied
CUT = missed the halfway cut
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2022
Match Play R16
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

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Amateur

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 49 2021 Ending 5 Dec 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Takumi Kanaya Becomes Second Japanese Player to Win AAC Title at 10th Edition in Singapore". Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Kanaya makes WAGR history". WAGR. 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "World Number One Kanaya Claims Prestigious Award". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. 10 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Takumi Kanaya". OWGR. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Rising Japanese Star Kanaya Turns Professional". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. 5 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Takumi Kanaya solo 7th finish on debut game now heads to Zozo Championship in US". Japan Golf Tour Organisation. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking - Takumi Kanaya". 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Kanaya takes top honour at season-opening Token Homemate Cup". ParGolf. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Kanaya outplays veteran Ryu in playoff to win ACN Championship Golf Tournament". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  11. ^ "三度目の正直への軌跡 金谷拓実が怒涛の追い上げで逆転初戴冠" [The trajectory to honesty for the third time Takumi Kanaya was crowned for the first time with a reversal with a catch-up of anger]. Golf Digest Japan (in Japanese). 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Kanaya Named Japan Tour's Most Valuable Player". Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Meet the six players who earned their Tour cards at 2025 PGA Tour Q-School presented by Korn Ferry". PGA Tour. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Kanaya secures PGA Tour card". Japan Golf Tour Organization. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Takumi Kanaya". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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