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Daisuke Kataoka

Daisuke Kataoka
Personal information
Born (1988-10-17) 17 October 1988 (age 36)
Kōchi Prefecture, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Asian Tour1
Other1

Daisuke Kataoka (片岡 大育, Kataoka Daisuke, born 17 October 1988) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Kataoka plays on the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. On the Asian Tour, he has three top-10 finishes including a trio of third places: 2011 Mercuries Taiwan Masters, 2013 CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters, and 2013 Queen's Cup.[1] On the Japan Golf Tour, he won the 2015 Kansai Open Golf Championship,[2] the 2016 Top Cup Tokai Classic and the 2017 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf.

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 24 May 2015 Kansai Open Golf Championship −17 (66-67-67-67=267) 3 strokes Australia Brad Kennedy
2 2 Oct 2016 Top Cup Tokai Classic −16 (68-67-71-66=272) 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
3 24 Sep 2017 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 −12 (67-69-66-70=272) 2 strokes Japan Tadahiro Takayama, Thailand Poom Saksansin

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2016 The Crowns South Korea Kim Kyung-tae Lost to par on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 24 Sep 2017 Asia-Pacific Diamond Cup Golf1 −12 (67-69-66-70=272) 2 strokes Japan Tadahiro Takayama, Thailand Poom Saksansin

1Co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour

Other wins (1)

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T15
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

References

  1. ^ "Daisuke Kataoka – Career Highlights". Asian Tour. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Kataoka bags 1st title in 8th season on tour". The Japan News. 27 May 2015.[permanent dead link]