Kazuki Higa

Kazuki Higa
Kazuki Higa
Personal information
Born	23 April 1995 (age 28); Okinawa, Japan
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	European Tour; Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	Japan Challenge Tour; Asian Development Tour
Professional wins	10
Highest ranking	67 (8 January 2023); (as of 14 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	6
Asian Tour	1
Other	4
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2023
PGA Championship	76th: 2023
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2022, 2023
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner
Japan Golf Tour; money list winner	2022
Japan Golf Tour; Most Valuable Player	2022
Medal record
Summer Universiade

Kazuki Higa (Japanese: 比嘉一貴, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour, as well as topping the money list in 2022.

Professional career[edit]

Higa attended Tohoku Fukushi University and turned professional in late 2017.^[2] Since turning professional, he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. His first win was at the 2019 RIZAP KBC Augusta. He won again in 2021 at the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup.^[3]

2022: Four wins and money list title[edit]

Higa started off the season by winning the Kansai Open Golf Championship in April. He also won the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup in June. In September, Higa won the Shinhan Donghae Open, an event also sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour. He shot a final-round 65 to win by two shots.^[4] He claimed his fourth victory of the season at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in November. He shot a final round 64 to win by three shots ahead of Mito Pereira.^[5] Higa ended the 2022 season as the Japan Golf Tour money list winner and earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour.^[6]

Amateur wins[edit]

2017 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (individual winner), Tohoku Amateur Championship, Kanto Collegiate Championship

Source:^[7]

Professional wins (10)[edit]

Japan Golf Tour wins (6)[edit]

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Sep 2019	RIZAP KBC Augusta	−26 (66-63-67-66=262)	5 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino
2	22 Aug 2021	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−20 (68-65-67-68=268)	2 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
3	17 Apr 2022	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−14 (65-67-68-70=270)	1 stroke	Rikuya Hoshino
4	5 Jun 2022	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	−12 (69-71-65-67=272)	1 stroke	Tomoharu Otsuki
5	11 Sep 2022	Shinhan Donghae Open¹	−20 (66-63-70-65=264)	2 strokes	Cho Min-gyu, Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Shin Yong-gu
6	20 Nov 2022	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	−21 (69-65-65-64=263)	3 strokes	Mito Pereira

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)[edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	29 Jun 2018	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	−12 (66-64=130)	2 strokes	Yoshikazu Haku, Takahiro Hataji, Konosuke Nakazato

Asian Development Tour wins (2)[edit]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Apr 2018	BTI Open¹	−17 (62-70-69-70=271)	3 strokes	Zamal Hossain
2	16 Mar 2019	UMW Championship²	−22 (68-65-68-65=266)	6 strokes	Shintaro Kobayashi, Naoki Sekito

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India
²Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

Other wins (1)[edit]

2018 Kyusyu Open

Results in major championships[edit]

Tournament	2022	2023
Masters Tournament		CUT
PGA Championship		76
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2016
Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2013, 2015, 2017 (winners)

References[edit]

^ "Week 1 2023 Ending 8 Jan 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^ "Kazuki Higa – Profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Kazuki Higa – Tour Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ Kaur, Malkeet (12 September 2022). "Japan's Kazuki Higa triumphs at Shinhan Donghae Open". Par Golf. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ Nosferatu [@VC606] (20 November 2022). "Big congrats to the not so big Kazuki Higa" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Top-3 Japan Tour Order of Merit finishers to receive DP World Tour membership". News Nine. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Kazuki Higa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Kazuki Higa at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Kazuki Higa at the PGA Tour official site
Kazuki Higa at the European Tour official site
Kazuki Higa at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w202301-1] "Week 1 2023 Ending 8 Jan 2023" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[2] "Kazuki Higa – Profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[3] "Kazuki Higa – Tour Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

[4] Kaur, Malkeet (12 September 2022). "Japan's Kazuki Higa triumphs at Shinhan Donghae Open". Par Golf. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[5] Nosferatu [@VC606] (20 November 2022). "Big congrats to the not so big Kazuki Higa" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 January 2023 – via Twitter.

[6] "Top-3 Japan Tour Order of Merit finishers to receive DP World Tour membership". News Nine. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[wagr-7] "Kazuki Higa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

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