Toshinori Muto
| Toshinori Muto | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
10 March 1978 Gunma Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Nationality |
 Japan |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Current tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 5 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T72: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
Toshinori Muto (born 10 March 1978) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Muto was born in Gunma Prefecture. He currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour where he has won five times between 2006 and 2012.
Professional wins (5)
Japan Golf Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 May 2006 | Munsingwear Open KSB Cup | –14 (68-69-73-64=274) | 2 strokes | Eiji Mizoguchi |
| 2 | 5 Oct 2008 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | –11 (69-70-69-69=277) | 2 strokes | Yuta Ikeda |
| 3 | 8 Nov 2009 | The Championship by Lexus | –16 (68-65-71-64=268) | 3 strokes |  Kim Kyung-tae |
| 4 | 20 Nov 2011 | Dunlop Phoenix | –12 (68-70-63=201) | 4 strokes |  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| 5 | 19 Aug 2012 | Kansai Open Golf Championship | –18 (64-65-68-69=266) | 1 stroke | Kim Hyung-sung |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T72 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
External links
- Toshinori Muto at the Japan Golf Tour official site
- Toshinori Muto at the Official World Golf Ranking official site