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Toshinori Muto

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Toshinori Muto
Personal information
Born (1978-03-10) 10 March 1978 (age 46)
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour7
Asian Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT72: 2012

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 seven times between 2006 and 2019.

Professional wins (7)

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Japan Golf Tour wins (7)

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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 Japan Eiji Mizoguchi
2 5 Oct 2008 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic −11 (69-70-69-69=277) 2 strokes Japan Yuta Ikeda
3 8 Nov 2009 The Championship by Lexus −16 (68-65-71-64=268) 3 strokes South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
4 20 Nov 2011 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament −12 (68-70-63=201)* 4 strokes Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
5 19 Aug 2012 Kansai Open Golf Championship −18 (64-65-68-69=266) 1 stroke South Korea Kim Hyung-sung
6 28 Jun 2015 ISPS Handa Global Cup −14 (68-68-66-68=270) Playoff Philippines Angelo Que
7 29 Sep 2019 Panasonic Open Golf Championship1 −21 (65-70-64-64=263) 4 strokes Japan Shugo Imahira

*Note: The 2011 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015 ISPS Handa Global Cup Philippines Angelo Que Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2016 Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodle Cup Japan Hideto Tanihara Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
The Open Championship CUT CUT T72

Note: Muto only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2012
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T67
Champions T69
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

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