Masahiro Kuramoto
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Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto (born 9 September 1955) is a Japanese golfer.
Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima. He has won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He is also fifth on the career money list with earnings of just under 1 billion ¥.
Kuramoto played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997 (including 21 times in 1993). His best finish was a T-4 at the 1982 British Open (also his best finish in a major championship).
In 2005, he won the Champions Tour Qualifying Tournament, and he began play on that tour in 2006. His best finish is a fourth place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.
[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins
- 1980 (1) Chushikoku Open
- 1981 (5) ANA Open, Tokai Classic, Wakayama Open, Hyogo-ken Open, Kokyo Keikon
- 1982 (2) Japan PGA Championship, Chushikoku Open
- 1983 (2) Chushikoku Open, Tokai Classic
- 1984 (1) Bridgestone Open
- 1985 (2) Jun Classic (tie with Kazushige Kono and Payne Stewart), Bridgestone Open
- 1986 (2) All Nippon Airways Open, Tokai Classic
- 1987 (2) Maruman Open, Chushikoku Open
- 1988 (5) Sendai Broadcasting Classic, Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open, Kansai PGA Championship, KBC Augusta, Chushikoku Open
- 1990 (1) Seto Uthumi Open
- 1991 (1) Acom International
- 1992 (3) Japan PGA Championship, Bridgestone Open, Daikyo Open
- 1994 (1) JCB Classic Sendai
- 1995 (1) Suntory Open
- 2003 (1) Acom International
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