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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsEarly life[edit]Professional career[edit]Senior career[edit]Amateur wins[edit]Professional wins (47)[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (30)[edit]Other wins (5)[edit]European Senior Tour wins (2)[edit]Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (10)[edit]Results in major championships[edit]Team appearances[edit]See also[edit]External links[edit]Early life[edit]Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1981.Professional career[edit]Kuramoto won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion \u00a5.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992 PGA Tour qualifying school and had full playing rights on the tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was tied for fourth place at the 1982 Open Championship, which was also his best finish in a major championship.Senior career[edit]In 2005, Kuramoto turned 50 and was eligible to play on the Champions Tour. He qualified at the 2005 Champions Tour qualifying school. He made his first start at the Turtle Bay Championship in January 2006. His best finish on the Champions Tour was a fourth-place finish in the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. He also won two European Senior Tour events in 2010 and 2012.Amateur wins[edit]1975 Japan Amateur Championship1977 Japan Amateur Championship1980 Japan Amateur ChampionshipProfessional wins (47)[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (30)[edit]No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up128 Sep 1980Chushikoku Open(as an amateur)\u22127 (69-70-68-74=281)216 Aug 1981Nihon Kokudo Keikaku Summers\u22128 (65-72-72-71=280)5 strokes Saburo Fujiki,  Keiichi Hoshino35 Sep 1981Chushikoku Open (2)\u22123 (70-76-67=213)420 Sep 1981ANA Sapporo Open\u22126 (67-73-69-73=282)3 strokes Kikuo Arai511 Oct 1981Tokai Classic\u22127 (68-71-70=209)*Playoff Fujio Kobayashi,  T\u014dru Nakamura, Hideto Shigenobu625 Jul 1982Japan PGA Championship\u221214 (67-69-69-69=274)4 strokes Hsieh Min-Nan74 Sep 1982Chushikoku Open (3)\u221210 (67-70-73-68=278)83 Sep 1983Chushikoku Open (4)\u221216 (70-66-70-66=272)99 Oct 1983Tokai Classic (2)\u221212 (64-69-72-71=276)2 strokes Naomichi Ozaki102 Sep 1984Chushikoku Open (5)+5 (68-73-72-76=289)Playoff Hideto Shigenobu1121 Oct 1984Bridgestone Tournament\u22129 (67-74-67-71=279)Playoff Chen Tze-chung,  Yoshihisa Iwashita, Sam Torrance1229 Sep 1985Gene Sarazen Jun Classic\u22127 (66-72-71=209)*Shared title with  Kazushige Kono and  Payne Stewart1327 Oct 1985Bridgestone Open (2)\u221215 (71-67-68-67=273)1 stroke Isao Aoki1421 Sep 1986ANA Open (2)\u22127 (73-72-66-70=281)2 strokes Isao Aoki155 Oct 1986Tokai Classic (3)\u221217 (68-69-65-69=271)9 strokes Shinsaku Maeda1623 Aug 1987Maruman Open\u221224 (64-62-67-71=264)4 strokes Masashi Ozaki176 Sep 1987Chushikoku Open (6)\u22128 (71-70-70-69=280)5 strokes Tadami Ueno185 Jun 1988Sendai Classic\u22129 (67-67-70=204)*2 strokes Futoshi Irino1919 Jun 1988Yomiuri Sapporo Beer Open\u221211 (68-66-74-69=277)4 strokes Ian Baker-Finch,  Tsukasa Watanabe, Yoshikazu Yokoshima203 Jul 1988Kansai Pro Championship\u221212 (71-69-68-68=276)1 stroke Yurio Akitomi,  Norio Mikami2128 Aug 1988KBC Augusta\u221212 (67-71-65-73=276)2 strokes Hajime Meshiai,  Masashi Ozaki, Nobumitsu Yuhara224 Sep 1988Chushikoku Open (7)\u221222 (67-63-65-71=266)13 strokes Tadami Ueno2325 Mar 1990Seto Uthumi Open+7 (75-67-78-75=295)1 stroke Ryoken Kawagishi,  Noboru Sugai2410 Nov 1991Acom International32 pts (7-7-18=32)*10 points Brent Franklin,  T\u014dru Nakamura, Yoshi Mizumaki2517 May 1992Japan PGA Championship (2)\u22127 (68-71-71-71=281)Playoff Tsuneyuki Nakajima2625 Oct 1992Bridgestone Open (3)\u221217 (68-67-70-66=271)Playoff Tetsu Nishikawa2713 Dec 1992Daikyo Open\u221213 (66-73-67-65=271)4 strokes David Ishii285 Jun 1994JCB Classic Sendai (2)\u221213 (71-65-67-68=271)2 strokes Roger Mackay,  Toshiaki Sudo2910 Sep 1995Suntory Open\u221215 (67-64-71-71=273)3 strokes Takaaki Fukuzawa,  Satoshi Higashi, Nobuo Serizawa3028 Sep 2003Acom International (2)\u221213 (59-69-70-73=271)Playoff Katsumasa Miyamoto,  Masashi Ozaki*Note: Tournament shortened to 54 holes due to rain.Japan Golf Tour playoff record (6\u20134)Other wins (5)[edit]1981 Wakayama Open, Hyogo Open1983 House Foods Kyosen Invitation1985 KSB Setonaikai Open2014 Legend Charity Pro-AmEuropean Senior Tour wins (2)[edit]Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (10)[edit]2007 Big Raisac Senior Open2010 Japan Senior Open, Handa Cup Senior Masters2014 Japan Senior Open, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament2015 Kyoshinkai Hiroshima Senior Championship2016 Uniden Grand Senior Championship, Iwasaki Shiratsuyu Senior Tournament2018 Uniden Grand Senior Championship2019 Starts Senior Golf TournamentResults in major championships[edit]Note: Kuramoto never played in the Masters Tournament.\u00a0\u00a0Top 10\u00a0\u00a0Did not playCUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)“T” = tiedTeam appearances[edit]This list may be incomplete.AmateurProfessionalSee also[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/masahiro-kuramoto-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Masahiro Kuramoto – Wikipedia"}}]}]