{"id":40548,"date":"2024-10-13T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40548"},"modified":"2024-10-13T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:03:48","slug":"imahira-outplays-kinshita-to-win-the-japan-open-golf-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40548","title":{"rendered":"Imahira outplays Kinshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-40547\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Imahira.jpg\" alt=\"Imahira\" width=\"850\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Imahira.jpg 693w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Imahira-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Imahira-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/>Tokyo:<\/strong> Shugo Imahira fended off the spirited challenge by Ryosuke Kinoshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship by one shot at the Tokyo Golf Club on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Imahira entered the final round one shot behind Kinoshita, who had held the overnight lead. He stumbled early with a bogey on the third hole but recovered swiftly with a pair of birdies on holes four and five.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old then birdied eight to reach the turn in 33. He dropped another shot on 11 before picking up another gain on 14. After another bogey on 16, Imahira headed into the final two holes tied with Kinoshita at three-under.<\/p>\n<p>He made par on 17 and was already prepared to head into a playoff until he managed to birdie 18 to sign off with a two-under-par 68 and a winning total of four-under-par 276.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was tied with Kinoshita at that point, so I was just aiming to make par and head into a playoff. I didn\u2019t expect it to go in, so I wasn\u2019t completely blank, but it was a strange, overwhelming feeling,\u201d said Imahira.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy. The Japan Open is a tournament I\u2019ve always wanted to win, and while I didn\u2019t have great results this year, I\u2019m thrilled to have won.<\/p>\n<p>With his 10th JGTO victory secured, Imahira earned his spot into the ZOZO Championship in a fortnight and also kept his proud record of winning in every JGTO season since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really hoping to qualify for ZOZO, so now that I have, I want to carry this momentum into that tournament since I\u2019m already familiar with the course.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t want to break that streak of winning. I wasn\u2019t playing as well as I wanted in the first half of the season, but I made some adjustments, and they\u2019ve been working,\u201d added Imahira.<\/p>\n<p>Leading final round scores<br \/>All Japanese nationals unless indicated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>276 \u2013 Shugo Imahira 66-72-70-68<br \/>277 &#8211; Ryosuke Kinoshita 70-67-70-70<br \/>280 &#8211; Yuki Inamori 67-70-71-72<br \/>282 \u2013 Takumi Kanaya 72-72-70-68<br \/>283 \u2013 Mikiya Akutsu 71-72-70-70<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo: Shugo Imahira fended off the spirited challenge by Ryosuke Kinoshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship by one shot at the Tokyo Golf Club on Sunday. Imahira entered the final round one shot behind Kinoshita, who had held the overnight lead. He stumbled early with a bogey on the third hole but recovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf-golf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Imahira outplays Kinshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=40548\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Imahira outplays Kinshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tokyo: Shugo Imahira fended off the spirited challenge by Ryosuke Kinoshita to win the Japan Open Golf Championship by one shot at the Tokyo Golf Club on Sunday. 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