Masahiro Kuramoto
| Masahiro Kuramoto 倉本昌弘 |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Massy |
| Born |
9 September 1955 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st) |
| Nationality |
 Japan
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1981 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Senior Tour Japan PGA Senior Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
Japan Golf Tour PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 40 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 30 (T5th all-time) |
| European Senior Tour | 2 |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1993, 1994 |
| The Open Championship | T4: 1982 |
| PGA Championship | T42: 1982 |
Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto (倉本昌弘 Kuramoto Masahiro?, born 9 September 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima Prefecture. He turned professional in 1981. He has 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 ¥.
Kuramoto was medalist at the 1992 PGA Tour qualifying school and played full-time on the Tour in 1993. He played 65 times on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 1997. His best finish was a T-4 at the 1982 British Open (also his best finish in a major championship).
In 2005, he was medalist at the Champions Tour qualifying school, 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.
Note: Kuramoto never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
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