Kazuki Higa

Kazuki Higa
Kazuki Higa
Personal information
Born	23 April 1995 (age 28); Okinawa, Japan
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
College	Tohoku Fukushi University
Turned professional	2017
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	9
Highest ranking	70 (26 June 2022); (as of 30 October 2022)
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	5
Asian Tour	1
Other	4
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2022
Medal record
Summer Universiade

Kazuki Higa (Japanese: 比嘉一貴, born 23 April 1995) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has won four times on the Japan Golf Tour.

Golf career

Higa attended Tohoku Fukushi University and turned professional in late 2017.^[2] Since turning professional, he has played primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. His first win was at the 2019 RIZAP KBC Augusta. He won again in 2021 at the Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup and twice in 2022, at the Kansai Open Golf Championship and the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup.^[3]

2017 Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (individual winner), Tohoku Amateur Championship, Kanto Collegiate Championship

Source:^[4]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Sep 2019	RIZAP KBC Augusta	−26 (66-63-67-66=262)	5 strokes	Rikuya Hoshino
2	22 Aug 2021	Shigeo Nagashima Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−20 (68-65-67-68=268)	2 strokes	Kunihiro Kamii
3	17 Apr 2022	Kansai Open Golf Championship	−14 (65-67-68-70=270)	1 stroke	Rikuya Hoshino
4	5 Jun 2022	BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup	−12 (69-71-65-67=272)	1 stroke	Tomoharu Otsuki
5	11 Sep 2022	Shinhan Donghae Open¹	−20 (66-63-70-65=264)	2 strokes	Cho Min-gyu, Tirawat Kaewsiribandit, Justin Shin

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	29 Jun 2018	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	−12 (66-64=130)	2 strokes	Yoshikazu Haku, Takahiro Hataji, Konosuke Nakazato

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Apr 2018	BTI Open	−17 (62-70-69-70=271)	3 strokes	Zamal Hossain
2	16 Mar 2019	PGM UMW ADT Championship¹	−22 (68-65-68-65=266)	6 strokes	Shintaro Kobayashi, Naoki Sekito

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2016
Neighbors Trophy Team Championship (representing Japan): 2013, 2015, 2017 (winners)

^ "Week 26 2022 Ending 26 Jun 2022" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Kazuki Higa – Profile". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Kazuki Higa – Tour Career Record". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ "Kazuki Higa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 June 2022.