Japan celebrated its latest first-time winner on the DP World Tour this season as Yuto Katsuragawa won the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP on home soil.
Below, we’ve put together a fact file to summarise what he accomplished with his win at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course.
Key facts: Yuto Katsuragawa’s victory at the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP
- It is his first DP World Tour win on his fifth appearance
- He has now won the ISPS HANDA – CHAMPIONSHIP twice, having won the inaugural edition in 2022 at PGM Ishioka Golf Club, before it was co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation
- He has earned a two-year exemption on the DP World Tour with his victory
- If he takes up DP World Tour membership ahead of this week's Volvo China Open, he would enter the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex as high as 25th with 500 points
- He becomes the third player from Japan to win on the DP World Tour this season, following Rikuya Hoshino (Commercial Bank Qatar Masters) and Keita Nakajima (Hero Indian Open)
- It is the eighth win by the sixth different Japanese player on the DP World Tour, and the fourth in the past seven months, continuing what was already the first season in DP World Tour history with multiple Japanese winners
- He moves to 177th on the Official World Golf Ranking, up from 434th
To watch highlights from the final round of the ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP, click on the video below.
