Ryo Hisatsune

Ryo Hisatsune
久常涼
Ryo Hisatsune; 久常涼
Personal information
Born	9 September 2002 (age 22); Okayama, Japan
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Career
Turned professional	2020
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour; European Tour; Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)	Japan Challenge Tour
Professional wins	4
Highest ranking	72 (21 January 2024); (as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Other	3
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2024
PGA Championship	T18: 2024
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
Japan Challenge Tour; money list winner
Japan Challenge Tour; money list winner	2020–21
Sir Henry Cotton; Rookie of the Year	2023

Ryo Hisatsune (Japanese: 久常涼, born 9 September 2002) is a Japanese professional golfer, who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2023 Cazoo Open de France.

Professional career

Hisatsune turned professional in 2020.^[2] He played on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2020 and 2021, winning three times and claiming the money list title. He played on the Japan Golf Tour for the 2022 season, with a best result of tied-second coming at the ASO Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament.

In November 2022, Hisatsune entered the European Tour Qualifying School. He finished tied-seventh, earning status to play on the 2023 European Tour season.^[3] Two weeks later, he finished tied-second at the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship, three shots behind Cameron Smith.^[4]

In September 2023, Hisatsune claimed his first win on the European Tour, winning the Cazoo Open de France at Le Golf National. He shot a final-round 66 to win by two shots ahead of Jordan Smith and Jeff Winther.^[5] In November, he was voted as the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year for the 2023 European Tour season.^[6]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Sep 2023	Cazoo Open de France	−14 (66-69-69-66=270)	2 strokes	Jordan Smith, Jeff Winther

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Jun 2021	Japan Create Challenge	−22 (66-61-67=194)	4 strokes	Takahiro Hataji
2	30 Jul 2021	Minami Akita CC Michinoku Challenge	−17 (64-61=125)	6 strokes	Fumihiro Ebine, Shintaro Kobayashi, Yusuke Sakamoto
3	24 Sep 2021	ISPS Handa Hero ni nare! Challenge Tournament	−18 (66-66-66=198)	1 stroke	Taichi Nabetani, Kaito Onishi

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Tournament	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	0
PGA Championship	1	1	1
U.S. Open	0	0	0
The Open Championship	0	1	0
Totals	1	3	1

Amateur

^ "Week 3 2024 Ending 21 Jan 2024" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Ryo Hisatsune". Japan Golf Tour Organization. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ Hall, Jamie (16 November 2022). "Every player to qualify from DP World Tour Q-school". Bunkered. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
^ "Smith holds nerve to claim third Australian PGA Championship title". Reuters. 27 November 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "French Open: Ryo Hisatsune triumphs at Le Golf National as Jordan Smith lets lead slip". BBC Sport. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "Ryo Hisatsune wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". European Tour. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.