# Toshimitsu Izawa

Toshimitsu Izawa (Japanese: 伊沢利光, born 2 March 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside Japan as Toshi Izawa.

## Early life

Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989.

## Professional career

Izawa's career on the Japan Golf Tour developed quite slowly. His first win came in 1995, and he did not make the top ten on the money list until 1999, when he was thirty one years old. He went on to top the money list in 2001 and 2003. In the first of those years he set a record of ¥217,934,583 in earnings which survived though the 2004 season, and his dominant form in Japan lifted him into the top twenty in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He has 16 victories on the Japan Golf Tour and is eighth on the career money list (through 2013).
Izawa has only played a limited number of tournaments outside Japan. However, he has had some success in these rare appearances. In early 2001, he finished joint runner-up at the PGA Tour's Nissan Open. Months later, he finished tied fourth at the 2001 Masters Tournament. In 2002, he won the WGC-World Cup for Japan in partnership with Shigeki Maruyama.

## Professional wins (19)
### Japan Golf Tour wins (16)

* Legend
* Flagship events (1)
* Japan majors (3)
* Other Japan Golf Tour (12)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 1 Oct 1995 | Japan Open Golf Championship | −7 (67-70-70-70=277) | 1 stroke | Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
| 2 | 11 Oct 1998 | Tokai Classic | −11 (73-66-70-68=277) | 3 strokes | Nobumitsu Yuhara |
| 3 | 25 Jul 1999 | Aiful Cup | −14 (67-72-68-67=274) | 1 stroke | Toru Taniguchi |
| 4 | 1 Aug 1999 | NST Niigata Open Golf Championship | −19 (64-67-68-70=269) | 6 strokes | Kazuhiko Hosokawa |
| 5 | 2 Jul 2000 | JGTO TPC iiyama Cup | −13 (63-70-70=203)* | 3 strokes | Kaname Yokoo |
| 6 | 27 Aug 2000 | Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta | −18 (67-65-71-67=270) | 4 strokes | Shusaku Sugimoto |
| 7 | 12 Nov 2000 | Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | −14 (68-69-66-71=274) | 1 stroke | Keiichiro Fukabori |
| 8 | 27 May 2001 | Diamond Cup Tournament | −11 (77-68-64-68=277) | Playoff | Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuji Igarashi |
| 9 | 23 Sep 2001 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters (2) | −18 (66-67-68-69=270) | 2 strokes | Yūsaku Miyazato (a), Shigeru Nonaka |
| 10 | 7 Oct 2001 | Georgia Tokai Classic (2) | −16 (65-68-70-69=272) | 2 strokes | Tomohiro Kondo, Lin Keng-chi |
| 11 | 21 Oct 2001 | Bridgestone Open | −14 (71-67-67-69=274) | 1 stroke | Masashi Ozaki |
| 12 | 28 Oct 2001 | Philip Morris K.K. Championship | −16 (67-67-66-72=272) | 1 stroke | Hidemichi Tanaka, Toru Taniguchi |
| 13 | 6 Jul 2003 | Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishido Hills Cup (2) | −14 (70-63-68-69=270) | 1 stroke | David Smail, Tadahiro Takayama |
| 14 | 13 Jul 2003 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | −13 (66-68-69-72=275) | Playoff | Kiyoshi Murota |
| 15 | 28 Aug 2005 | Under Armour KBC Augusta | −20 (67-65-67-65=264) | 5 strokes | Prayad Marksaeng, Ryuichi Oda |
| 16 | 13 May 2007 | Japan PGA Championship | −5 (68-70-72-73=283) | 1 stroke | Satoru Hirota |
*Note: The 2000 JGTO TPC iiyama Cup was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1998 | Casio World Open | Brian Watts | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2001 | Diamond Cup Tournament | Hiroyuki Fujita, Yuji Igarashi | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2003 | Woodone Open Hiroshima | Kiyoshi Murota | Won with par on first extra hole |

### Other wins (1)

* Legend
* World Golf Championships (1)
* Other wins (0)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
| 1 | 15 Dec 2002 | WGC-World Cup (with Shigeki Maruyama) | −36 (64-64-58-66=252) | 2 strokes | United States − Phil Mickelson and David Toms |

### Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (2)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 27 Oct 2019 | Fukuoka Senior Open Golf Tournament | −8 (67-69=136) | 1 stroke | Yoshinobu Tsukada |
| 2 | 25 Aug 2024 | Maruhan Cup Pacific Club Senior | −12 (62-68=130) | 1 stroke | Choi Ho-sung |

## Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
| 1 | 2001 | Nissan Open | Robert Allenby, Brandel Chamblee Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman, Bob Tway | Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole |

## Results in major championships

| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2007 |
| Masters Tournament | | | T4 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | | | T44 | WD | | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | | | | T22 | | | CUT |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T39 | | T53 | T18 | | |
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied

## Results in World Golf Championships

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Match Play | R32 | R32 | R16 | R64 |
| Invitational | | T24 | T14 | |
| Championship | NT$^1$ | | T25 | |
$^1$Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied NT = No tournament

## Team appearances

* World Cup (representing Japan): 2001, 2002 (winners)