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Home > Golf > PGA Tour Players > Ryuji Imada
Ryuji Imada
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association Tour. The PGA Tour is an organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA that operates the USA's main professional golf Tours.
Ryuji Imada was born in Mihara, Japan. His height is 5 foot 8 inches and weight 150 pounds. Ryuji was at age 7, tagged along with older brother Takasunni to golf course. At age 14, he moved from native Japan to Tampa, Florida, to compete on junior golf circuit. He was won first junior Tournament at age 15.
He was finalist at 1997 U.S. Public Links and excelled on junior level by twice being named to the AJGA American Junior Golf Association All-American first team. He was first-team All-American and All-SEC as a freshman in 1999. He helped lead the Bulldogs to their first national championship and finished runner-up to Luke Donald in the individual competition. He was won first collegiate title at Williams Intercollegiate in 1999. He had seven top-10 finishes during the 1998-99 collegiate seasons and appeared as high as second in Golfweek Titleist Men's Amateur Rankings.
In 2000, he was enjoyed solid rookie season, making the cut in 12 of 25 events. He shared second-round lead with Mike Heinen and David Berganio, Jr. at the Virginia Beach Open and trailed Todd Demsey by one after 54 holes. He was defeated Demsey by five strokes to become first rookie winner of season. Final-round 76 at the 2000 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament left him three strokes short of earning his Tour card. In 2002, he had a down season, finishing 105th on the Nationwide Tour money list after making the cut in eight of 20 Tournaments.
In 2004, he was earned initial Tour card for 2005 by finishing third on Nationwide Tour money list. He had his best season and was one of five players on Tour to exceed the $300,000 plateau with $313,185. His career-high seven top-10s included his second career victory at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs. Ryuji Imada was birdied the fifth playoff hole to defeat Paul Gow. Ryuji Imada was finished 121st on Tour money list in his rookie season, which included the first top-10 of his career, with rounds of 66-67 on the weekend, finished fifth at Booz Allen Classic.
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