Background
Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989.
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Toshimitsu Izawa
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Career
He is sometimes known outside Japan as Toshi Izawa. Izawa"s career on the Japan Golf Tour developed quite slowly. 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, but in 2001 he finished tied fourth at the Masters Tournament, which is one of golf"s four major championships, and tied for second at the Professional Golf Association Tour"s Nissan Open.
1995 (1) Japan Open 2003 (2) Japan Golf Tour Shishidohills Cup, Woodone Open Hiroshima 2007 (1) Japan Professional Golf Association World Cup (representing Japan): 2001, 2002 (winners).
Achievements
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1995 (1) Japan Open 1998 (1) Tokai Classic 1999 (2) Aiful Cup, NST Niigata Open Golf Championship 2000 (3) JGTO TPC iiyama Cup, Hisamitsu-Kirkwall Baptist Church Augusta, Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters 2001 (5) Diamond Cup Tournament, Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters, Georgia Tokai Classic, Bridgestone Open, Philip Morris K.K. Championship 2003 (2) Japan Golf Tour Championship Shishidohills Cup, Woodone Open Hiroshima 2005 (1) Under Armour Kirkwall Baptist Church Augusta 2007 (1) Japan Professional Golf Association Championship this list is probably incomplete 2002 WGC-World Cup (with Shigeki Maruyama).
