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Place of Birth: Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
About Shingo Katayama
- Shingo Katayama (Japanese: ?? ??, born 31 January 1973) is a Japanese golfer. Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture.
- He turned professional in 1995 and has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997.
- He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008.
- He has won 31 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking sixth on the career wins list and ranking second on the career money list with over 1.9 billion ¥. Katayama has played in several major championships and World Golf Championships events, and his most notable achievement outside Japan is his tied fourth-place finish at the 2001 PGA Championship.
- He played the 3rd round with the champion David Toms.
- He was called "Cowboy Shingo" due to his distinctive cowboy-style hat.
- He has featured in the top thirty of the Official World Golf Rankings.
- Placing fourth with a 10-under par at the 2009 Masters, he tied Toshimitsu Izawa (2001) for the best showing of a Japanese golfer at the tournament.
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