Yuta Sugiura skips home event to chase PGA Tour dream
Yuta Sugiura skipped an $8 million event at home to chase his dream of earning a PGA Tour card in Virginia.
Yuta Sugiura, a 25-year-old golfer from Aichi, Japan, has chosen to play in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship over the Baycurrent Classic in Yokohama. Despite the latter offering a $8 million purse, Sugiura withdrew from the Japanese event to chase his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. Ranked 21st in the season-long points list, Sugiura needs to finish within the top 20 to secure exempt PGA Tour status for the following year.
His father introduced him to golf at the age of 4, and he has been working with swing coach Masatsugu Ohki since he was 10. In 2023, Sugiura became the seventh amateur in Japan Golf Tour history to win an event at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament. He was named the Japan Golf Tour's Rookie of the Year in 2025 and has produced two rounds this season that changed everything, including a 62 and a 58 in the Oklahoma tournament.
With one tournament left, Sugiura is focused on earning his promotion to the PGA Tour and bringing his parents a dream they started together.
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