Player Profile

Kensei Hirata

BIRTHPLACE: Japan
VICTORIES: 6 more details

PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1
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Latest Results in the Last 12 Months

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-11-23	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Phoenix (Japan)	Japan	Japan	22	70	66	70	72		278
2025-11-09	ACN Championship	Miki	Japan	Japan	13	72	67	67			206
2025-11-02	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	China	Asian PGA	26	63	69	69	66		267
2025-10-19	Japan Open	Nikko	Japan	Japan	17	73	71	72	67		283
2025-10-12	Korn Ferry Tour Championship	French Lick	Indiana	Korn Ferry	68	79	79	69	74		301
2025-10-05	Compliance Solutions Championship	The Patriot	Oklahoma	Korn Ferry	mc	72	69				141
2025-09-21	Nationwide Childrens Hospital Championship	Ohio State University	Ohio	Korn Ferry	mc	70	80				150
2025-09-14	Simmons Bank Open	Vanderbilt Legends	Tennessee	Korn Ferry	64	71	66	73	70		280
2025-08-31	KBC Augusta	Keya	Japan	Japan	31	68	68	76	69		281
2025-08-17	Boise Open	Hillcrest	Idaho	Korn Ferry	33	69	67	66	69		271
2025-08-10	Pinnacle Bank Championship	Indian Creek	Nebraska	Korn Ferry	mc	72	71				143
2025-08-03	Utah Championship	Ogden	Utah	Korn Ferry	2	72	63	62	67		264
2025-07-27	NV5 Invitational	The Glen Club	Illinois	Korn Ferry	3	66	65	65	65		261
2025-07-20	Price Cutter Charity Championship	Highland Springs	Missouri	Korn Ferry	mc	72	71				143
2025-07-13	The Ascendant	Colorado	Colorado	Korn Ferry	37	70	70	71	70		281
2025-06-29	Memorial Health Championship	Panther Creek	Illinois	Korn Ferry	16	66	70	64	65		265
2025-06-22	Wichita Open	Crestview	Kansas	Korn Ferry	mc	70	72				142
2025-06-08	BMW Charity Pro-Am	Thornblade	South Carolina	Korn Ferry	7	69	65	69	64		267
2025-06-01	UNC Health Championship	Raleigh	North Carolina	Korn Ferry	mc	70	73				143
2025-05-25	Knoxville Open	Holston Hills	Tennessee	Korn Ferry	mc	71	70				141
2025-05-18	AdventHealth Championship	Blue Hills	Missouri	Korn Ferry	25	72	72	71	66		281
2025-05-04	Tulum Championship	Riviera Maya	Mexico	Korn Ferry	12	68	71	70	76		285
2025-04-27	Veritex Bank Championship	Texas Rangers	Texas	Korn Ferry	18	68	65	62	66		261
2025-04-20	Suncoast Classic	Lakewood National	Florida	Korn Ferry	57	68	66	70	75		279
2025-04-06	Club Car Championship	Landings Club	Georgia	Korn Ferry	23	72	67	67	71		277
2025-03-09	Chile Classic	Prince of Wales	Chile	Korn Ferry	3	65	69	68	67		269
2025-03-02	Argentina Open	Jockey Club	Argentina	Korn Ferry	mc	73	67				140
2025-02-09	Astara Golf Championship	Bogota	Colombia	Korn Ferry	mc	70	72				142
2025-02-02	Panama Championship	Panama	Panama	Korn Ferry	17	66	68	69	75		278
2025-01-26	Great Abaco Classic	The Abaco Club	Bahamas	Korn Ferry	2	71	63	67	67		268
2025-01-12	Sony Open in Hawaii	Waialae	Hawaii	PGA	21	68	63	70	69		270

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.65
Five season scoring average - hot conditions: 69.50
Awarded Symbol: True

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.65
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 72.27
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 71.65
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 69.62
Awarded Symbol: True

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -15.01
Number of times in contention: 22
Average score relative to contenders: -0.68
Awarded Symbol: No

Final Round Performance vs Average of Contenders

Year	>2 shots better	0-2 shots better	0-2 shots worse	>2 shots worse
2025	-	4	4	1
2024	3	2	2	-
2023	1	2	1	1
2022	-	-	1	-
2021	-	-	-	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 50%
Retained After 2: 25%
Retained After 3: 100%
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

Year	Rounds 1 thru 2	Rounds 2 thru 3	Rounds 3 thru 4
2025	-	-	-
2024	-	0/3	2/2
2023	1/2	1/1	1/1
2022	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: Invalid date format not significant
Awarded Symbol: False

Accurate from tee to green, but poor putter

12-month greens in regulation rank: 0
12-month putting average rank: 0
period size: 0
top ten % : 0
bottom third: 0
Awarded Symbol: True

Contention rust

Number of times in final round contention in the past 12 months: 7
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 71.52
Average score last season: 70.96
Difference: 0.56
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 71.52
Average score last season: 70.96
Average score 2 seasons ago: 72.08
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 72.46
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 71.65
Average score having played the previous week: 71.47
Awarded Symbol: False

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 69.62
Standard Deviation: 3.08
Significant score is less than: 66.54
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-07-27	NV5 Invitational	The Glen Club	Illinois	Korn Ferry	3	66	65	65	65	-	261
2025-04-27	Veritex Bank Championship	Texas Rangers	Texas	Korn Ferry	18	68	65	62	66	-	261

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 6
Awarded Symbol: False

Kensei Hirata - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
U.S. South-East	6	71.63	38.33	-	-	16.67
Florida	1	72.05	50.00	-	-	-
Georgia	1	70.70	23.00	-	-	-
North Carolina	1	74.15	50.00	-	-	-
South Carolina	1	69.24	7.00	-	-	100.00
Tennessee	2	72.71	50.00	-	-	-
U.S. Mid-West	8	72.12	36.75	-	12.50	12.50
Illinois	2	69.69	9.50	-	50.00	50.00
Indiana	1	74.66	50.00	-	-	-
Kansas	1	73.88	50.00	-	-	-
Missouri	2	71.78	37.50	-	-	-
Nebraska	1	72.75	50.00	-	-	-
Ohio	1	75.43	50.00	-	-	-
U.S. South-West	2	71.91	34.00	-	-	-
Oklahoma	1	75.08	50.00	-	-	-
Texas	1	70.32	18.00	-	-	-
U.S. West	5	70.18	28.60	-	20.00	20.00
Colorado	1	70.97	37.00	-	-	-
Hawaii	2	69.65	35.50	-	-	-
Idaho	1	70.67	33.00	-	-	-
Utah	1	69.68	2.00	-	100.00	100.00

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Jan	3	69.20	24.33	-	33.33	33.33
Feb	2	70.91	33.50	-	-	-
Mar	4	72.22	38.25	-	25.00	25.00
Apr	11	72.07	37.09	-	-	9.09
May	12	71.62	28.67	8.33	16.67	16.67
Jun	15	71.73	28.00	-	13.33	26.67
Jul	9	71.46	28.78	22.22	33.33	33.33
Aug	11	71.63	29.18	-	9.09	27.27
Sep	14	71.19	24.14	21.43	28.57	35.71
Oct	15	72.38	36.73	-	-	13.33
Nov	14	71.67	29.43	-	-	7.14
Dec	2	71.22	13.50	-	-	50.00

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Majors	1	74.74	50.00	-	-	-
Majors+WGC	1	74.74	50.00	-	-	-
Premier	5	69.78	34.60	-	-	20.00