Player Profile

Naoyuki Kataoka

BIRTHDATE: 28-Dec-97
BIRTHPLACE: Hokkaido, Japan
VICTORIES: 2 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
2025-11-30	Casio World Open	Kochi Kuroshio	Japan	Japan	18	67	71	68	70		276
2025-11-23	Dunlop Phoenix Tournament	Phoenix (Japan)	Japan	Japan	58	71	69	70	78		288
2025-11-16	Taiheiyo Masters	Taiheiyo (Gotemba)	Japan	Japan	37	67	69	71	73		280
2025-11-09	ACN Championship	Miki	Japan	Japan	2	69	69	65			203
2025-11-02	Fortinet Players Cup	Narita Hills	Japan	Japan	mc	72	74				146
2025-10-19	Japan Open	Nikko	Japan	Japan	1	70	70	69	68		277
2025-10-05	Tokai Classic	Miyoshi	Japan	Japan	67	70	70	75	81		296
2025-09-28	Panasonic Open	Izumigaoka	Japan	Japan	4	66	68	64	70		268
2025-09-21	ANA Open	Sapporo	Japan	Japan	47	74	66	76	69		285
2025-09-14	Shinhan Donghae Open	Jack Nicklaus Korea	South Korea	Korean	mc	74	70				144
2025-09-07	Fujisankei Classic	Fujizakura	Japan	Japan	mc	69	75				144
2025-08-31	KBC Augusta	Keya	Japan	Japan	25	69	71	68	72		280
2025-08-24	ISPS Handa Summer Golf Battle Tournament	Hokkaido Brooks	Japan	Japan	42	70	68	67	71		276
2025-08-17	ISPS Handa Explosion in the Summer	Gozensui	Japan	Japan	18	66	69	66	65		266
2025-06-29	Japan Players Championship	Nishi Nasuno	Japan	Japan	14	68	64	66	70		268
2025-06-15	Hana Bank Invitational	The Heaven	South Korea	Korean	mc	71	72				143
2025-06-08	Japan Golf Tour Championship	Shishido Hills	Japan	Japan	mc	73	74				147
2025-06-01	Mizuno Open	Setonaikai	Japan	Japan	17	70	72	68	73		283
2025-05-25	Japan PGA Championship	Sanko (Tanigumi)	Japan	Japan	19	69	69	71	71		280
2025-05-18	Kansai Open	Hino	Japan	Japan	22	68	68	71	67		274
2025-05-11	International Series Japan	Caledonian	Japan	Asian PGA	31	69	72	69	70		280
2025-05-04	The Crowns	Nagoya	Japan	Japan	w	73					73
2025-04-27	Maezawa Cup	MZ	Japan	Japan	15	67	66	65	73		271
2025-04-13	Token Homemate Cup	Tado	Japan	Japan	3	66	65	70			201

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Elliott Symbols

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Nappy Factor
No children
Awarded Symbol: False

At best in hot conditions
This data is presently unavailable

Very good player in wet weather
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.36
Five season scoring average - wet conditions: 71.48
Awarded Symbol: False

Excellent wind player
Five season scoring average - all tournaments: 72.36
Five season scoring average - windy conditions: 74.32
Awarded Symbol: False

Sunday supplement: proven �bottle� or appears to lack bottle?
Total score relative to contenders: -7.14
Number of times in contention: 20
Average score relative to contenders: -0.36
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	-	2	3	-
2024	1	1	2	1
2023	-	3	1	-
2022	-	2	-	-
2021	3	1	-	-

Proven front runner

Retained After 1: 0%
Retained After 2: 0%
Retained After 3: -
Awarded Symbol: False

Retained Leads

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

Significant Birthday

Player�s current age: 27 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: 5
Awarded Symbol: False

Comeback Trail

Current exemption status:
Awarded Symbol: False

Disappointing this season

Average score this season: 72.13
Average score last season: 71.91
Difference: 0.22
Awarded Symbol: False

Past his best

Average score this season: 72.13
Average score last season: 71.91
Average score 2 seasons ago: 73.85
Awarded Symbol: False

Plays well when fresh from a break

Average score when playing on 2+ weeks' rest: 71.91
Average score when playing on 1 week's rest: 72.10
Average score having played the previous week: 72.46
Awarded Symbol: True

Streaky player

Five season scoring average: 70.26
Standard Deviation: 3.14
Significant score is less than: 67.11
Awarded Symbol: True Streaky performances in the last five seasons

Date	Event	Course	Location	Tour	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	Total
2025-04-27	Maezawa Cup	MZ	Japan	Japan	15	67	66	65	73	-	271
2024-05-05	The Crowns	Nagoya	Japan	Japan	2	68	66	67	67	-	268
2021-06-27	Fukushima Open	Grandee Nasushirakawa	Japan	Japan	4	69	67	64	67	-	267

Virgin Golfer

Career Victories: 2
Awarded Symbol: False

Naoyuki Kataoka - Further Player Analysis

Performance by Location

Region

Events

Score

Finish

Win %

Top-5 %

Top-10 %

Performance by Month

Month	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Mar	1	72.38	41.00	-	-	-
Apr	11	73.13	35.55	-	18.18	18.18
May	18	72.36	33.06	5.56	16.67	22.22
Jun	16	72.72	36.38	-	6.25	6.25
Jul	5	72.14	32.00	-	20.00	20.00
Aug	12	71.89	29.00	-	16.67	25.00
Sep	20	72.03	32.40	-	10.00	20.00
Oct	18	72.34	34.50	5.56	11.11	27.78
Nov	20	72.45	34.10	-	10.00	15.00
Dec	4	72.15	17.25	-	25.00	25.00

Performance by Tournament Quality

Rank	Events	Score	Finish	Win %	Top-5 %	Top-10 %
Premier	2	70.90	45.50	-	-	-
Mid-Rank	1	72.51	50.00	-	-	-