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Dunlop SRIXON Fukushima Open 2021

Ryosuke's V2 came right after as "back-to-back" win, and he is eager to add up his V counts

It took Ryosuke 8 years to accomplish his career first victory, but his 2nd win came right after. He made a great come from behind win by scoring 62 and the Final Sunday.

"I made miraculous putts on 2nd and 3 rd. Both were 10-meter left to right breaks."
Then he went on making 3-meter, 9-meter, 5-meter, and 4-meter from 5th hole, and on 9th, he puttered in from the fringe to make 5 birdies in a row.

At this moment, he caught up with the leader Ryuko Tokimatsu. Eventually Ryosuke holed out with 25 under and waited Ryuko to finish, and the battle was extended to a playoff.

Ryosuke made 35 yards lob shot from right side roughs, a shot technic he mastered from US Open experience.
"I used to hit it with clean contact, but I saw Phil Mickelson hit just a bit before the ball. So, I practiced and tried it out on the tournament. That was my 4th try in the tournament, but it worked again. I gained another short game technic."

With that lob shot, he got himself 1.5-meter birdie putt for the win.

Ryosuke's career first victory came 3 weeks ago at Japan Golf Tour Championship.
"I was really relieved that I finally got my first win. But I was told that you are not top class if you end up with only 1 win. So, I was really pushing myself for another victory."

Ryosuke became the first Japanese player to back-to-back win just after the first career victory.
"I didn't have the knowledge of the record that I made today. I was just doing my best. But I am surprised that I was able to achieve my second victory so soon."

This week, his coach was on his bag.
"I was doing all the yardage calculations, so as a caddy he didn't do much, but he was coaching me during the game and that support made me possible to win this week."

Ryosuke's first challenge to this Fukushima Open back in 2014 was resulted 2nd.
"I am very honored to have won in front of the Fukushima Prefecture fans. I am really happy that I got to make revenge on my 2nd place finish back in 2014 with this victory. I hope I could keep up this momentum and add few more victories. I wish I could win next week's Japan PGA as well."