Name: Keita Nakajima sinks 28-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at The American Express
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Description: In the third round of the 2026 American Express, Keita Nakajima’s tee shot on the 174-yard, par-3 17th hole travels 179 yards and lands on the right green, 27 feet 6 inches from the hole, and he made a 27-foot-6-inch putt for birdie.

In the first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic, Keita Nakajima's 155-yard drive on the 155-yard par-3 15th lands on the left green, leaving a 2-foot-2-inch putt, and he makes the putt for birdie.

Keita Nakajima's 155-yard drive leaves 2-foot putt for birdie on No. 15 at Cognizant Classic

In the final round of the 2026 WM Phoenix Open, Keita Nakajima's tee shot on the 210-yard, par-3 12th hole landed on the left green, 4 feet 9 inches from the hole, and he made the 4-foot 9-inch putt for birdie.

Keita Nakajima hits 210-yard tee shot to 5 feet, sets up birdie on No. 12

In the second round of the 2026 WM Phoenix Open, Keita Nakajima's 332-yard drive on the 430-yard, par-4 18th hole landed in the right fairway, leaving 97 yards to the hole, his 102-yard approach shot from the fairway landed on the right side of the green and left 13 feet 7 inches to the hole, and he made a birdie putt from 13 feet 7 inches.

Keita Nakajima sinks 14-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at WM Phoenix Open

In the first round of the 2026 WM Phoenix Open, Keita Nakajima's 290-yard drive on the 339-yard, par-4 17th hole landed in the left fairway, leaving 50 yards to the hole. His 50-yard approach shot settled on the right side of the green, 16 feet 1 inch from the cup, and he made the 16-foot 1-inch putt for birdie.

Keita Nakajima sinks 16-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at WM Phoenix Open

In the second round of the 2026 Farmers Insurance Open, Keita Nakajima’s 182-yard tee shot on the 181-yard, par-3 8th hole landed on the right side of the green, leaving a 5-foot 7-inch putt, which he made for birdie.

Keita Nakajima hits 182-yard tee shot to 5 feet, makes birdie at Farmers

In the third round of the 2026 American Express, Keita Nakajima’s tee shot on the 174-yard, par-3 17th hole travels 179 yards and lands on the right green, 27 feet 6 inches from the hole, and he made a 27-foot-6-inch putt for birdie.

Keita Nakajima sinks 28-foot birdie putt on No. 17 at The American Express

In the third round of the 2023 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, Keita Nakajima makes birdie on the par-3 12th hole.

Keita Nakajima sticks it close to yield birdie at PGA TOUR Q-School

Take a look inside Keita Nakajima's golf bag as he shares why he uses TaylorMade clubs and balls as he prepares to tee it up in his native Japan for the 2023 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP.

What's in Keita Nakajima's bag?

In the opening round of the 2023 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Keita Nakajima makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Keita Nakajima gets birdie putt to drop after nice approach at ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP

In the opening round of the 2023 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Keita Nakajima makes birdie on the par-4 8th hole.

Keita Nakajima sticks approach in close at ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP

Before every round Keita Nakajima plays on the PGA TOUR, he goes through an extensive warm-up routine, and we have an all-access look at how he prepares for competition.

Keita Nakajima’s pre-round warm-up routine

In the opening round of the 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii, Keita Nakajima makes a 17-foot eagle putt on the par-5 9th hole.

Keita Nakajima makes eagle on No. 9 at Sony Open

In preparation for 2023, PGA TOUR players set their goals for the year with Daruma dolls, traditionally used in Japanese culture as a symbol of perseverance and good luck. Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa, Taiga Semikawa, Yuto Katsuragawa, Kaito Onishi, Adam Scott and Keita Nakajima all took part in the tradition.

PGA TOUR players set goals for 2023 with Japanese Daruma dolls

Japan's Keita Nakajima makes his PGA TOUR professional debut in his home country at the 2022 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP. We're embedded with Keita for an all-access look inside the former World Number One Amateur's performance.

Keita Nakajima | Keita Rising

Former World Amateur No. 1 Keita Nakajima played his first PGA TOUR event as a professional at the 2022 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP. Nakajima finished T12 after rounds of 70-63-69-69.

Keita Nakajima makes PGA TOUR professional debut at ZOZO

Check out the top five shots of the week from the 2022 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, featuring Cameron Davis, Keita Nakajima, Cameron Young, Viktor Hovland and Brendan Steele.

Brendan Steele’s incredible dunk leads Shots of the Week

In the third round of the 2022 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Keita Nakajima makes eagle on the par-5 18th hole.

Keita Nakajima closes with long eagle putt at ZOZO 

In the second round of the 2022 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP, Keita Nakajima makes birdie on the par-5 14th hole.

Keita Nakajima holes birdie pitch-shot from rough at ZOZO 

In the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii, Keita Nakajima stayed around at the golf course after finishing his final round to watch Hideki Matsuyama compete against Russell Henley in a sudden death playoff for the title. After hitting his ball in the fairway, Matsuyama hit an incredible 276 yard 3-wood to three feet en route to securing the improbable comeback win. Nakajima reacts to the shot in real time and met with Matsuyama afterwards to congratulate him on his victory.

Keita Nakajima watches Hideki Matsuyama win Sony Open

By 2021, the state of Japanese golf had reached new heights, crowning its first men’s major champion (Hideki Matsuyama, Masters Tournament), Takumi Kanaya cracked the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings and Keita Nakajima joined his predecessors in winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur and followed in their footsteps as a world number one-ranked amateur.

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Prior to the 2022 Sony Open in Hawaii, number one World Golf Amateur Keita Nakajima played a practice round at Waialae Country Club in preparation for the event. During his round, Nakajima talked about his admiration of Hideki Matsuyama while talking about his goals moving forward.

Keita Nakajima walk-and-talk at the Sony Open

Prior to the Sony Open in Hawaii, Keita Nakajima talks about being inspired by Hideki Matsuyama's win at 2021 Masters Tournament.

Keita Nakajima on being inspired by Hideki’s win at The Masters

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Ludvig Åberg holes 120-yard approach for eagle on No. 6 at Valero

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Steven Fisk drains 14-foot birdie putt on No. 12 at Valero

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Robert MacIntyre gets up-and-down from 45 yards for birdie on No. 5 at Valero

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Russell Henley drains 82-foot birdie putt from bunker on No. 4 at Valero

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Ludvig Åberg gets up-and-down from 94 yards for birdie on No. 5 at Valero

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Camilo Villegas drains 13-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at Valero

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J.J. Spaun hits tee shot to 13 feet, sets up birdie on No. 3 at Valero

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Jimmy Walker drains 15-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at Valero

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Russell Henley's 101-yard approach from rough sets up birdie on No. 2 at Valero

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Billy Horschel drains 26-foot birdie putt on No. 2 at Valero

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Gordon Sargent makes 7-foot birdie putt on No. 7 at Valero

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Marcelo Rozo drains 16-foot birdie putt on No. 16 at Valero

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Pontus Nyholm hits tee shot to 15 feet, sets up birdie on No. 16 at Valero

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