Name: Keita Nakajima sinks 14-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at WM Phoenix Open
Uploaded: 2026-02-06T23:29:45.000Z
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Description: 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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Keita Nakajima closes with long eagle putt at ZOZO 

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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.

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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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