Keita Nakajima
| Keita Nakajima | |||||||||
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Nakajima in 2021 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | 24 June 2000 Saitama, Japan | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality | Japan | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| College | Nippon Sport Science University | ||||||||
| Turned professional | 2022 | ||||||||
| Current tours | PGA Tour European Tour | ||||||||
| Former tour | Japan Golf Tour | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | 75 (14 April 2024) (as of 8 March 2026) | ||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
| European Tour | 1 | ||||||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 4 | ||||||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||||||
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2022 | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2024, 2025 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2022 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||||||
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Keita Nakajima (Japanese: 中島啓太, born 24 June 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He had an exceptional amateur career; he won the 2021 Panasonic Open on the Japan Golf Tour while still an amateur and was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a record 87 weeks. He turned professional in 2022, and won three times on the Japan Golf Tour the following year, topping the tour's money list. Nakajima won his first title on the European Tour in 2024.