Shingo Katayama
Shingo Katayama is a Japanese golfer.
Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. He has won 31 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking sixth on the career wins list and ranking second on the career money list with over 1.9 billion ¥.
Katayama has played in several major championships and World Golf Championships events, and his most notable achievement outside Japan is his tied fourth-place finish at the 2001 PGA Championship. He played the 3rd round with the champion David Toms. He was called "Cowboy Shingo" due to his distinctive cowboy-style hat. He has featured in the top thirty of the Official World Golf Rankings. Placing fourth with a 10-under par at the 2009 Masters, he tied Toshimitsu Izawa for the best showing of a Japanese golfer at the tournament.
Professional wins (31)
Japan Golf Tour wins (31)
- The Japan Open Golf Championship and Japan Golf Tour Championship are also Japan major championships.
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1998 | Sanko Grand Summer Championship |  Kazuhiko Hosokawa | Won with par on third extra hole |
| 2 | 1999 | JCB Classic Sendai | Shigemasa Higaki | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 3 | 2002 | Japan PGA Championship |  Kenichi Kuboya | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 4 | 2006 | ABC Championship |  Yang Yong-eun | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 5 | 2008 | Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters | Yasuharu Imano | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 6 | 2012 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | Ryu Hyun-woo | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 7 | 2013 | Coca-Cola Tokai Classic | Hidemasa Hoshino, Satoshi Tomiyama | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 8 | 2015 | Top Cup Tokai Classic | Kim Hyung-sung | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut"T" = tied
Summary
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
Amateur- Eisenhower Trophy : 1994
- Dynasty Cup : 2005
- EurAsia Cup : 2016