Masanori Kobayashi
| Masanori Kobayashi 小林正則 | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 14 February 1976 Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality | Japan | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1998 | ||||
| Former tour(s) | Japan Golf Tour Asian Tour Japan Challenge Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 6 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| Japan Golf Tour | 3 | ||||
| Asian Tour | 1 | ||||
| Other | 3 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2014, 2018 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Masanori Kobayashi (小林正則, Kobayashi Masanori, born 14 February 1976) is a Japanese professional golfer.
Kobayashi has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 1999. He won his first title in 2011 at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open and his second at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in 2012. He also won two events on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2000.