| 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.[1] He won his first title in 2011 at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open and his second at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open in 2012.[2] He also won two events on the Japan Challenge Tour in 2000.[2]