The Japanese player will play the Masters and the 2026 Open thanks to his victory in the Japan Open
The story of Naoyuki Kataoka seems straight out of a fairy tale
Golf has these things. Stories that seem impossible and then, suddenly, become reality. Just a week ago, Naoyuki Kataoka was the world number 500, you could say he's one of those soldiers fighting every year on the Japanese circuit. The 27-year-old Japanese player already kn


