LPGA of Japan Tour
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Current season, competition or edition: 2024 LPGA of Japan Tour | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| CEO | Hiromi Kobayashi |
| Country |  Japan |
| Most titles | Hisako Higuchi (69) |
| Official website | LPGA.or.jp |
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the American tour's total prize fund peaked at just over $60 million in 2008. While the Japan Tour is the second-most lucrative women's tour, two other non-U.S. tours, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour, rival the Japan Tour in level of competition.
Schedule
[edit]The 2024 schedule includes 37 events played in Japan.
Leading money winners
[edit]| Year | Player | Earnings (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Miyū Yamashita | 213,554,215 |
| 2022 | Miyū Yamashita | 235,020,967 |
| 2020–21 | Mone Inami | 255,192,049 |
| 2019 | Ai Suzuki | 160,189,665 |
| 2018 |  Ahn Sun-ju | 180,784,885 |
| 2017 | Ai Suzuki | 140,122,631 |
| 2016 | Lee Bo-mee | 175,869,764 |
| 2015 | Lee Bo-mee | 230,497,057 |
| 2014 | Ahn Sun-ju | 153,075,741 |
| 2013 | Rikako Morita | 126,675,049 |
| 2012 | Jeon Mi-jeong | 131,827,582 |
| 2011 | Ahn Sun-ju | 127,926,893 |
| 2010 | Ahn Sun-ju | 145,073,799 |
| 2009 | Sakura Yokomine | 175,016,384 |
| 2008 | Miho Koga | 120,854,137 |
| 2007 | Momoko Ueda | 166,112,232 |
| 2006 | Shiho Oyama | 166,290,957 |
| 2005 | Yuri Fudoh | 122,460,908 |
| 2004 | Yuri Fudoh | 142,774,000 |
| 2003 | Yuri Fudoh | 149,325,679 |
| 2002 | Yuri Fudoh | 95,690,917 |
| 2001 | Yuri Fudoh | 89,248,793 |
| 2000 | Yuri Fudoh | 120,443,924 |
| 1999 | Fumiko Muraguchi | 66,891,682 |
| 1998 | Michiko Hattori | 81,570,823 |
| 1997 | Akiko Fukushima | 99,594,094 |
| 1996 | Akiko Fukushima | 70,596,190 |
| 1995 | Ikuyo Shiotani | 75,006,561 |
| 1994 | Mayumi Hirase | 69,817,958 |
| 1993 | Mayumi Hirase | 81,474,399 |
| 1992 | Ikuyo Shiotani | 57,799,649 |
| 1991 |  Ai-Yu Tu | 70,403,481 |
| 1990 | Hiromi Takamura | 62,576,087 |
| 1989 | Ai-Yu Tu | 90,075,587 |
| 1988 | Nayoko Yoshikawa | 61,462,665 |
| 1987 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 56,763,481 |
| 1986 | Ai-Yu Tu | 62,435,225 |
| 1985 | Ai-Yu Tu | 65,634,788 |
| 1984 | Ai-Yu Tu | 52,897,845 |
| 1983 | Ai-Yu Tu | 45,764,313 |
| 1982 | Ai-Yu Tu | 39,029,644 |
| 1981 | Ayako Okamoto | 32,333,465 |
| 1980 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 23,594,744 |
| 1979 | Hisako Higuchi | 18,399,345 |
| 1978 | Hisako Higuchi | 11,664,650 |
| 1977 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 14,481,500 |
| 1976 | Hisako Higuchi | 14,667,000 |
| 1975 | Hisako Higuchi | 8,428,233 |
| 1974 | Hisako Higuchi | 15,545,700 |
| 1973 | Hisako Higuchi | 12,627,000 |
| 1972 | Hisako Higuchi | 4,150,000 |
| 1971 | Hisako Higuchi | 2,290,000 |
| 1970 | Hisako Higuchi | 1,215,000 |
| 1969 | Hisako Higuchi | 500,000 |
| 1968 | Hisako Higuchi | 350,000 |
See also
[edit]- List of golfers with most LPGA of Japan Tour wins
- Women's World Golf Rankings
- Professional golf tours
- Japan Golf Association
- Korean players' victories on LPGA of Japan Tour
- Women's sports
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)