Japan Women's Open Golf Championship
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The is Japan's national women's open golf championship
. From 2006 (as of 2011) it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour
, with a prize fund of 140 million Yen.
Tournament names through the years:
Open Golf Tournaments
The descriptor "Open" is used in a number of sports, and especially in golf, to describe a tournament that is “open” rather than being closed . Thus an Amateur tournament is not open because it is, by definition, closed to professional golfers...
. From 2006 (as of 2011) it is one of the two richest tournaments on the LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA of Japan Tour
The Japan LPGA Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. 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...
, with a prize fund of 140 million Yen.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1968-1970: TBSTokyo Broadcasting System, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
Women's Open - 1971-: Japan Women's Open Golf Championship
Winners
- 2011 Yukari Baba -
- 2010 Mika MiyazatoMika MiyazatoMika Miyazato is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the youngest player to win the event. In the Asian Games, she won silver medals in the...
- - 2009 Bo Bae SongBo Bae SongBo-Bae Song is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour and LPGA of Korea Tour.Song has won several times on the LPGA of Korea Tour and LPGA of Japan Tour including the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the 2009 Mizuno Classic...
- - 2008 Ji-Hee Lee -
- 2007 Shinobu Moromizato -
- 2006 Jeong JangJeong JangJeong Jang is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is also a member of the LPGA of Korea Tour.Jang was born in Daejeon, South Korea. She started playing golf at the age of thirteen. As a teenager she won the 1997 Korea Women's Open and the 1998 Korea...
- - 2005 Ai MiyazatoAi Miyazatois a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Japan LPGA Tour . She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three periods of time in 2010.-Early life and amateur career:...
- - 2004 Yuri FudohYuri Fudohis a Japanese golfer. She was the leading money winner on the JLPGA Tour six times in a row from 2000 to 2005. She became the first player on the JLPGA Tour to earn in excess of 100 million yen, a feat she accomplished in 2000, and achieved again in 2003, 2004 and 2005.In 2003, Fudoh became the...
- - 2003 Michiko HattoriMichiko HattoriMichiko Hattori is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the Japan LPGA.Prior to turning professional, Hattori was among the most decorated amateur and collegiate golfers in history. At age 16 in 1985 she became the third youngest, and only Japanese born, champion of the...
- - 2002 Woo-Soon KoWoo-Soon KoWoo-Soon Ko is a South Korean professional golfer.Ko won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1994 and 1995, both as a non-member.-LPGA Tour wins :*1994 Toray Japan Queens Cup...
- - 2001 Miyuki Shimabukuro -
- 2000 Kaori Higo -
- 1999 Mayumi Murai -
- 1998 Natsuko Noro -
- 1997 Ayako OkamotoAyako Okamotois a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the American LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early career:...
- - 1996 Aki Takamura -
- 1995 Ikuyo Shiotani -
- 1994 Michiko HattoriMichiko HattoriMichiko Hattori is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the Japan LPGA.Prior to turning professional, Hattori was among the most decorated amateur and collegiate golfers in history. At age 16 in 1985 she became the third youngest, and only Japanese born, champion of the...
- - 1993 Ayako OkamotoAyako Okamotois a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the American LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early career:...
- - 1992 Atsuko Hikage -
- 1991 Ai-Yu TuAi-Yu TuAi-Yu Tu is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward...
- - 1990 Yuko MoriguchiYuko MoriguchiYuko Moriguchi is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the 1987 Mazda Japan Classic, was an LPGA Tour co-sanctioned tournament.Moriguchi won the LPGA...
- - 1989 Hiromi KobayashiHiromi Kobayashiis a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American LPGA Tour.-Professional career:Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of...
- - 1988 Fukumi Tani -
- 1987 Nayoko YoshikawaNayoko YoshikawaNayoko Yoshikawa is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Yoshikawa won 29 times on the JLPGA between 1979 and 1995...
- - 1986 Ai-Yu TuAi-Yu TuAi-Yu Tu is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward...
- - 1985 Yuko MoriguchiYuko MoriguchiYuko Moriguchi is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the 1987 Mazda Japan Classic, was an LPGA Tour co-sanctioned tournament.Moriguchi won the LPGA...
- - 1984 Tatsuko OhsakoTatsuko OhsakoTatsuko Ohsako is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Ohsako won 45 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1975 and 1991...
- - 1983 Ai-Yu TuAi-Yu TuAi-Yu Tu is a Taiwanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Tu won 69 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1974 and 2002, 11 times before becoming a member in 1981, and 58 times afterward...
- - 1982 Atsuko Hikage -
- 1981 Tatsuko OhsakoTatsuko OhsakoTatsuko Ohsako is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Ohsako won 45 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1975 and 1991...
- - 1980 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1979 Nayoko YoshikawaNayoko YoshikawaNayoko Yoshikawa is an Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.Yoshikawa won 29 times on the JLPGA between 1979 and 1995...
- - 1978 Takako Kiyomoto -
- 1977 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1976 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1975 Ayako Nihei -
- 1974 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1973 Noriko Kobayashi -
- 1972 Masako Sasaki -
- 1971 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1970 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1969 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
- - 1968 Hisako HiguchiHisako Higuchiis a Japanese professional golfer.Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for either men or women. She remains the only Japanese woman to win an LPGA major championship...
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