Haru Nomura

Haru Nomura
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Harukyo Nomura
Born (1992-11-25) 25 November 1992
Yokohama, Japan
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  Japan
Residence Honolulu, Hawaii
Career
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Ladies European Tour 1
LPGA of Japan Tour 1
LPGA of Korea Tour 1
ALPG Tour 1
Symetra Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration T26: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship T36: 2012
U.S. Women's Open T64: 2011
Women's British Open T45: 2014
Evian Championship T34: 2015

Harukyo Nomura (Japanese: 野村敏京; Korean: 문민경; born 25 November 1992) is a Japanese female professional golfer.

Having a Korean mother and Japanese father, Nomura moved to South Korea at the age of five and lived in Seoul until she graduated from the Myongji High School. In 2011, she selected Japanese nationality.[1]

Career

Nomura started to play golf at age of 11, and in 2007 she won the Japan Junior Golf Championship for girls 12–14 years of age. Nomura was the low amateur at the 2009 Japan Women's Open. She turned pro in December 2010 after qualifying for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt, finishing tied for 39th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 20 for the 2011 season.[2] She qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. Her first professional victory came on the LPGA Futures Tour in April 2011 at the Daytona Beach Invitational. She followed this with a win on the LPGA of Japan Tour in May 2011 and her third victory came on the LPGA of Korea Tour in 2015. In 2013 she was runner-up at the Mizuno Classic on the LPGA Tour.

On 21 February 2016, Nomura held off world number one Lydia Ko to win her first LPGA tournament, the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, the first Japanese victory on the LPGA Tour since Mika Miyazato won the Safeway Classic in 2012.[3][4] With the victory, Nomura moved from 67th to 50th in the Women's World Golf Rankings and into second on the 2016 LPGA Tour Money List.[5]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Feb 2016 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open[1] 69-68-70-65=272 −16 3 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko
2 24 Apr 2016 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic 65-70-71-73=279 −9 4 strokes South Africa Lee-Anne Pace

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour and the ALPG Tour.

LPGA of Japan Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 22 May 2011 Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open 66-69-68=203 −13 3 strokes Japan Kaori Aoyama

LPGA of Korea Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 6 Sep 2015 Hanwha Finance Classic 73-65-74-75=287 −1 Playoff South Korea Bae Seon-woo

LPGA Futures Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP DNP T64 CUT T26
Women's PGA Championship CUT T36 DNP T48 T53
U.S. Women's Open T64 CUT DNP DNP CUT
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP T45 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ DNP CUT T34

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Yellow background for top-10.

References

  1. ↑ "18歳新星・野村敏京 国内デビュー戦で完全V!" (in Japanese).
  2. ↑ "Haru Nomura Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Haru Nomura Holds Off World No. 1 Lydia Ko To Win Her First Career LPGA Tournament in Australia". LPGA. 21 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Haru Nomura edges No. 1 Lydia Ko to win Women's Australian Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016 ISPS Handa Womens Australian Open In The Winners Circle with Haru Nomura". LPGA. 21 February 2016.

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