LPGA of Japan Tour

LPGA of Japan Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 LPGA of Japan Tour
Sport Golf
Founded 1968
CEO Hiromi Kobayashi
Country  Japan
Most titles Japan Hisako Higuchi (69)
Official website LPGA.or.jp

The LPGA of Japan 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 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

The 2016 schedule includes 38 official events worth ¥3.53 billion Yen.

Leading money winners

YearPlayerEarnings (¥)
2015 South Korea Lee Bo-mee 230,497,057
2014 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 153,075,741
2013 Japan Rikako Morita 126,675,049
2012 South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong 131,827,582
2011 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 127,926,893
2010 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 145,073,799
2009 Japan Sakura Yokomine 175,016,384
2008 Japan Miho Koga 120,854,137
2007 Japan Momoko Ueda 166,112,232
2006 Japan Shiho Oyama 166,290,957
2005 Japan Yuri Fudoh 122,460,908
2004 Japan Yuri Fudoh 142,774,000
2003 Japan Yuri Fudoh 149,325,679
2002 Japan Yuri Fudoh 95,690,917
2001 Japan Yuri Fudoh 89,248,793
2000 Japan Yuri Fudoh 120,443,924
1999 Japan Fumiko Muraguchi 66,891,682
1998 Japan Michiko Hattori 81,570,823
1997 Japan Akiko Fukushima 99,594,094
1996 Japan Akiko Fukushima 70,596,190
1995 Japan Ikuyo Shiotani 75,006,561
1994 Japan Mayumi Hirase 69,817,958
1993 Japan Mayumi Hirase 81,474,399
1992 Japan Ikuyo Shiotani 57,799,649
1991 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 70,403,481
1990 Japan Hiromi Takamura 62,576,087
1989 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 90,075,587
1988 Japan Nayoko Yoshikawa 61,462,665
1987 Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 56,763,481
1986 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 62,435,225
1985 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 65,634,788
1984 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 52,897,845
1983 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 45,764,313
1982 Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 39,029,644
1981 Japan Ayako Okamoto 32,333,465
1980 Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 23,594,744
1979 Japan Hisako Higuchi 18,399,345
1978 Japan Hisako Higuchi 11,664,650
1977 Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 14,481,500
1976 Japan Hisako Higuchi 14,667,000
1975 Japan Hisako Higuchi 8,428,233
1974 Japan Hisako Higuchi 15,545,700
1973 Japan Hisako Higuchi 12,627,000
1972 Japan Hisako Higuchi 4,150,000
1971 Japan Hisako Higuchi 2,290,000
1970 Japan Hisako Higuchi 1,215,000
1969 Japan Hisako Higuchi 500,000
1968 Japan Hisako Higuchi 350,000

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