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Minami Katsu
Minami Katsu ( ja, 勝みなみ, born 1 July 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. She is the youngest winner in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour when she won the KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open as an amateur on 20 April 2014 at age 15. Early life Katsu was born in Kagoshima City in 1998. She began to play golf at the age of six under her grandfather's influence. She graduated from Kagoshima Municipal Nagata Junior High School in 2014 and from in 2017. Amateur wins *2014 New Zealand Women's Stroke Play Championship, Japan Junior Golf Championship (girl's aged 15–17 division) *2015 Japan Women's Amateur Professional career Katsu has eight wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including one as an amateur. Katsu earned her LPGA Tour card for the 2023 season via Q-School. Professional wins (8) LPGA of Japan Tour wins (8) Katsu won the 2014 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open as an amateur. Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour. Team appearances Amateur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagoshima
, abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern world" for its bay location (Aira Caldera), hot climate, and emblematic stratovolcano, Sakurajima. The city was officially founded on April 1, 1889. It merged with Taniyama City on April 29, 1967 and with Yoshida Town, Sakurajima Town, Kiire Town, Matsumoto Town and Kōriyama Town on November 1, 2004. Etymology The name "Kagoshima" (鹿児島) literally means "deer child island" or "young-deer island". In the Kagoshima dialect, local names for the city include “かごっま (Kagomma)”, “かごんま (Kagonma)”, “かごいま (Kagoima)” and “かごひま (Kagohima)”. While the kanji for Kagoshima ( 鹿 児 島) literally mean "deer child island", or "island of the fawn" for certain, the source etymology is not clear and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 LPGA Of Japan Tour
The 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 53rd season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers′ Association. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was combined with the 2021 season. Only 14 of the original 37 events were played in 2020. Leading money winner was Mone Inami with 255,192,049 ¥. She also finished most often (25 times) inside the top ten. Ayaka Furue won the tour's ''Mercedes Ranking''. on www.lpga.or.jp Schedule The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. Events in bold are majors.The |
2014 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–7 September at the Karuizawa 72 Golf East, on its Iriyama and Oshitate courses in Karuizawa, Japan. It was the 26th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event. There were 50 team entries, each with two or three players. Each team played two rounds at the Iriyama Course and two rounds at the Oshitate Course. The leading teams played the fourth round at Iriyama. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Team Australia won their third title, with a 29-under-par score of 547, two strokes ahead of silver medalist team Canada. Defending champions, team South Korea, took the bronze medal on third place one more stroke back. The individual title went to 16-year-old Brooke Henderson, Canada, whose score of 19-under-par 269 was a championship record and three strokes ahead of Minjee Lee, Australia on second place. Teams 50 tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espirito Santo Trophy
The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the French Golf Federation in an agreement with the United States Golf Association. It was planned by Lally Segard, at the time known as Vicomtesse de Saint Sauveur, from France and Mrs. Henri Prunaret from America. Segard also asked her friends Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo, from Portugal, to donate a trophy for the event, which they did. They had originally bought the golden cup, which had belonged to Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, for an international Portuguese event that was not played anymore. The championship was held under the chairmanship of Segard at Golf de Saint Germain outside Paris, France. The week after, the World Amateur Golf Council agreed to manage and sponsor the tournament, beginning in 1966, to be played every second year, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiyai Shin
Jiyai Shin (Korean: 신지애 ''Shin Ji-ae'', ; born 28 April 1988) is a former world No. 1 ranked South Korean professional golfer who primarily plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour as of the 2020 golf season. She previously played primarily on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA). She has broken existing KLPGA records, winning 10 events in 19 starts on the KLPGA Tour in 2007. In 2008, playing only 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour as a non-member, she won three events, including the Women's British Open and the ADT Championship. She has been ranked No. 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 25 weeks and was the first Asian to be ranked No. 1. Amateur career In 2005, while she was still in high school, Shin was the only amateur to win a KLPGA event that season when she won the SK Enclean Invitational. She turned professional at the end of the 2005 season. Professional career 2006 Returning to the KLPGA as a rookie in 2006, she started her year with a pair of third-place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mone Inami
(born 29 July 1999) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 12 wins. Inami competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At those games, Inami shot a final round 65 and defeated Lydia Ko Lydia Ko (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the No. 1-ranked woman professional golfer. She first achieved the top ranking on 2 February 2015 at of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked ... in a sudden-death playoff to win a silver medal in women's individual, on home soil. Professional wins LPGA of Japan Tour wins (12) Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour. Summer Olympics (1) Singles: 1 (1 Silver Medal) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inami, Mone Japanese female golfers LPGA of Japan Tour golfers Olympic golfers of Japan Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in golf Medalists at the 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakuten Super Ladies
() is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communications services such as the messaging app Viber, e-book distributor Kobo, and Japan's fourth mobile carrier Rakuten Mobile. Rakuten has more than 28,000 employees worldwide, operating in 29 countries and regions, and its revenues totaled US $7.2 billion with operating profits of about US$347.9 million as of 2016. Rakuten was the official sponsor of the Spanish football club FC Barcelona from 2017 until 2021,"Gross Merchandise Sales & Number of Employees" Rakuten and the |
2022 LPGA Of Japan Tour
The 2022 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 54th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. Leading money winner was Miyū Yamashita with ¥235,020,967. She also won the ''Mercedes Ranking'', had the highest scoring average and finished most often (21 times) inside the top-10. Schedule The results of the season are given in the table below. "Date" is the end date of the tournament. The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event. Events in bold are majors. ^ The Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:LPGA of Japan Tour 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoko Ueda
is a Japanese female professional golfer who in 2007 at the age of 21 became the youngest player in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA) to finish first on the money list. She also played on the United States-based LPGA Tour for six years. Amateur career Ueda was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan. She started playing golf at the age of nine, and entered the prestigious Sakata School at ten. In twenty three amateur events, she placed in the top 10 fifteen times, including three wins, and five second-place finishes. Professional career Ueda turned pro in August 2005 and won the JLPGA rookies cup that year. In 2006, she placed 4th in two JLPGA events, and tied for 9th in the Mizuno Classic, a joint JLPGA and LPGA event. 2007 was her breakout year on the JLPGA, with five wins, six runners-up, a 3rd and a 5th. Internationally, she represented Japan in the Women's World Cup of Golf, World Cup, and played in the Women's British Open at Old Course at St Andrews, St An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Saigo
(born 8 October 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she won three of the first five tournaments of the 2022 season. Career Saigo was born in Funabashi in Greater Tokyo and won the Japan Women's Amateur Championship in 2019. She turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020. In 2021, she was runner-up seven times to finish 4th on the 2020–21 money list. In the 2022 season, she recorded three wins and two second place finishes in the first six tournaments, after which she rose to 18th in the Women's World Golf Rankings The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association ( .... Saigo has endorsement deals with Mizuno Golf, Shimadzu, Fila & GS Yuasa Amateur wins *2019 Japan Women's Amateur Championship Professional wins L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Women's Open Golf Championship
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 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 ..., with a prize fund of 140 million Yen. Tournament names through the years: *1968–1970: TBS Women's Open *1971–present: Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Winners References External links * {{LPGA of Japan Tour LPGA of Japan Tour events Golf tournaments in Japan 1968 establishments in Japan Recurring sporting events established in 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momo Yoshikawa
Momo may refer to: Geography * Momo (department), a division of Northwest Province in Cameroon * Momo, Gabon, a town in the Woleu-Ntem province of Gabon * Momo, Piedmont, a town in the province of Novara, in northern Italy * Joffrey Tower, in Chicago, Illinois, US, originally named the "Modern Momentum Building" People Musicians * Momo Hirai (born 1996), Japanese singer, dancer, rapper and member of K-pop girl group Twice * Momo Latiff, also known as "Momo", Malaysian singer of the 1950s * , Japanese classical pianist (born 1972) * Hitomi Momoi (born 1974), J-pop singer who is a former member of "I've Sound" and a member of Por * Momoko Tsugunaga (born 1992), J-pop singer and idol, member of group Berryz Koubou Other people * Momo (artist), American street artist * Momo (Tonga), the 10th ruler of the Tui Tonga dynasty (south Pacific islands) * Momo Adamo (1895–1956), Italian-American mobster * Jerónimo Figueroa Cabrera (born 1982), Spanish footballer * Sam Giancana (1908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
