Harukyo Nomura ( ja, 野村敏京; ko, 문민경; born 25 November 1992) is a
Japanese
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female
professional golfer
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.
Having a Korean mother and Japanese father, Nomura moved to
South Korea
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at the age of five and lived in
Seoul
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until she graduated from the
Myongji High School. In 2011, she selected Japanese nationality.
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
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. 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
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to earn Priority List Category 20 for the 2011 season. She qualified for the
2011 U.S. Women's Open
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through one of the sectional qualifying tournaments. Her first professional victory came on the
LPGA Futures Tour
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in April
2011
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at the
Daytona Beach Invitational. She followed this with a win on the
LPGA of Japan Tour
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in May
2011
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and her third victory came on the
LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. LPGA of Korea runs this tour, not the American LPGA. It is one of the world's five leading women's golf tours.
Based o ...
in
2015
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. In
2013
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she was runner-up at the
Mizuno Classic
The Toto Japan Classic is an annual women's professional golf tournament in Japan, jointly sanctioned by the two richest women's professional tours: the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was an unofficial money event on the LPGA ...
on the LPGA Tour.
On 21 February 2016, Nomura held off world number one
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 ...
to win her first LPGA tournament, the
ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
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, the first Japanese victory on the LPGA Tour since
Mika Miyazato
Mika Miyazato ( ja, 宮里美香, born 10 October 1989) is a professional golfer from Japan who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
Career
As an amateur, Miyazato won the 2004 Japan Amateur Women's Championship at the age of 14, and was the young ...
won the
Safeway Classic
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in 2012. With the victory, Nomura moved from 67th to 50th in the
Women's World Golf Rankings
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and into second on the
2016 LPGA Tour Money List.
Professional wins (6)
LPGA Tour (3)
Co-sanctioned by the
Ladies European Tour
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and the
ALPG Tour The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association.
The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Associ ...
.
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
LPGA of Japan Tour (1)
LPGA of Korea Tour (1)
LPGA Futures Tour (1)
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2011
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Daytona Beach Invitational
Results in LPGA majors
''Results not in chronological order before 2019.''
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2015 Evian – 2017 Evian)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Team appearances
Professional
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International Crown
The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a :wikt:biennial, biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event.
History
It deb ...
(representing Japan):
2016
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References
External links
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Profile on Seoul Sisters site
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Japanese female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Olympic golfers of Japan
Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Japanese people of Korean descent
Sportspeople from Yokohama
Golfers from Honolulu
1992 births
Living people