The Suntory Ladies Open is an annual

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tournament 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 ...

. It is first played in 1990. The event is held in Hyogo, currently at the Rokko International Golf Club. The prize fund for 2021 was ¥150,000,000 with ¥27,000,000 going to the winner.

Winners

*2023 Chisato Iwai *2022 Miyū Yamashita *2021 Serena Aoki *2020 ''Cancelled'' *2019

Ai Suzuki Ai Suzuki (born 9 May 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer. Suzuki plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 17 times including 7 times in 2019. In November 2019, she won three consecutive tournaments, including the Toto Japan Classic ...

*2018

Misuzu Narita is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Career Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport ...

*2017

Kim Ha-neul Kim Ha-neul (; born February 21, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films ''My Tutor Friend'' (2003) and ''Too Beautiful to Lie'' (2004) and the action-comedy f ...

*2016 Kang Soo-yun *2015

*2014

Ahn Sun-ju Ahn Sun-ju, or Sun-ju Ahn ( ko, 안선주, born 31 August 1987) is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She led the LPGA of Japan Tour money list in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2018. Professional wins (35 ...

*2013

Rikako Morita is a Japanese professional golfer. Morita plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won seven times. She won topped the tour's money list in 2013. Professional wins LPGA of Japan Tour wins (7) Team appearances Amateur *Espirito Santo Tro ...

*2012

Kim Hyo-joo Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a ...

(amateur) *2011

*2010 Akane Iijima *2009

Shinobu Moromizato is a Japanese verb meaning or . It is a Japanese given name used by either sex. Shinobu is also the dictionary form of ''shinobi'' which can be combined with ''mono'' (者) to make ''shinobi no mono'' (忍びの者), an alternative name of nin ...

*2008

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 year ...

*2007 Zhang Na *2006

Nikki Campbell Nicola Jane "Nikki" Campbell (born 9 September 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. Campbell was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She moved with her family to Australia in 1983. At the age of 12 she began playing golf at the Fede ...

*2005

Yuri Fudoh is 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 ...

*2004

Ai Miyazato is a former Japanese professional golfer who competed on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour (JLPGA). She was the top-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings on three occasions in 2010. Early life, family and amateur ca ...

*2003 Lee Ji-hee *2002

Takayo Bandoh Takayo (written: , or ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Takayo Fischer Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and television actress, as well as voice-over a ...

*2001

Michiko Hattori Michiko Hattori ( ja, 服部道子, born 8 September 1968) is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Before turning professional, she became the first Japanese born champion of the U.S. Women's Am ...

*2000

Aki Nakano Aki or AKI may refer to: Places in Japan *Aki District, Hiroshima, a district in Hiroshima Prefecture *Aki, Kōchi, a city in Kochi Prefecture *Aki District, Kōchi, a district in Kochi Prefecture *Aki, Ōita, a town in Ōita Prefecture *Aki Provi ...

*1999

Kaori Higo Kaori ( "scent/aroma, fabric/weave" and occasionally rendered "perfume", ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kaori (voice actress) (born 1976), Japanese voice actress and singer *, musician known as Bonni ...

*1998

Marnie McGuire Marnie McGuire (born 22 February 1969) is a former New Zealand professional golfer who played mostly on the LPGA of Japan Tour. McGuire won the British Ladies Amateur in 1986 as a 17-year-old and was at the time the youngest champion in the tou ...

*1997 Ikuyo Shiotani *1996

Won Jae-sook Won may refer to: *The Korean won from 1902–1910 *South Korean won, the currency of the Republic of Korea *North Korean won, the currency of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea * Won (Korean surname) * Won (Korean given name) * Won Buddh ...

*1995 ''No tournament'' Kobe earthquake *1994

Masaki Maeda Masaki may refer to: Name * Masaki (given name), a unisex Japanese given name * Masaki (surname), a Japanese surname Places * Masaki, Ehime, a town located in Iyo District, Japan * Masaki Art Museum, a museum in Tadaoka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan ...

*1993

*1992

Reiko Kashiwado Reiko (れいこ,　レイコ,　麗子, 怜子, 伶子, 玲子, 令子, 礼子, 禮子, 冷子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese women's basketball player * Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), an Amer ...

*1991

Fumiko Muraguchi is a feminine Japanese given name. Possible writings *文子 (sentence, child) - also can be read as "Ayako" *富美子 or 冨美子 (wealthy beautiful child) *芙美子 (hibiscus, beautiful child) *史子 (historical child) People with the nam ...

*1990 Yueh-chyn Huang

External links

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