is a Japanese

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. She is one of the leading players on the

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and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the

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. She finished T-11 at the

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to earn her tour card for 2015. Yokomine has endorsement deals with

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, ANA and Sato.

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour (23)

Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.

Ladies Asian Golf Tour

Other

*2006

Hitachi 3Tours Championship The is an unofficial golf event held every December at the Glissando Golf Club Narita, Chiba, Japan. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits teams from the Japan Golf Tour, the LPGA of Japan Tour, and PGA Se ...

(with Shin Hyun-Ju, Wei Yun-Jye,

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, Akane Iijima)

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
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2008 ANA – 2011 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

Professional *

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

(representing Asia team):

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(winners) *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

(representing Japan): 2006 *

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):

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References

External links

* * * * Japanese female golfers LPGA of Japan Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Asian Games medalists in golf Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Golfers at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Sportspeople from Kagoshima Prefecture People from Kanoya, Kagoshima 1985 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub