is a

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female

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Oyama plays 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 ...

where she has won 17 times and led the money list in 2006. She played on the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

in 2009. Oyama competed for Japan at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, finishing 42nd.

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (18)

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

Other wins

*2011

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 ...

*2014

*2015

Team appearances

Professional * The Queens (representing Japan): 2015 (winners), 2016

References

External links

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Yahoo Sports profile
Japanese female golfers LPGA of Japan Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers for Japan Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Miyazaki Prefecture 1977 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-golf-bio-stub