The World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup is one of the four major golf tournaments for women 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 was founded in

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

by Nippon Television and has been classified as a major since 2008. The annual tournament is held at the Ibaraki Golf Club in

Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 51,035 in 20,030 households and a population density of 645 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 26.3%. The total area of th ...

, and

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical , headquartered in Saga and Tokyo, is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical corporation that develops and markets prescription and over-the-counter drug (OTC) products, especially external pain relieving products such as the transdermal patc ...

serves as the title sponsor.

Tournament names

*1973–1984: World Ladies Golf Tournament *1985–1986: Roku Konishi Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *1987–1992:

Konica was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers, founded in 1873. The company merged with Japanese peer M ...

Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *1993: World Ladies Golf Tournament *1994–1999:

Gunze is a Japanese clothing brand with its registered head office in Ayabe, Kyoto Prefecture, its Osaka head office, and a Tokyo office. It was established on August 10, 1896, by Tsurukichi Hatano, and was originally known as Gunze Silk Manufacturing ...

Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *2000–2004:

Nichirei is one of Japan's top producers of frozen foods and a leader in cold storage warehousing, headquartered in Tokyo. Operating through around 80 subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide, its businesses include processed food; logistics; marine product ...

Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament *2005–2007: Salonpas World Ladies Golf Tournament *2008–present: World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup

Winners

*2022 Miyū Yamashita *2021

Yuna Nishimura (born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has six wins, she joined the LPGA Tour in 2023. Early life and amateur career Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School. ...

*2020 ''Cancelled'' *2019

Hinako Shibuno is a Japanese professional golfer who won the 2019 Women's British Open. Early years Shibuno was born in Okayama, Japan on 15 November 1998. Her father was a discus thrower and her mother was a javelin thrower. She is the middle child of ...

*2018

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 ...

*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 Lexi Thompson *2015

Chun In-gee Chun In-gee ( ko, 전인지, born 10 August 1994), also known as In Gee Chun, is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. She is a three-time major champion, having won the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, th ...

*2014

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 ...

*2013 Hiromi Mogi *2012

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 ...

*2011

*2010

Morgan Pressel Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who played on the LPGA Tour. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. She was the 2005 American Ju ...

*2009 Shinobu Moromizato *2008 Akiko Fukushima *2007

Jeon Mi-jeong Jeon may refer to: * Jeon (Korean surname) * Jeon (food), a Korean pancake * Jeon or chŏn, a subunit of various currencies of the Korean peninsula, including: ** North Korean won ** South Korean won (1945–1953) ** The former Korean won ** The f ...

*2006

Shiho Oyama is a Japanese female professional golfer. Oyama plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 17 times and led the money list in 2006. She played on the LPGA Tour in 2009. Oyama competed for Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nati ...

*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

Rui Kitada is a Japanese professional golfer on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Kitada has won six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 2004 and 2010. In February 2005, she teamed with Ai Miyazato to win the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf in South Africa ...

*2003

Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 intern ...

*2002

*2001

Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of F ...

*2000

*1999 Yoko Inoue *1998

Liselotte Neumann Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a ...

*1997 Tseng Hsiu-feng *1996 Haga Yukiyo *1995

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 ...

*1994

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 ...

*1993

Mayumi Hirase Mayumi Hirase ( ja, 平瀬真由美, born 30 October 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour. Hirase won 18 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1989 and 2000. Hirase won once on the LPG ...

*1992 Yuuko Moriguchi *1991

Beth Daniel Beth Daniel (born October 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fa ...

*1990

*1989 Fukumi Tani *1988 Kayoko Ikoma *1987

Ayako Okamoto is a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Early career Okamoto was born in Akitsu, Hiroshima, now part of Higashihirosh ...

*1986 Casey Chan *1985 Ai-Yu Tu *1984 Cai Lixiang *1983 Tomiko Ikebuchi *1982 Ai-Yu Tu *1981

Jan Stephenson Jan Lynn Stephenson (born 22 December 1951) is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events. She has 41 worldwide victories including (10) LPGA Legen ...

*1980 Masako Sasaki *1979

*1978

Yuko Moriguchi Yuko Moriguchi ( ja, 森口祐子, born 13 April 1955) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour. Moriguchi won 41 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1978 and 1994 and one of those events, the ...

*1977

*1976

Jane Blalock Barbara Jane Blalock (born September 19, 1945) is an American business executive and retired professional golfer. After winning several New England golf tournaments in her youth, Blalock joined the LPGA Tour as a professional in 1969, being name ...

*1975

*1974

Hisako Higuchi Hisako "Chako" Higuchi ( ja, 樋口久子, born 13 October 1945 in Kawagoe, Saitama) is a Japanese professional golfer. Higuchi won the LPGA Championship on 12 June 1977, making her the first Asian-born player to win a major championship for eit ...

*1973

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