The Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament is an annual event 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 first played in 1999. The host venue is the Yonex Country Club in
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
. The 2021 prize money is ¥70,000,000 the winner's share is ¥12,600,000.
Winners
*2021
Ritsuko Ryu
*2020 ''Cancelled''
*2019
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 ...
*2018
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, finishing 42n ...
*2017
Serena Aoki
*2016
Porani Chutichai
*2015
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, finishing 42n ...
*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
Junko Omote
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Junko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean any of the following:
*純子, "pure, child"
*順子, "order, child"
*淳子, "pure, child"
*潤子, "rich/favor/wet, child"
...
*2012
Shanshan Feng
Shanshan Feng (, ; born 5 August 1989) is a Chinese former professional golfer who previously played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was the first player from China to become a member of the LPGA Tour, which she joined in 2008. Feng had 10 v ...
*2011
Hiromi Mogi
*2010
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 for ...
*2009
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 for ...
*2008
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 ...
*2007
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 ...
*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, finishing 42n ...
*2005
Hyun-Ju Shin
*2004
Yukari Baba
*2003
Miho Koga
is a feminine Japanese given name and a masculine Croatian name. It can have many different meanings in Japanese depending on the kanji used.
Possible Japanese writings
Miho can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*実穂, " ...
*2002
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 ...
*2001
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 ...
*2000
Kyoko Ono
is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.
Possible writings
The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan.
The first sy ...
*1999
Natsuko Noro
External links
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{{LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA of Japan Tour events
Golf tournaments in Japan
Sport in Niigata Prefecture