(born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese
professional golfer
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. 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.
As an amateur, she finished 6th at the 2016
Japan Women's Open, four strokes behind winner
Nasa Hataoka
is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won six times on the LPGA Tour and six times on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Amateur career
Hataoka was born on 13 January 1999, named after the United States space program, NASA. As an amateur, she won the ...
. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Japan Junior Championship and individually at the
Junior Golf World Cup.
In 2018, she was runner-up in the
Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific and individually at the
Queen Sirikit Cup, both times behind
Atthaya Thitikul. She led her team to a win at the 2018
Junior Golf World Cup and a runner-up finish at the
2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, behind the United States. In 2019, she won the
Riversdale Cup in Australia.
Professional career
Nishimura turned professional in November 2019 and joined the
LPGA of Japan Tour in January 2020. She recorded four victories in the combined
2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour The 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 53rd season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers′ Association. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was combined wit ...
season and rose into the top-100 in the
Women's World Golf Rankings after her maiden win at
Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament. That secured a spot in her first major, the
2020 U.S. Women's Open
The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I ...
.
In 2021, she won three tournaments and in 2022 a further two, to rise to No. 34 in the world rankings and finish second on the 2022 JLPGA money list. She was in contention at the
2022 Evian Championship
The 2022 Evian Championship was played 21–24 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 29th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. T ...
where she was tied 5th after the first round and ultimately finished tied 15th.
Nishimura earned her card for the 2023
LPGA Tour through
qualifying school. In her rookie season, her best result was a tie for 3rd at the
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and she finished 48th in the rankings.
Amateur wins
*2019
Riversdale Cup
Source:
Professional wins (6)
LPGA of Japan Tour wins (6)
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
Results in LPGA majors
''Results not in chronological order.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
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Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018
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Junior Golf World Cup (representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners)
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Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2018
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Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Japan):
2018
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References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
Japanese female golfers
LPGA of Japan Tour golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka
21st-century Japanese women