(born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese

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. After playing on the

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where she has six wins, she joined the

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in 2023.

Early life and amateur career

Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School. As an amateur, she finished 6th at the 2016

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, four strokes behind winner

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. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Japan Junior Championship and individually at the

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. In 2018, she was runner-up in the

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and individually at the

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, both times behind

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. She led her team to a win at the 2018

and a runner-up finish at the

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in Ireland, behind the United States. In 2019, she won the

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in Australia.

Professional career

Nishimura turned professional in November 2019 and joined the

in January 2020. She recorded four victories in the combined

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season and rose into the top-100 in the

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after her maiden win at Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament. That secured a spot in her first major, the

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. 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

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where she was tied 5th after the first round and ultimately finished tied 15th. Nishimura earned her card for the 2023

through

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. In her rookie season, her best result was a tie for 3rd at the

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and she finished 48th in the rankings.

Amateur wins

*2019

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 *

(representing Japan): 2017, 2018 *

(representing Japan): 2017, 2018 (winners) *

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(representing Asia/Pacific): 2018 *

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(representing Japan):

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nishimura, Yuna 2000 births Living people Japanese female golfers LPGA of Japan Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka 21st-century Japanese women