World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki 36°00′09″N 140°03′10″E / 36.002452°N 140.052681°ECoordinates: 36°00′09″N 140°03′10″E / 36.002452°N 140.052681°E |
| Established | 1973 |
| Course(s) | Ibaraki Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,655 yards |
| Tour(s) | LPGA of Japan Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | ¥120,000,000 |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
| Morgan Pressel | |
The World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was founded in 1973 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.
Tournament names through the years:
- 1973-1984 World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 1985-1986 Roku Konishi Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 1987-1992 Konica Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 1993 World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 1994-1999 Gunze Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 2000-2004 Nichirei Cup World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 2005-2007 Salonpas World Ladies Golf Tournament
- 2008- World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
[edit] Winners
this list is incomplete
- 2011 Ahn Sun-ju
- 2010 Morgan Pressel
- 2009 Shinobu Moromizato
- 2008 Akiko Fukushima
- 2007 Mi-Jeong Jeon
- 2006 Shiho Oyama
- 2005 Yuri Fudoh
- 2004 Rui Kitada
- 2003 Annika Sörenstam
- 2002 Yuri Fudoh
- 2001 Karrie Webb
- 2000 Karrie Webb
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995 Kaori Higo
- 1994
- 1993 Mayumi Hirase
- 1992 Yuuko Moriguchi
- 1991 Beth Daniel
- 1990 Beth Daniel
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987 Ayako Okamoto
- 1986
- 1985 Ai-Yu Tu
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982 Ai-Yu Tu
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979 Beth Daniel
- 1978 Yuko Moriguchi
- 1977 Ayako Okamoto
- 1976 Jane Blalock
- 1975 Jane Blalock
- 1974 Hisako Higuchi
- 1973 Hisako Higuchi
[edit] External links
- Official website (Japanese)
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