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Ai Suzuki
Personal information
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 (age 30)
Miyoshi District, Tokushima, Japan
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusProfessional
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour16
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship76th: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT22: 2019
Women's British OpenT14: 2017
Evian ChampionshipT55: 2019
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year
2017
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner
2017, 2019

Ai Suzuki (born 9 May 1994) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Suzuki plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won 16 times including 7 times in 2019. In November 2019, she won three consecutive tournaments, including the Toto Japan Classic, which was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.[1]

Suzuki led the LPGA of Japan Tour money list in 2017[2] and 2019.

Professional wins (18)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (16)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 14 Sep 2014 Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup −5 (70-67-75-71=283) 1 stroke Japan Lala Anai
South Korea Lee Na-ri
Japan Misuzu Narita
South Korea Jiyai Shin
2 22 May 2016 Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open −9 (67-68-72=207) Playoff Japan Asako Fujimoto
Japan Miki Uehara
3 11 Sep 2016 Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup +1 (73-72-75-69=289) 1 stroke Japan Shiho Oyama
Japan Megumi Shimokawa
4 14 May 2017 Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies −7 (70-67-72=209) 2 strokes South Korea Lee Min-young
5 25 Jun 2017 Earth Mondahmin Cup −18 (68-66-67-69=270) 1 stroke Japan Kana Mikashima
6 18 Mar 2018 T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament −8 (65-69=134) 1 stroke South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong
7 8 Apr 2018 Studio Alice Women's Open −10 (67-69-70=206) 4 strokes Japan Rumi Yoshiba
8 13 May 2018 Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies −8 (68-68-72=208) 1 stroke South Korea Ahn Sun-ju
Japan Erika Kikuchi
9 17 Jun 2018 Nichirei Ladies −9 (69-70-68=207) Playoff Taiwan Teresa Lu
South Korea Jiyai Shin
10 17 Mar 2019 Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament PRGR Ladies Cup −9 (69-70-68=207) 4 strokes Japan Rumi Yoshiba
11 16 Jun 2019 Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament −12 (67-68-71-70=276) 1 stroke Japan Mamiko Higa
12 23 Jun 2019 Nichirei Ladies −9 (70-67-70=207) Playoff Japan Sayaka Takahashi
13 1 Sep 2019 Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament −11 (70-67-71-69=277) 2 strokes South Korea Ahn Sun-ju
South Korea Jiyai Shin
14 3 Nov 2019 Hisako Higuchi Mitsubishi Electric Ladies Golf Tournament −14 (66-68-68=202) 1 stroke South Korea Jiyai Shin
15 10 Nov 2019 Toto Japan Classic^ −17 (67-65-67=199) 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyo-joo
16 17 Nov 2019 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament −14 (68-67-67=202) 1 stroke Japan Shiho Oyama

Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.
^ Co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 8 Nov 2019 Toto Japan Classic^ 67-65-67=199 −17 3 strokes South Korea Kim Hyo-joo

^ Co-sanctioned with the LPGA of Japan Tour

JLPGA Step up Tour (2)

  • 2013 (1) Chugoku Shimbun Chupea Ladies Cup
  • 2014 (1) Rashinkin Ninjineer/RKB Ladies

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration 76
U.S. Women's Open T32 CUT CUT T22
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship T55
Women's British Open T65 T14 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 6
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Team appearances

References

  1. ^ "Ai Suzuki shoots 67, wins LPGA Japan Classic by three strokes". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Ai Suzuki ends Japanese money title drought on LPGA tour". The Japan Times. 26 November 2017.