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Sakura Yokomine
横峯さくら
Yokomine at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985 (age 38)
Kanoya, Japan
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
SpouseYotaro Morikawa
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins25
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour23
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT19: 2008
Women's PGA C'shipT13: 2015
U.S. Women's OpenT7: 2014
Women's British OpenT16: 2006
Evian ChampionshipT29: 2014
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year		2009, 2013
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner		2009
LPGA of Japan Tour
Rookie of the Year		2005

Sakura Yokomine (横峯さくら, Yokomine Sakura, born 13 December 1985 in Kanoya, Kagoshima) is a Japanese professional golfer. She is one of the leading players on the LPGA of Japan Tour and was in the top twenty of the February 2006 debut edition of the Women's World Golf Rankings. She finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her tour card for 2015.[1]

Yokomine has endorsement deals with Epson, Srixon, Asahi Soft Drinks, Le Coq Sportif, ANA and Sato.

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour (23)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 17 Apr 2005 Life Card Ladies −1 (73-71-71=215) 1 stroke Taiwan Julie Lu
2 25 Sep 2005 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open −3 (70-72-71=213) Playoff South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong
3 18 Jun 2006 Nichirei Ladies −6 (65-72-73=210) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Ji-hee
4 2 Jul 2006 Belluna Ladies Cup −15 (70-64-67=201) 5 strokes Japan Namika Omata
Japan Yui Kawahara
5 26 Nov 2006 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup −11 (73-67-70-67=277) 7 strokes South Korea Lee Jeong-eun
Japan Ai Miyazato
Japan Shinobu Moromizato
6 20 May 2007 Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open −7 (70-69-70=209) 1 stroke Japan Mie Nakata
Japan Yukari Baba
Japan Yuko Mitsuka
7 19 Aug 2007 New Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ladies −13 (67-67-72=206) 1 stroke Japan Shiho Oyama
8 25 Sep 2007 Fujitsu Ladies −9 (72-66-69=207) Playoff Japan Momoko Ueda
9 23 Nov 2008 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open −11 (71-68-66=205) 4 strokes Japan Midori Yoneyama
10 12 Apr 2009 Studio Alice Ladies Open −4 (71-73-68=212) Playoff South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong
11 31 May 2009 Kosaido Ladies Golf Cup −13 (68-64-71=203) 2 strokes Japan Chie Arimura
12 21 Jun 2009 Nichirei PGM Ladies −8 (69-67=136) 2 strokes Japan Chie Arimura
13 20 Sep 2009 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic −17 (66-65-68=199) 1 stroke Japan Yuri Fudoh
14 15 Nov 2009 Itoen Ladies −10 (67-70-69=206) 4 strokes Japan Ayako Uehara
15 29 Nov 2009 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup −6 (69-71-73-69=282) 1 stroke South Korea Lee Ji-hee
Japan Shinobu Moromizato
Japan Mayu Hattori
Japan Akane Iijima
16 15 May 2010 Fundokin Ladies −9 (69-70-68=207) 1 stroke South Korea Shin Hyun-ju
17 24 Oct 2010 Masters GC Ladies −10 (71-67-68=206) 1 stroke Japan Yukari Baba
18 5 Jun 2011 Resort Trust Ladies −10 (70-68-68=216) 1 stroke South Korea Ah-Reum Hwang
Japan Rui Kitada
Japan Satsuki Oshiro
19 5 May 2013 CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament −10 (68-68-70=206) 2 strokes Japan Natsuka Hori
South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong
Japan Yuki Sakurai
Japan Maiko Wakabayashi
20 2 Sep 2013 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic −15 (68-66-67=201) 2 strokes Japan Asako Fujimoto
South Korea Lee Ji-hee
South Korea Na Da-ye
21 27 Oct 2013 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies −12 (70-63-71=204) 3 strokes South Korea Sun-Ju Ahn
22 17 Nov 2013 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament −10 (70-68-68=206) 1 stroke Japan Fumiko Yoshida
23 23 Nov 2014 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open −18 (69-68-65-68=270) 1 stroke Chinese Taipei Teresa Lu
Japan Rikako Morita
Japan Ai Suzuki

Ladies Asian Golf Tour

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1[2] 26 Feb 2011 Yumeya Championship −8 (67-67-74=208) 1 stroke Japan Rui Yokomine

Other

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
ANA Inspiration T43 T19 T25 T27 T59 T41 CUT T68 T39
U.S. Women's Open T22 T51 T10 T27 T39 T7 T47 T38 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T25 T13 CUT CUT T66 T60
The Evian Championship ^ T29 CUT CUT CUT T52
Women's British Open T16 CUT T24 T31 CUT CUT T36 CUT CUT T24

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  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 2 9 8
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 8
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 5
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 10 40 27
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2008 ANA – 2011 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Final Round Results - LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "2011 Yumeya Championship Full Results". LAGT. Retrieved 27 March 2011.


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