LPGA of Japan Tour
Current season, competition or edition: 2018 LPGA of Japan Tour | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| CEO | Hiromi Kobayashi |
| Country |  Japan |
| Most titles | Hisako Higuchi (69) |
| Official website | LPGA.or.jp |
The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It is the second richest women's golf tour in the world. The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the most important women's tour, but the prize money gap has closed markedly since the American tour's total prize fund peaked at just over $60 million in 2008. While the Japan Tour is the second-most lucrative women's tour, two other non-U.S. tours, the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour, rival the Japan Tour in level of competition.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule includes 38 official events worth ¥3.735 billion Yen.
Leading money winners
| Year | Player | Earnings (¥) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ai Suzuki |
140,122,631 |
| 2016 |  Lee Bo-mee |
175,869,764 |
| 2015 | Lee Bo-mee |
230,497,057 |
| 2014 | Ahn Sun-ju |
153,075,741 |
| 2013 | Rikako Morita |
126,675,049 |
| 2012 | Jeon Mi-jeong |
131,827,582 |
| 2011 | Ahn Sun-ju |
127,926,893 |
| 2010 | Ahn Sun-ju |
145,073,799 |
| 2009 | Sakura Yokomine |
175,016,384 |
| 2008 | Miho Koga |
120,854,137 |
| 2007 | Momoko Ueda |
166,112,232 |
| 2006 | Shiho Oyama |
166,290,957 |
| 2005 | Yuri Fudoh |
122,460,908 |
| 2004 | Yuri Fudoh |
142,774,000 |
| 2003 | Yuri Fudoh |
149,325,679 |
| 2002 | Yuri Fudoh |
95,690,917 |
| 2001 | Yuri Fudoh |
89,248,793 |
| 2000 | Yuri Fudoh |
120,443,924 |
| 1999 | Fumiko Muraguchi |
66,891,682 |
| 1998 | Michiko Hattori |
81,570,823 |
| 1997 | Akiko Fukushima |
99,594,094 |
| 1996 | Akiko Fukushima |
70,596,190 |
| 1995 | Ikuyo Shiotani |
75,006,561 |
| 1994 | Mayumi Hirase |
69,817,958 |
| 1993 | Mayumi Hirase |
81,474,399 |
| 1992 | Ikuyo Shiotani |
57,799,649 |
| 1991 |  Ai-Yu Tu |
70,403,481 |
| 1990 | Hiromi Takamura |
62,576,087 |
| 1989 | Ai-Yu Tu |
90,075,587 |
| 1988 | Nayoko Yoshikawa |
61,462,665 |
| 1987 | Tatsuko Ohsako |
56,763,481 |
| 1986 | Ai-Yu Tu |
62,435,225 |
| 1985 | Ai-Yu Tu |
65,634,788 |
| 1984 | Ai-Yu Tu |
52,897,845 |
| 1983 | Ai-Yu Tu |
45,764,313 |
| 1982 | Ai-Yu Tu |
39,029,644 |
| 1981 | Ayako Okamoto |
32,333,465 |
| 1980 | Tatsuko Ohsako |
23,594,744 |
| 1979 | Hisako Higuchi |
18,399,345 |
| 1978 | Hisako Higuchi |
11,664,650 |
| 1977 | Tatsuko Ohsako |
14,481,500 |
| 1976 | Hisako Higuchi |
14,667,000 |
| 1975 | Hisako Higuchi |
8,428,233 |
| 1974 | Hisako Higuchi |
15,545,700 |
| 1973 | Hisako Higuchi |
12,627,000 |
| 1972 | Hisako Higuchi |
4,150,000 |
| 1971 | Hisako Higuchi |
2,290,000 |
| 1970 | Hisako Higuchi |
1,215,000 |
| 1969 | Hisako Higuchi |
500,000 |
| 1968 | Hisako Higuchi |
350,000 |
See also
- Women's World Golf Rankings
- Professional golf tours
- Japan Golf Association
- Korean players' victories on LPGA of Japan Tour