The LPGA of Japan Tour is a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association. 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 2024 schedule includes 37 events played in Japan.
Leading money winners
Year
Player
Earnings (¥ )
2024 Japan Rio Takeda 265,730,016
2023 Japan Miyū Yamashita 213,554,215
2022 Japan Miyū Yamashita 235,020,967
2020–21 Japan Mone Inami 255,192,049
2019 Japan Ai Suzuki 160,189,665
2018 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 180,784,885
2017 Japan Ai Suzuki 140,122,631
2016 South Korea Lee Bo-mee 175,869,764
2015 South Korea Lee Bo-mee 230,497,057
2014 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 153,075,741
2013 Japan Rikako Morita 126,675,049
2012 South Korea Jeon Mi-jeong 131,827,582
2011 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 127,926,893
2010 South Korea Ahn Sun-ju 145,073,799
2009 Japan Sakura Yokomine 175,016,384
2008
Japan Miho Koga 120,854,137
2007
Japan Momoko Ueda 166,112,232
2006
Japan Shiho Oyama 166,290,957
2005
Japan Yuri Fudoh 122,460,908
2004
Japan Yuri Fudoh 142,774,000
2003
Japan Yuri Fudoh 149,325,679
2002
Japan Yuri Fudoh 95,690,917
2001
Japan Yuri Fudoh 89,248,793
2000
Japan Yuri Fudoh 120,443,924
1999
Japan Fumiko Muraguchi 66,891,682
1998
Japan Michiko Hattori 81,570,823
1997
Japan Akiko Fukushima 99,594,094
1996
Japan Akiko Fukushima 70,596,190
1995
Japan Ikuyo Shiotani 75,006,561
1994
Japan Mayumi Hirase 69,817,958
1993
Japan Mayumi Hirase 81,474,399
1992
Japan Ikuyo Shiotani 57,799,649
1991
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 70,403,481
1990
Japan Hiromi Takamura 62,576,087
1989
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 90,075,587
1988
Japan Nayoko Yoshikawa 61,462,665
1987
Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 56,763,481
1986
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 62,435,225
1985
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 65,634,788
1984
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 52,897,845
1983
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 45,764,313
1982
Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu 39,029,644
1981
Japan Ayako Okamoto 32,333,465
1980
Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 23,594,744
1979
Japan Hisako Higuchi 18,399,345
1978
Japan Hisako Higuchi 11,664,650
1977
Japan Tatsuko Ohsako 14,481,500
1976
Japan Hisako Higuchi 14,667,000
1975
Japan Hisako Higuchi 8,428,233
1974
Japan Hisako Higuchi 15,545,700
1973
Japan Hisako Higuchi 12,627,000
1972
Japan Hisako Higuchi 4,150,000
1971
Japan Hisako Higuchi 2,290,000
1970
Japan Hisako Higuchi 1,215,000
1969
Japan Hisako Higuchi 500,000
1968
Japan Hisako Higuchi 350,000
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