Japan LPGA Tour Championship explained

Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup
Location:Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Establishment:1979
Course:Miyazaki Country Club
Par:72
Tour:LPGA of Japan Tour
Format:Stroke play
Purse:¥100 million
Month Played:November
Current Champion: Miyū Yamashita

Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup is the final event of golf's LPGA of Japan Tour season. It is usually played in November and in recent years at the Miyazaki Country Club, Miyazaki, Miyazaki. It was founded in 1979. The winner receives an invite to the next year's Women's British Open.

Tournament hosts

Years Venue Location
1979–1982 Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi
1983–1992 Katori, Chiba
1993–1997 Miyazaki, Miyazaki
1998–2002 Miyazaki, Miyazaki
2003–present Miyazaki, Miyazaki

Course

Miyazaki Country Club in 2014[1]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3625594123581603603971854803,2733414951804953834131713174003,1556,428
Par454434435364535433443672

Winners

YearPlayerCountryScorePurse (¥)Winner's
share (¥)
Ref
LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup
Miyū Yamashita (2) 278 (−10) 120,000,000 30,000,000
Miyū Yamashita (1) 273 (−15) 120,000,000 30,000,000
277 (−11) 120,000,000 30,000,000
278 (−10) 120,000,000 30,000,000
277 (−11) 120,000,000 30,000,000
277 (−11) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Teresa Lu (2) 273 (−15) 100,000,000 25,000,000
279 (−9) 100,000,000 25,000,000
281 (−7) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Teresa Lu (1) 278 (−10) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Shiho Oyama (2) 279 (−9) 100,000,000 25,000,000
275 (−13) 100,000,000 25,000,000
280 (−8) 100,000,000 25,000,000
287 (−1) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Sakura Yokomine (2) 282 (−6) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Miho Koga (2) 282 (−6) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Miho Koga (1) 275 (−13) 100,000,000 25,000,000
Sakura Yokomine (1) 277 (−11) 15,000,000
Shiho Oyama (1) 283 (−5) 15,000,000
Yuri Fudoh (2) 286 (−2) 15,000,000
Yuri Fudoh (1) 279 (−9) 15,000,000
Woo-Soon Ko (2) 278 (−6) 15,000,000
Kaori Higo (2) 275 (−13) 15,000,000
Akira Nakano (2) 282 (−6)PO 15,000,000
JLPGA Meiji Dairies Cup
Kaori Higo (1) 275 (−13) 10,800,000
274 (−14) 10,800,000
283 (−5) 10,800,000
281 (−7) 10,800,000
215 (−1)PO 9,000,000
1994 Mayumi Hirase (2) 208 (−8) 9,000,000
1993 215 (−1) 9,000,000
1992 212 (−4) 9,000,000
1991 209 (−7) 9,000,000
1990 211 (−5) 7,200,000
JLPGA Lady Borden Cup
1989 Mayumi Hirase (1) 211 (−5)PO 6,000,000
1988 217 (+1) 5,000,000
1987 Yuko Moriguchi (2) 208 (−8) 5,000,000
1986 Tatsuko Ohsako (2) 205 (−11) 5,000,000
1985 Yuko Moriguchi (1) 210 (−6) 4,000,000
1984 Tatsuko Ohsako (1) 210 (−6) 4,000,000
1983 Ai-Yu Tu (3) 211 (−5) 3,000,000
1982 Ai-Yu Tu (2) 212 (−4) 3,000,000
1981 214 (−1) 2,500,000
1980 214 (−1) 2,500,000
1979 Ai-Yu Tu (1) 147 (+3) 10,000,000 2,000,000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: コース紹介 . Nippon television . November 30, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014812/http://www.ntv.co.jp/ricohcup/course/index.html . November 29, 2014 .