LPGA of Japan Tour explained

LPGA of Japan Tour
Current Season:2024 LPGA of Japan Tour
Last Season:2023 LPGA of Japan Tour
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Sport:Golf
Founded:1968
Most Champs: Hisako Higuchi (69)
Website:LPGA.or.jp
Ceo:Hiromi Kobayashi

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

See main article: 2024 LPGA of Japan Tour. The 2024 schedule includes 37 events played in Japan.

Leading money winners

YearPlayerEarnings (¥)
213,554,215
235,020,967
255,192,049
160,189,665
180,784,885
140,122,631
175,869,764
230,497,057
153,075,741
126,675,049
131,827,582
127,926,893
145,073,799
175,016,384
2008 120,854,137
2007 166,112,232
2006 166,290,957
2005 122,460,908
2004 142,774,000
2003 149,325,679
2002 95,690,917
2001 89,248,793
2000 120,443,924
1999 66,891,682
1998 81,570,823
1997 99,594,094
1996 70,596,190
1995 75,006,561
1994 69,817,958
1993 81,474,399
1992 57,799,649
1991 70,403,481
1990 62,576,087
1989 90,075,587
1988 61,462,665
1987 56,763,481
1986 62,435,225
1985 65,634,788
1984 52,897,845
1983 45,764,313
1982 39,029,644
1981 32,333,465
1980 23,594,744
1979 18,399,345
1978 11,664,650
1977 14,481,500
1976 14,667,000
1975 8,428,233
1974 15,545,700
1973 12,627,000
1972 4,150,000
1971 2,290,000
1970 1,215,000
1969 500,000
1968 350,000

See also