| Misuzu Narita | |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Ichihara, Chiba, Japan |
| Height: | 168 cm |
| College: | Nippon Sport Science University |
| Status: | Professional |
| Tour: | LPGA of Japan Tour |
| Prowins: | 13 |
| Jlpgawins: | 13 |
| Anainspiration: | DNP |
| Lpga: | DNP |
| Wusopen: | T55: 2014 |
| Wbritopen: | T50: 2015 |
| Evian: | DNP |
| Award1: | LPGA of Japan Tour Rookie of the Year |
| Year1: | 2012 |
| Award2: | JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year |
| Year2: | 2018 |
is a Japanese professional golfer with over a dozen wins on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
Narita was born in Ichihara, Chiba. As an amateur, she won the Kanto Junior Golf and East Japan Women's Public Amateur, and dropped out of Nippon Sport Science University to play golf professionally on the LPGA of Japan Tour. She saw immediate success, winning the 2012 Fujitsu Ladies and the 2012 Rookie of the Year Award.[1] By 2014, after she won her first JLPGA Major, the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, she featured in the top-50 on the Women's World Golf Rankings.[2]
Narita finished 5th on the JLPGA money list in 2014 and 2018, earning her starts at the U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open. She made her first JLPGA hole-in-one at the third round of 2016 Nipponham Ladies Classic. By 2019, she became one of 30 golfers with JLPGA career earnings in excess of half a billion yen.[3]
She represented Japan at the 2018 International Crown and on the winning The Queens teams in 2015 and 2017.[4]
In 2018, she was awarded the JLPGA Shiseido Anessa Beauty of the Year.[5]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Oct 2012 | Fujitsu Ladies | 71-69-67=207 | −9 | 2 strokes |  Lala Anai | |
| 2 | 18 Aug 2013 | NEC Karuizawa 72 | 72-65-65=202 | −14 | Playoff | ||
| 3 | 11 May 2014 | World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup | 74-72-66-67=279 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Shanshan Feng | |
| 4 | 8 Jun 2014 | Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament | 68-68-72=208 | −8 | Playoff | Shiho Oyama Erina Yamato | |
| 5 | 20 Jul 2014 | Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament | 66-67-67=200 | −16 | Playoff | Kotono Kozuma | |
| 6 | 12 April 2015 | Studio Alice Ladies Open | 73-70-64=207 | −9 | 2 strokes | Hikari Fujita | |
| 7 | 14 Jun 2015 | Suntory Ladies Open | 63-71-68-70=272 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Lee Bo-mee | |
| 8 | 30 Jul 2017 | Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies | 70-65-65-67=267 | −21 | 4 strokes |  Teresa Lu | |
| 9 | Suntory Ladies Open | 70-69-67-66=272 | −16 | Playoff | Chie Arimura | ||
| 10 | 24 Jun 2018 | Earth Mondahmin Cup | 68-65-71-67=271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Ai Suzuki | |
| 11 | 14 Oct 2018 | Fujitsu Ladies | 71-69-68=208 | −8 | 1 stroke | Ahn Sun-ju | |
| 12 | 7 Apr 2019 | Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi | 73-74-69-67=283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Ahn Sun-ju | |
| 13 | 4 Aug 2019 | Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies | 70-70-67-70=277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Chie Arimura Bae Seon-woo |
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T55 | CUT | T62 | ||||
| Women's PGA Championship | |||||||
| The Evian Championship | |||||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | T50 | CUT |
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |