Yuna Nishimura Explained

Yuna Nishimura
Birth Date:4 August 2000
Birth Place:Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan
Height:150cm
Weight:50kg
Yearpro:2019
Tour:LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2020)
Prowins:6
Jlpgawins:6
Anainspiration:T56: 2023
Lpga:T39: 2023
Wusopen:T39: 2024
Wbritopen:T21: 2023
Evian:T15: 2022
Award1:LPGA of Japan Tour
Shiseido Beauty of the Year
Year1:2020–21

(born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional golfer. After playing on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has six wins, she joined the LPGA Tour in 2023.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Nishimura attended Osaka University of Commerce High School.[1] As an amateur, she finished 6th at the 2016 Japan Women's Open, four strokes behind winner Nasa Hataoka. In 2017, she was runner-up at the Japan Junior Championship and individually at the Junior Golf World Cup.

In 2018, she was runner-up in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific and individually at the Queen Sirikit Cup, both times behind Atthaya Thitikul. She led her team to a win at the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup and a runner-up finish at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, behind the United States. In 2019, she won the Riversdale Cup in Australia.

Professional career

Nishimura turned professional in November 2019 and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in January 2020. She recorded four victories in the combined 2020–21 LPGA of Japan Tour season and rose into the top-100 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her maiden win at Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament. That secured a spot in her first major, the 2020 U.S. Women's Open.[2]

In 2021, she won three tournaments and in 2022 a further two, to rise to No. 34 in the world rankings and finish second on the 2022 JLPGA money list. She was in contention at the 2022 Evian Championship where she was tied 5th after the first round and ultimately finished tied 15th.

Nishimura earned her card for the 2023 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[3] In her rookie season, her best result was a tie for 3rd at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and she finished 48th in the rankings.[4]

Amateur wins

Source:

Professional wins (6)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
11 Nov 2020Mitsubishi Electric/Hisako Higuchi Ladies Golf Tournament69-71-65=205−111 stroke
29 May 2021World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup69-65-70=204−123 strokes Mone Inami
Momoko Osato
Reika Usui
319 Sep 2021Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic71-63=134−102 strokes Momoko Osato
Nozomi Uetake
426 Sep 2021Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Ladies Open Golf Tournament66-65-70=201−153 strokes Saki Asai
519 Jun 2022Nichirei Ladies65-68-66=199−173 strokes Haruka Morita
67 Nov 2022Nippon Ham Ladies Classic67-67-66-70=270−181 stroke Mao Nozawa
Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron ChampionshipT56T67
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT39
Women's PGA ChampionshipT39CUT
The Evian ChampionshipNTT15CUTT44
Women's British OpenCUTT21
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member Guide: Yuna Nishimura . LPGA of Japan . 24 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Player Bio: Yuna Nishimura . USGA . 24 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Yuna Nishimura . LPGA Tour . 24 November 2023.
  4. News: Nishimura ties third as fellow LPGA rookie Ryu wins in Arkansas . The Japan Times . 24 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Yuna Nishimura . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 24 November 2023.