2014 LPGA of Japan Tour

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The 2014 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 47th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan. It consisted of 37 golf tournaments, all played in Japan.

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Leading money winner was Ahn Sun-ju with ¥153,075,741. She also won the Mercedes Ranking, had the lowest scoring average and tied with Lee Bo-mee for finishing most often (17 times) inside the top-10. [1]

Schedule

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event.

DatesTournamentLocationPrize fund (¥)Winner
Mar 7–9 Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament Okinawa 100,000,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Onnarin Sattayabanphot (2)
Mar 14–16Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament PRGR Ladies Cup Kōchi 80,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Ichinose (2)
Mar 21–23T-Point Ladies Golf Tournament Saga 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Rikako Morita (7)
Mar 28–30AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki Miyazaki 80,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ayaka Watanabe (1)
Apr 3–6Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi Shizuoka 100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju (14)
Apr 11–13 Studio Alice Women's Open Hyogo 60,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Esther Lee (1)
Apr 18–20 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open Kumamoto 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Minami Katsu (a) (1)
Apr 25–27 Fuji Sankei Ladies Classic Shizuoka 80,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Phoebe Yao (1)
May 2–4CyberAgent Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Ichinose (3)
May 8–11 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Misuzu Narita (3)
May 16–18Hoken No Madoguchi Ladies Fukuoka 120,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Bo-mee (6)
May 23–25Chukyo TV Bridgestone Ladies Open Aichi 70,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju (15)
May 30 – Jun 1 Resort Trust Ladies Hyogo 70,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Teresa Lu (2)
Jun 6–8 Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament Niigata 60,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Misuzu Narita (4)
Jun 12–15 Suntory Ladies Open Hyogo 100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju (16)
Jun 20–22Nichirei Ladies Chiba 80,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (6)
Jun 26–29Earth Mondahmin Cup Chiba 140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Sakai (1)
Jul 4–6Nichi-Iko Women's Open Golf Tournament Toyama 60,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Yeon-ju (1)
Jul 18–20Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament Ibaraki 60,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Misuzu Narita (5)
Jul 25–27Century 21 Ladies Golf Tournament Shizuoka 60,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Bo-mee (7)
Aug 8–10 Meiji Cup Hokkaido 90,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (7)
Aug 15–17 NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament Nagano 70,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Bo-mee (8)
Aug 22–24CAT Ladies Kanagawa 60,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda (10)
Aug 29–31Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament Hokkaido 70,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (8)
Sep 5–7Golf5 Ladies Gifu 60,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Oyama (14)
Sep 11–14 Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Hyogo 140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Suzuki (1)
Sep 19–21 Munsingwear Ladies Tokai Classic Aichi 80,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (9)
Sep 26–28Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open Golf Tournament Miyagi 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Sakai (2)
Oct 2–5 Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Shiga 140,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Teresa Lu (3)
Oct 10–12Stanley Ladies Golf Tournament Shizuoka 90,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju (17)
Oct 17–19 Fujitsu Ladies Chiba 80,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju (18)
Oct 23–26 Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies Hyogo 140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Oyama (15)
Oct 30 – Nov 2 Hisako Higuchi – Morinaga Ladies Chiba 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda (11)
Nov 7–9 Mizuno Classic Mie US$1,200,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Mi-hyang (1)
Nov 14–16 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yoko Maeda (1)
Nov 20–23 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open Kagawa 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Yokomine (23)
Nov 27–30 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup Miyazaki 100,000,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Teresa Lu (4)

Events in bold are majors.
(a) denotes amateur

The Mizuno Classic is co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

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References

  1. "2014 JLPGA – Stats". JLPGA.