2023 LPGA of Japan Tour

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The 2023 LPGA of Japan Tour was the 55th season of the LPGA of Japan Tour, the professional golf tour for women operated by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfers' Association.

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Like in the previous year, the leading money winner was Miyū Yamashita with ¥213,554,215. She also won the Mercedes Ranking, had the highest scoring average and finished most often (20 times) inside the top-10. [1]


Schedule

The results of the season are given in the table below. [2] "Date" is the end date of the tournament. The number in parentheses after winners' names shows the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA of Japan Tour, including that event.

DateTournamentLocationPrize fund (¥)Winner WWGR
pts [3]
5 Mar Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament Okinawa 120,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (29)18.5
12 Mar Meiji Yasuda Life Ladies Yokohama Tire Golf Tournament Kōchi 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hikaru Yoshimoto (1)19.0
19 Mar T-Point ENEOS Golf Tournament Kagoshima 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Serena Aoki (4)19.0
26 Mar AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki Miyazaki 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Hinako Yamauchi (1)19.0
2 Apr Yamaha Ladies Open Katsuragi Shizuoka 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Lala Anai (4)18.5
9 Apr Fuji Film Studio Alice Ladies Open Hyōgo 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita (7)18.5
16 Apr KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open Kumamoto 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Akie Iwai (1)17.5
23 Apr Fujisankei Ladies Classic Shizuoka 80,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Sora Kamiya (1)17.5
30 Apr Panasonic Open Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 80,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Lala Anai (5)19.0
7 May World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup Ibaraki 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Yuri Yoshida (3)19.5
14 May RKB Mitsui Matsushima Ladies Fukuoka 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Chisato Iwai (3)19.0
21 May Bridgestone Ladies Open Aichi 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita (8)19.0
28 May Resort Trust Ladies Shizuoka 140,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita (9)19.0
4 Jun Richard Mille Yonex Ladies Golf Tournament Shizuoka 90,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Fumika Kawagishi (2)18.0
11 Jun Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open Golf Tournament Hyōgo 150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Chisato Iwai (4)19.0
18 Jun Nichirei Ladies Chiba 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita (10)18.0
25 Jun Earth Mondahmin Cup Chiba 300,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (30)19.0
2 Jul Shiseido Ladies Open Kanagawa 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kokona Sakurai (1)17.0
9 Jul MinebeaMitsumi Ladies Hokkaido Shimbun Cup Hokkaido 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Koiwai (9)14.0
23 Jul Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies Fukuoka 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Mio Kotaki (1)18.5
30 Jul Rakuten Super Ladies Hyōgo 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kokona Sakurai (2)17.0
6 Aug Hokkaido Meiji Cup Hokkaido 90,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Suzuki (18)16.5
13 Aug NEC Karuizawa 72 Golf Tournament Nagano 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Nana Suganuma (1)15.0
20 Aug CAT Ladies Kanagawa 60,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Minami Hirata (1)18.5
27 Aug Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament Hokkaido 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Erika Kikuchi (6)18.0
3 Sep Golf 5 Ladies Hokkaido 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kokona Sakurai (3)17.0
10 Sep Japan LPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Nagasaki 200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Sora Kamiya (2)26.0
17 Sep Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic Aichi 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Akie Iwai (2)19.0
24 Sep Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open Golf Tournament Miyagi 70,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Akie Iwai (3)19.0
1 Oct Japan Women's Open Golf Championship Fukui 150,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Erika Hara (5)26.0
8 Oct Stanley Ladies Honda Golf Tournament Shizuoka 120,000,000 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Haruka Morita-WanyaoLu (2)19.0
15 Oct Fujitsu Ladies Chiba 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Kokona Sakurai (4)19.0
22 Oct Nobuta Group Masters GC Ladies Hyōgo 200,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Nana Suganuma (2)19.0
29 Oct Hisako Higuchi Mitsubishi Electric Ladies Golf Tournament Saitama 100,000,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Hana Lee (1)19.0
5 Nov Toto Japan Classic^ Ibaraki US$2,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Mone Inami (13)26.0
12 Nov Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament Chiba 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Mao Saigo (6)19.0
19 Nov Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open Ehime 100,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Serena Aoki (5)19.0
26 Nov Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup Miyazaki 120,000,000 Flag of Japan.svg Miyū Yamashita (11)17.5

Events in bold are majors.
^ The Toto Japan Classic was co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour.

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